information for all kinds of studio work from all studio areas at the Slade School of Fine Art
Glow-in-the-Dark (phosphorescent) Powders, Putty, Paint & Soap. Our exclusive Europium UltraGlow® phosphorescent powders are ideal for any project that you want to make glow in the dark. Cutting edge glow technology made in the USA. http://unitednuclear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=28_45
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An article explaining the rationale behind choosing D65 monitor calibration for evaluating prints under a D50 light source. http://www.color-image.com/2012/02/monitor-calibration-d65-white-point-soft-proofing/
Need access to a print studio out of term? Many of the studios also offer studio space as well as membership. London Thames Side Print Studio Worton Hall Studios East London Printmakers South East Print Studio Sonsoles Print Studio Print Club London South East Hello Print Studio USA Robert Blackburn Print Workshop Renaissance Press Lower East Side Print Shop Scotland Glasgow Print Studio Edinburgh Print Studio Germany Druckwerkstatt
Obtaining good quality film positives for photo mechanical processes can be difficult. Below are a list of recommended repro houses based in and out of London who have been making positives for years. Be sure to know what line screen you want before you contact them. If in doubt, ask in the print workshop. Hexio are a specialist repro house based off the Old Kent Road and will produce the best quality imageset film for screen printing, photo lithography, photo etching, polymer and gravure. A Bigger Splash
Temporary Services + Half Letter Press – an imprint and online publishing venture initiated by Marc Fischer and Brett Bloom. Three Letter Words – a not for profit organisation dedicated to art publishing. Bookworks – a commissioning organisation specialising in artists’ books, spoken word and printed matter. Occasional Papers – The Everyday Press – initiated by London based artist Arnaud Desjardin, the Everyday Press publishes art and artists’ books.
There are now two new utility printers in the Slade building, accessed via the print@UCL network. One is on the ground floor by Studio 6 (to the left of the main staircase), the other on the 2nd floor by the lift. Print in B&W and colour, A4 and A3. Send documents to the print@UCL print queue with your username and ID, retrieve prints from any printer with your UCL ID card. All UCL cluster PCs have the print@UCL queue available, as do all stations in the Slade EMS. You can also add print@UCL to your own computer by following the instructions here.
For normal printing in A4/A3, black/white and colour, UCL have Cluster Rooms in many locations. Students are allocated a “free” printing quota each term. The cluster room in the basement of the Cruciform (opposite the main UCL entrance) is quite convenient to access from the Slade and has all printing options.
Costs for printing final output inkjet prints on the Epson 9800, 9900
The following nine PDFs are linked from Bibliothèque Kandinsky which published them online on an unknown date. Follow this link to explore the respective entries on its website. This is an important milestone in the digitalization of essential but hard-to-get art publications for the public use and we would like to express our gratitude and appreciation. <3 ! The whole set of these high-quality digital facsimiles is about 1 GB large, if anyone feels like starting a torrent to relieve bandwidth of the library let us know and we’ll include your link here expressly. (17 Aug 2014) http://monoskop.org/Bauhaus
iPhone/Android: Need a quick and dirty floor plan for your house? Free app MagicPlan can put one together using just your smartphone’s camera. This is where the MagicPlan app comes in. First, it uses your phone’s camera to measure the dimensions of each room, which means you can have your whole house measured in a matter of minutes, instead of spending a couple of hours wrangling a tape measure. The measurements are accurate enough for planning purposes (although I still recommend breaking out an actual tape measure when you’re going to build something.) You can also download a PDF of your Read more
Online classes are a great way to learn new skills. SlideRule makes your search easier by letting you browse and search through over 17,000 online courses. SlideRule’s reach is extensive and covers many popular education providers, like Codecademy, Khan Academy, Udemy, and MIT Open Courseware. You can browse by provider or through subjects like Computers & Technology, Business & Economics, and Law. SlideRule also has a review system so users can rate courses and help you avoid the ones that aren’t worth your time. The service is fairly new so there isn’t an overabundance of reviews yet, but as more Read more
The process is quite simple: use your inkjet printer to print the image on a non-porous surface, like the leftover glossy part of a used sheet of labels. From there, you can transfer the image to the wood.P Note that the wood needs to be bare to absorb the ink. After it dries, you can gloss over it to preserve the image and make the colors pop a little more. Check out the video to see it in action.P How to transfer an inkjet photo to wood | Steve Ramsey via Hack a DayP
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched its latest copyright notice which helps explain specific areas of copyright in the UK. The notice is aimed at small businesses and individuals who use digital or photographic images on the web. It also provides advice for people who may find their own images being used online and includes many of the recent changes to the law. The Copyright Notice can be downloaded by https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-digital-images-photographs-and-the-internet
The Open Font Library promotes your freedoms as it relates to the use of type. All the fonts that appear on this site come with the freedom to use, study, share and remix them. Browse our catalogue and see what’s new. http://openfontlibrary.org/ 205 http://www.bureau205.fr A2 Type http://www.a2-type.co.uk ainsifont http://www.ainsifont.com ARS Type http://arstype.nl BetaType http://betatype.com Binnenland http://www.binnenland.ch Colophon http://www.colophon-foundry.org Commercial Type http://commercialtype.com Dalton Maag http://www.daltonmaag.com Darden Studio http://www.dardenstudio.com Dutch Type Library http://www.dutchtypelibrary.nl Exljbris http://www.exljbris.com Fatype http://www.fatype.com Feliciano Type Foundry http://www.felicianotypefoundry.com Font Bureau http://www.fontbureau.com FontFont http://www.fontfont.com/shop Fontsmith http://www.fontsmith.com Foundry http://www.foundrytypes.co.uk Grilli Type http://www.grillitype.com Hoefler & Frere-Jones http://www.typography.com House Industries houseindustries.com HypeForType http://www.hypefortype.com Identikal: http://www.identikal.com Jeremy Tankard Typography http://typography.net Karsten Luecke Type Foundry http://www.kltf.de Kontour http://www.kontour.com Klim Type Foundry http://klim.co.nz Letters From Sweden http://lettersfromsweden.se Lineto http://lineto.com Lux Typo http://www.luxtypo.com Millieu Grotesk http://www.milieugrotesque.com Monokrom https://monokrom.no/ MVB Read more
The French Revolution Digital Archive, a partnership between Stanford University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, was announced last week with some 14,000 high-resolution images.
Glyphs’ smart and simple approach helps you draw new typefaces, modify existing fonts, and sculpt your letterforms hassle-free. http://www.glyphsapp.com/
Go Read is an open-source web-based RSS reader. It is designed to be as useful as Google Reader.
http://mashable.com/2013/04/18/how-to-make-gifs/
service for turning gifs into lenticular prints http://gifpop.io/products/gifchop
For updated list please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/common/print/mfd-locations
http://gyazo.com/
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Open source applications make it easy to create, listen to and view digital audio and video content. Animation 1. Blender Replaces: AutoDesk Maya Suitable for professional use, Blender is a 3D animation suite that offers modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and game creation capabilities. It also features a customizable interface, and it can import and export from a wide variety of file formats. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X. 2. Art of Illusion Replaces: AutoDesk Maya Art of Illusion isn’t quite as polished as Blender, but its developers claim the latest version (released September 2013) “is both stable Read more
From http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2013/09/12/10-things-you-should-never-say-during-presentations-2/ At our TNW Conferences we see a lot of presentations and I have given a fair share of presentations myself. I often see people making the same mistakes and cringe when I hear the same excuses or basic errors when people get on stage. The easiest way to lose an audience is to make a mistake in the first minute, and that is exactly where most mistakes are made. Here is my list of 10 things you shouldn’t say during presentations: 1: I’m very jet-lagged/tired/hungover Not sure where this comes from but one in five presentations at any Read more
dye sublimation textile / fabric printing, even carpet printing, a few suppliers, see MJC for samples and cost examples. http://www.macroart.co.uk/ http://www.ruttersuk.com/
Envelopes – supplier for any size, colour, type you can imagine http://www.pitshanger-ltd.co.uk/
Anyone who has ever had to design for mobile will love screensiz.es, a site that helps you quickly find the screen specifications of the most popular devices and monitors currently on the market.
One of the most common misunderstandings artists have about websites is the idea that an online virtual gallery or portfolio can function as a comprehensive marketing strategy. I often read articles encouraging artists to simply develop an online portfolio to drive audiences (and potential buyers) toward their works. Unfortunately, the internet is so saturated with images, audio, texts and videos that creative manifestations without context can easily become engulfed in the abyss of the World Wide Web. Creating your successful artist website is not about simply displaying art. It’s about engaging your site visitors through a compelling story about you Read more
Cheap places to get zines printed: Hato Press Ditto Press CLP Footprinters
Quotes & Accents (& Dashes) We all need to use them but hardly any of us know how to type them. Here is a brief guide of how to type smart quotes and accented characters (and dashes) on a Mac. If you have the latest OS you probably discovered that you can also find accented characters by holding down a letter to reveal its spicier cousins (I discovered this myself many times when attempting to type “heeeeeyyyyy” in an iChat window.). If you’re on a Windows computer or some nerdy space machine, I’d recommend googling “keyboard commands for accented characters”. Read more
Repository of web dev, web design tools http://nylllon.com/
Scratch Pad – Write HTML and CSS, watch it render instantly. Could be useful for collaborative coding.
I use interparcel.com for most shipments I send. They are a broker for all the major couriers. They are much more reliable and helpful than other brokers. This means they offer low costs of major account holders. I find the “Interparcel Standard” service the best. This is UPS in disguise. Same day pickup with next day delivery. You only have to print one A5 label an attach to the parcel, no extra paperwork like TNT or Fedex. Interparcel have major accounts with the world’s largest and most trusted courier companies. Thanks to our massive buying power we have secured huge discounts off Read more
The Print studio in the Berlin district of “Kreuzberg” offers all the facilities for mechanical, chemical and digital printing techniques. Ranging from the traditional printing methods, such as book printing, etching and lithography to screen-printing and offset print, the services on offer are regularly adapted to incorporate the latest technical developments. Additionally, the studio runs workshops for papermaking and bookbinding. A whole range of printing methods may be realised: from traditional printing editions to crossover techniques and experimental projects. News from the workshop Screen printing Etching/ Engraving Lithography Letterprint Bookbinding studio Paper Making Computer Fotografie Accommodation in Berlin? Druckwerkstatt im Read more
Library and book storage and preservation suppliers Gresswell
K2 Screen – high end screen printing for artists, Central London
This Quick Reference Guide allows you to search and filter through a database of Photoshop CS6 shortcuts, tools, and more. You can search for the path of a menu item, help links, shortcuts, and descriptions all in one place.
LibreOffice is the power-packed free, libre and open source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and GNU/Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. Support and documentation is free from our large See what LibreOffice can do for you »
Spreadsheet Mapper 3 This tutorial shows you how to enter data in an online spreadsheet to generate a set of placemarks in Google Earth and Maps. Google’s web-based, collaborative editing allows you and your team members to simultaneously enter data and instantly publish updates. Using this tool you could: showcase your organisation’s projects, programme sites or partners; map your offices, volunteers or resources; or visualise your data on local, regional or global scales. Some of the new and improved features in Spreadsheet Mapper version 3 include: Create 1000 placemarks – add more if needed. Six simplified balloon design templates – Read more
GMailingList What: Use your Gmail Contact Groups as subscribable mailing lists so that anybody can add / remove themselves from it Get a subscription box for your website – customizable with your own style sheet (see right) Get a custom URL for your mailing list (e.g. http://www.GMailingList.com/<you choose>) Why: So that you don’t need to manually update your contacts in your Gmail Contact Groups Note: people can only add / remove themselves from your Gmail Contact Groups with email addresses they have access to How to: Start a mailing list Subscribe to a mailing list Sign in with your Gmail Read more
JsFiddle is a playground for web developers, a tool which may be used in many ways. One can use it as an online editor for snippets build from HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The code can then be shared with others, embedded on a blog, etc. Using this approach, JavaScript developers can very easily isolate bugs. We aim to support all actively developed frameworks – it helps with testing compatibility. (full Interview) News and announcements may be found on the blog. One can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook
Stacey stores all of its content using flat text files & folders rather than a traditional database. So installation is as simple as copying the application files onto your server. No install file, no database setup and it will run on any standard php server. see it working Imran Perretta uses Stacey
Problem solving HTML5 audio and video working in different scenarios. The same questions kept cropping up, so I’ve put together a list of the most common problems (and some not so common) and their solutions (if there is one!). HTML5 Doctor
Books can be any size. Here are the standard sizes to which most books follow: 134 x 197mm (Standard) 216 x 138mm (Demy) 210 x 148mm (A5) 234 x 156mm (Royal) 249 x 177mm (Pinched Crown Quarto) 246 x 189mm (Crown Quarto) 276 x 219mm (Demy Quarto) 297 x 210mm (A4) it is often cheaper to use one of these.
Easily create ebooks for any device, webbooks for accessibility and promotion, and PDFs for printbooks and print-on-demand. Use our distribution services to get your books into Kindle, Apple iBooks, Nook and other retailers — or do it yourself. PressBooks is built on WordPress, so it’s as easy as blogging. Pressbooks
Independent bookshops fill the gaps in the high street, stocking thoughtful and idiosyncratic selections rather than market-driven choices of books. They sustain local interests and offer different ways for communities to participate in a range of cultural activities. They are crucial platforms for alternative publishing. The London Bookshop Map
Sunday at the Mozilla Festival in London, Mozilla launched the 1.0 version of their new Popcorn Maker tool, a free web app that makes video pop with interactivity, context and the magic of the web. Popcorn Maker makes it easy to enhance, remix and share web video. Using Popcorn Maker’s simple drag and drop interface, you can add live content to any video — photos, maps, links, social media feeds and more. All right from your browser. The result is a new way to tell stories on the web, with videos that are rich with context, full of links, and unique each Read more
Scribus is a free and open-source alternative to InDesign. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux, and does most of what InDesign can, but it’s not quite as polished. If you can’t stretch to InDesign this might work well for you.