Pipers

Last week there was the biggest clan gathering ever, in Edinburgh. There hasn't been anything like it here for a long time. Left is a poster advertising the 1951 clan gathering, from the collection of the Museum of London.

A nice accidental find to help me out with ideas for the wedding invitations that I am designing for my cousin. City silhouettes and tartan were ideas already hovering...as usual. The client's brief cites Edinburgh/London/Malaysia/Norfolk and several tartans as possibilities for inclusion.


This is the kind mentalists' brief that is most welcome (nay, desired!) in the den. Thanks S&P!

Also taking place during the Edinburgh Festival of 1951 (Only the 5th Edinburgh Festival and the same year as the Festival of Britain) was 'Living Traditions', an exhibition at the Royal Scottish Museum (now Royal Museum of Scotland and currently closed for refurbishment). Left is the Roger Nicholson (Palladio Wallpapers) designed poster.

Quite different displays of style and content. Not so different from disparity in currently circulating marketing materials. But too tired for teasing out exegetical detail at the moment!

The pipes of Rastafari

These are components of an html e-vite run off a database. Each invite was personalised, and had online rsvp.

Say goodbye to miss accordion's roaring 20s

Pre arrival of new wonder machine. Had to keep it simple. In contrast to the party. Bar sign From The Den too.

Archive: night of the narwhal

Party invite from 2005. Below: another draft. Not sure that I picked the right one! The rejected more accurately conveys the mood of the evening. Top: one of first forays into Freehand...see post above. Who knows what OS/memory. My memory is of painful rendering.