Six years ago we were in the heat of the pandemic and, this very weekend, also in the middle of my crazy idea to host a 24 hour 'Lockdown' Letterheads meet.

I've spent a bit of time refreshing the content at https://bl.ag/lockdown, which includes a number of the recordings from a marathon session of presentations, interviews, demonstrations, and even a quiz.

Here's a little thread of what you can find there.

Letterheads Lockdown artwork by Mike Meyer: https://mikemeyerworkshops.com

#SignPainting #Lettering #Lockdown #Covid #Letterheads #IOAFS

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All 128 pages of BLAG 07, the Letterheads special, are now available for members to read digitally on the back issues page:

https://bl.ag/backissues

And, once again, a shout out to Heyzine, my new platform for embedding these:

https://heyzine.com

It's easy to use, looks great, and is much better value versus issuu etc:. And they're based in Spain!

#Letterheads #IOAFS #SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering

I am helping the organisers of this year's Amsterdam Letterheads: “Sea Level” with their email updates.

If you'd like to receive these, then the dedicated event newsletter/mailing list can be joined via this link:

https://bl.ag/#/portal/account/newsletters

Here's a report from their 2016 meet for a taste of what to expect in the Netherlands this August:

https://bl.ag/letterheads-2016-greetings-from-amsterdam/

#Letterheads #SignPainting #Signwriting #SignPainters #Lettering #Signwriters #Amsterdam #IOAFS

New at bl.ag online, ‘Signs of the Times: The Letterheads in 1981’, in which I tracked down and republished the first ever piece of press for the sign painting movement, exactly 45 years after it appeared in Signs of the Times magazine.

https://bl.ag/signs-of-the-times-the-letterheads-in-1981/

#Letterheads #IOAFS #SignPainting #SignPainters #SignsOfTheTimes #1981

Throwback to 2019 when I wrote up my trip to Tokyo Letterheads for Eye Magazine: https://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/letters-from-tokyo

More at bl.ag online here: https://bl.ag/tokyo-letterheads-now-bigger-in-japan/

#Letterheads #IOAFS #SignPainting #Tokyo

One of the stories in BLAG 07 (https://bl.ag/07) comes from Stéphanie Lebon who travelled from Réunion to Tokyo for the gathering there in 2019 (https://bl.ag/tokyo).

She talks about the challenges she faced in getting there, and the impact that attending had on her.

Today she sent me this photo of her contributor copy of the special issue arriving in Réunion, which brought a huge smile to my face 😊.

She's on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cosmophanie/

#Réunion #Tokyo #Letterheads #IOAFS

New at bl.ag online, 'The Letterheads Go Large at the 1982 Oklahoma Bash', in which host Mike Jackson reflects on a meet that redefined what a Letterheads could be.

https://bl.ag/the-letterheads-go-large-at-the-1982-oklahoma-bash/

This is the third in a series of bonus content posts connected to the Letterheads special issue of BLAG: https://bl.ag/07

#SignPainting #Lettering #Letterheads #IOAFS

Steven Heller got his latest BLAG / IOAFS:

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-a-sign-that-handmade-signs-are-not-obsolete/

Previously featured here: https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-more-signs-more-lettering/

#SignPainting #IOAFS #BLAG #BetterLetters #Magazine