The Art Car Boot fair 2012

New prints on the Idler's stand at the Art Car Boot fair tomorrow

Vulgar Tomfoolery - a not so celebratory Jubliee inspired poster

NEW: 'Vulgar Tomfoolery' Jubilee poster from Bracketpress & Bad Books

This A2 poster(594mm x 420mm) litho printed on 300gsm art paper – sets a quotation by radical nineteenth century designer William Morris against a background of his own wallpaper design. The quote; ‘Hideous, revolting and vulgar tomfoolery. One’s indignation swells pretty much to the bursting point’ was written by the fiercely anti-royal Morris on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s jubilee in 1877. 

A collaboration between Bad Books and Bracketpress, the poster is available for a limited period (hurry up, the Jubilee celebrations are grinding into action) and is perfect as either a neatly-framed statement of intent or tacked up in the front window (to annoy those Royalist neighbours). 

It is available to purchase immediately for a Paypal-clickable £10 (FREE UK P&P) from Bracketpress

We fancy that at the height of the coming media-led frenzy that is Mrs Windsor’s jubilee, an excuse to celebrate her 60-year career as the largest recipient of state handouts in Britain, it would be amiss not to mark the occasion with a display of your position on this glorification of privilege and birthright.

coming soon: Idler 45: Utopia issue

Idler 45: the Utopia issue will be available soon, pre-order from the idler shop

This issue is a sumptuously produced collection of essays loosely themed around the idea of utopia. As well as fresh modern contributions, we have republished excerpts from Thomas More's Utopia and William Morris's News From Nowhere. It features a brilliant careers guide talk by Louis Theroux, plus inspiring meditatons from Bill Drummond and Penny Rimbaud. There's also Mark Vernon on Plato, Joe Dunthorne on Occupy, plus John-Paul Flintoff, Ian Bone, David Bramwell, Boff Whalley, Hugh Warwick and Nicholas Lezard. There are beautiful photos and illustrations from Casey Orr, Alice Smith, Mireille Fauchon, Jake Blanchard, Holly Wales, Luke Fenech, Alex Robbins, Mike Redmond. Typeset by Christian Brett of Bracketpress.

for Alice, about Alice, from Alice x

a recently commissioned screen print for a beautiful baby girl called Alice...
depicting the perils of living in Alice's Wonderland.

Idler's new Electric book featured on It's Nice That

Ta very much It's Nice That!

www.itsnicethat.com/articles/lovely-new-idler-academy-book-on-the-wonder-of-electricity

Idler Art updates

some new updates to the Idler Art blog 
from Chrissie Abbott, James Dawe, and Sam Green
these illustrators recently contributed to a special edition of the Idler magazine on Electricty, commissioned by Vauxhall motors.

And some new visceral offerings at the Idler's Utopia project blog
[note the submission date and details have altered slightly, the project will now run into Summer!]

Screen Printed Cards

a new site selling screen printed, sewn, stamped, signed and wrapped greetings cards

screenprintedcards.bigcartel.com

the Idler's Utopia project

A new project for the next issue of the Idler magazine...the Idler's Utopia,
for anyone with a pencil, some paper and a utopian idea. All ages and interpretations are welcome. Submit an illustration, artwork, photo, sketch, or collage, inspired by your idea of a utopia. Our aim is to collate a few beautiful ideas, ignore the doom and gloom, and to be merry.
For more details please visit the website:   http://idlersutopia.tumblr.com

IDLER ART

I've started a new blog for the Idler magazine:   idlerart.tumblr.com
collecting fine things, illustrations, art - hand made and found by Idlers.

Mary Katrantzou

Mary Katrantzou!

how quick can a dress be sold out? - 2 minutes!
 
http://www.marykatrantzou.com/Mary-Katrantzou-Press-Book.pdf

sewing a thousand heart strings...

new Latin L.O.V.E cards for Valentine's day
You can buy them from Alice's shop
or if you're passing by London way, they are available at the Idler Academy

also at Selfridges... It's Nice That

alongside the Idler Academy taking up residence at Selfridges this month... is the folk from It's Nice That. They have curated a series of talks about Words and Communication, http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/talk-number-1-words-as-communication, and some amazing window display artworks, http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/its-nice-that-words-words-words-at-selfridges

The Idler Academy at Selfridges

the Idler Academy is taking up residence in Selfridges in London over the next two months. This is part of their Words Words Words season, designed to celebrate the literary. We have a table of Idler goodies on sale upstairs in the Wonder Room, and a series of wonderful literary workshops and lessons in the Ultralounge, a comfy space in the basement with a library of 15,000 books. It’s very exciting and we kick off on Friday 13 January at 5pm for a grammar lesson with Mr Gwynne.  And click here take a look at the other events

NEW prints at the Idler Academy

We've printed these new screen prints for the Idler Academy

Printed on Fabriano 285gsm, with deckle edge down one side, hand numbered and stamped, in a limited edition of 50, with a choice of either the Blanco - an exquisite snowy white stock, or Rosaspina - a more antique cream for the more refined textured walls.

There is only a handful left of these super prints on this fine heavyweight print stock...

available at the Idler Academy in Notting Hill
http://idler.co.uk/academy

Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen is now available at Alice's shop

This edition of the amazing book written by poet, activist, feminist Marilyn Chin, published by Hamish Hamilton – this colourful cover is to be no more, and I have the last few copies of this book with this cover design. Once these are sold out, the book will revert to a much simpler design.

only £6 at http://www.alices.bigcartel.com