Cult Postcards From London.

 

My biblionautic chums and friends.

Books come in all shapes and sizes.

Sometimes I find myself work on miniatures, these are books that are less than 3 inches in any direction.

For the last few days I have been editing a modest collection of advertising cards. Usually found in telephone boxes in London and other cities around the world.

These cards are partof the urban landscape. From humbe origins in the 1960s, careful wording and references hid the true nature of what was being advertised. By the mid 1980s photo copies with printed text telephone numbers and hand drawn images began appearing in tlephone boxes.

Later neon colours, either as the card stock or printing, along with photographis images added splashes of intense colour to the backdrop of making a telephone call.

These cards are now part of the urban landscape with the cards of the 1980s and 90s influencing artists, being regarded by many as accidental or street art. They have become part of the under or counter culture of London and elsewhere and as such have a cult following.

There have been a number of exhibitions, publications and have been the subject of research in social history, communication and advertising.

 

Postcards From London is a limited edition of 50. Hand bound in ¼ leather. Each binding will be unique. H 74mm x W 54mm x D 5mm. 24 colour and black and white reproductions. 

 

For more info email me on studio5bookarts@aol.co.uk

Please further note.... there are other studios/binderies doing stuff, spelling and grammar. Please further note, the opinion of the author may change at any moment. This is due to having an open mind of sorts.