There’s an interesting audio slideshow about the ‘disappearing act’ of letterpress on The Guardian’s website. The article introduces us to the craft and how a master of the trade puts it all together to produce beautifully printed items. After I left university I spent a short spell working for a printer in Oxfordshire. He’d spendContinue reading “The art of letterpress”
Author Archives: Helen Gräwert
Maintaining the tone in every contact
If your website’s main content has a consistent tone throughout, that’s great; but don’t forget those other points of contact with your readers or customers. This might be rarely needed web pages (such as the 404 error page) or following up on an order. I recently ordered a couple of t-shirts online from howies, andContinue reading “Maintaining the tone in every contact”
Language learning: a great leveller
Learning a new language is one of those great activities that reduces the differences between people. It doesn’t matter what job you do, where you’re from or how much you earn; once you’re thrown together to grasp a new language, everyone’s in the same boat. This occurred to me while reading one of a seriesContinue reading “Language learning: a great leveller”
Useful tools: Netted
There are lots of little things that help me do my work or keep up to speed with the online world on a day-to-day basis. I thought it would be handy to share these as I think about them or as a new one comes to light. They’re not all technically ‘tools’, but if theyContinue reading “Useful tools: Netted”
I’m not sure what you’re on about…
Nice rant in the newspaper recently about the art world’s inability to discuss its works in a way that normal people can understand. But as one poster so accurately put it: It’s not just the art field; it’s most fields. People should be able to express complex ideas plainly, but they confuse complexity of languageContinue reading “I’m not sure what you’re on about…”