#letterheads — Public Fediverse posts
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In hindsight, the Lockdown Letterheads event was a crazy idea and I have no idea how we pulled it off — it was my first ever hosted Zoom event!
It would never have been possible without the brilliant and dedicated team that worked tirelessly with me behind the scenes, and the dozens of presenters that volunteered their time to entertain and educate our global audience of over 1,000 participants from 54 countries: https://bl.ag/lockdown/#hosting-facilitation-team
Thank you all. I would say let's do it again some time, but I think we could all do without the global pandemic that pre-empted it.
For now, the BLAG Meet events have been the continuation of this part of my work to bring the international sign painting community closer together: https://bl.ag/meet/
/ENDS
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In hindsight, the Lockdown Letterheads event was a crazy idea and I have no idea how we pulled it off — it was my first ever hosted Zoom event!
It would never have been possible without the brilliant and dedicated team that worked tirelessly with me behind the scenes, and the dozens of presenters that volunteered their time to entertain and educate our global audience of over 1,000 participants from 54 countries: https://bl.ag/lockdown/#hosting-facilitation-team
Thank you all. I would say let's do it again some time, but I think we could all do without the global pandemic that pre-empted it.
For now, the BLAG Meet events have been the continuation of this part of my work to bring the international sign painting community closer together: https://bl.ag/meet/
/ENDS
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Six years ago we were in the heat of the pandemic and, this very weekend, also in the middle of my crazy idea to host a 24 hour 'Lockdown' Letterheads meet.
I've spent a bit of time refreshing the content at https://bl.ag/lockdown, which includes a number of the recordings from a marathon session of presentations, interviews, demonstrations, and even a quiz.
Here's a little thread of what you can find there.
Letterheads Lockdown artwork by Mike Meyer: https://mikemeyerworkshops.com
#SignPainting #Lettering #Lockdown #Covid #Letterheads #IOAFS
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Six years ago we were in the heat of the pandemic and, this very weekend, also in the middle of my crazy idea to host a 24 hour 'Lockdown' Letterheads meet.
I've spent a bit of time refreshing the content at https://bl.ag/lockdown, which includes a number of the recordings from a marathon session of presentations, interviews, demonstrations, and even a quiz.
Here's a little thread of what you can find there.
Letterheads Lockdown artwork by Mike Meyer: https://mikemeyerworkshops.com
#SignPainting #Lettering #Lockdown #Covid #Letterheads #IOAFS
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All 128 pages of BLAG 07, the Letterheads special, are now available for members to read digitally on the back issues page:
And, once again, a shout out to Heyzine, my new platform for embedding these:
It's easy to use, looks great, and is much better value versus issuu etc:. And they're based in Spain!
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All 128 pages of BLAG 07, the Letterheads special, are now available for members to read digitally on the back issues page:
And, once again, a shout out to Heyzine, my new platform for embedding these:
It's easy to use, looks great, and is much better value versus issuu etc:. And they're based in Spain!
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By pure coincidence, today was also the day this video from BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 05 went live on @sam so you can get a heavy dose of Noel and his work there too:
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By pure coincidence, today was also the day this video from BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 05 went live on @sam so you can get a heavy dose of Noel and his work there too:
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Letterheads 2026 – Amsterdam Signpainters
August 27 – 30, Oeidpus Brewing
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The #Letterheads. What once started 50 years ago in a garage as a casual gathering of American sign painters to share knowledge with each other, has since grown into a global phenomenon. Countries such as Portugal, Japan, Australia, Finland, New Zeeland, and Norway have organised one or more Letterheads since then.
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https://www.amsterdamsignpainters.nl/letterheads2026 -
Letterheads 2026 – Amsterdam Signpainters
August 27 – 30, Oeidpus Brewing
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The #Letterheads. What once started 50 years ago in a garage as a casual gathering of American sign painters to share knowledge with each other, has since grown into a global phenomenon. Countries such as Portugal, Japan, Australia, Finland, New Zeeland, and Norway have organised one or more Letterheads since then.
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Tickets are getting snapped up now.
Get less FOMO and more IOAFS in your life this summer by booking here:
https://ticketsoft.nl/pos/event/9d589773-8cc1-4401-97f0-d6bc74de1e62
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Tickets are getting snapped up now.
Get less FOMO and more IOAFS in your life this summer by booking here:
https://ticketsoft.nl/pos/event/9d589773-8cc1-4401-97f0-d6bc74de1e62
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Tickets for this year's Letterheads meet in Amsterdam, 27–30 August, go live at midday European time today, 1 April:
https://www.amsterdamsignpainters.nl/letterheads2026/?ref=bl.ag
#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Letterheads #Amsterdam @IOAFS
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Tickets for this year's Letterheads meet in Amsterdam, 27–30 August, go live at midday European time today, 1 April:
https://www.amsterdamsignpainters.nl/letterheads2026/?ref=bl.ag
#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Letterheads #Amsterdam @IOAFS
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I am helping the organisers of this year's Amsterdam Letterheads: “Sea Level” with their email updates.
If you'd like to receive these, then the dedicated event newsletter/mailing list can be joined via this link:
https://bl.ag/#/portal/account/newsletters
Here's a report from their 2016 meet for a taste of what to expect in the Netherlands this August:
https://bl.ag/letterheads-2016-greetings-from-amsterdam/
#Letterheads #SignPainting #Signwriting #SignPainters #Lettering #Signwriters #Amsterdam #IOAFS
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I am helping the organisers of this year's Amsterdam Letterheads: “Sea Level” with their email updates.
If you'd like to receive these, then the dedicated event newsletter/mailing list can be joined via this link:
https://bl.ag/#/portal/account/newsletters
Here's a report from their 2016 meet for a taste of what to expect in the Netherlands this August:
https://bl.ag/letterheads-2016-greetings-from-amsterdam/
#Letterheads #SignPainting #Signwriting #SignPainters #Lettering #Signwriters #Amsterdam #IOAFS
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New at bl.ag online, ‘Signs of the Times: The Letterheads in 1981’, in which I tracked down and republished the first ever piece of press for the sign painting movement, exactly 45 years after it appeared in Signs of the Times magazine.
https://bl.ag/signs-of-the-times-the-letterheads-in-1981/
#Letterheads #IOAFS #SignPainting #SignPainters #SignsOfTheTimes #1981
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New at bl.ag online, ‘Signs of the Times: The Letterheads in 1981’, in which I tracked down and republished the first ever piece of press for the sign painting movement, exactly 45 years after it appeared in Signs of the Times magazine.
https://bl.ag/signs-of-the-times-the-letterheads-in-1981/
#Letterheads #IOAFS #SignPainting #SignPainters #SignsOfTheTimes #1981
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It’s just over six months until Amsterdam Letterheads 28–30 August so I recommend checking out my report from the last one (https://bl.ag/letterheads-2016-greetings-from-amsterdam/) in case you want to get involved.
In the meantime, I'm hosting my regular online event to coincide with the publication of the latest issue of the magazine. BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 08 is taking place on Saturday, 25 April, with the usual mix of talks, interviews, studio visits and demonstrations.
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It’s just over six months until Amsterdam Letterheads 28–30 August so I recommend checking out my report from the last one (https://bl.ag/letterheads-2016-greetings-from-amsterdam/) in case you want to get involved.
In the meantime, I'm hosting my regular online event to coincide with the publication of the latest issue of the magazine. BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 08 is taking place on Saturday, 25 April, with the usual mix of talks, interviews, studio visits and demonstrations.
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Holiday viewing for you all: Luscious Layouts with Mark Oatis, his talk at this year's Letterheads 50.
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Holiday viewing for you all: Luscious Layouts with Mark Oatis, his talk at this year's Letterheads 50.
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For Turkish readers interested in learning more about Burds of the Brush, here's Nil Muge's write-up of the Berlin event in September:
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For Turkish readers interested in learning more about Burds of the Brush, here's Nil Muge's write-up of the Berlin event in September:
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Throwback to 2019 when I wrote up my trip to Tokyo Letterheads for Eye Magazine: https://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/letters-from-tokyo
More at bl.ag online here: https://bl.ag/tokyo-letterheads-now-bigger-in-japan/
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Throwback to 2019 when I wrote up my trip to Tokyo Letterheads for Eye Magazine: https://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/letters-from-tokyo
More at bl.ag online here: https://bl.ag/tokyo-letterheads-now-bigger-in-japan/
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One of the stories in BLAG 07 (https://bl.ag/07) comes from Stéphanie Lebon who travelled from Réunion to Tokyo for the gathering there in 2019 (https://bl.ag/tokyo).
She talks about the challenges she faced in getting there, and the impact that attending had on her.
Today she sent me this photo of her contributor copy of the special issue arriving in Réunion, which brought a huge smile to my face 😊.
She's on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cosmophanie/
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One of the stories in BLAG 07 (https://bl.ag/07) comes from Stéphanie Lebon who travelled from Réunion to Tokyo for the gathering there in 2019 (https://bl.ag/tokyo).
She talks about the challenges she faced in getting there, and the impact that attending had on her.
Today she sent me this photo of her contributor copy of the special issue arriving in Réunion, which brought a huge smile to my face 😊.
She's on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cosmophanie/
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New at bl.ag online, 'The Letterheads Go Large at the 1982 Oklahoma Bash', in which host Mike Jackson reflects on a meet that redefined what a Letterheads could be.
https://bl.ag/the-letterheads-go-large-at-the-1982-oklahoma-bash/
This is the third in a series of bonus content posts connected to the Letterheads special issue of BLAG: https://bl.ag/07
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New at bl.ag online, 'The Letterheads Go Large at the 1982 Oklahoma Bash', in which host Mike Jackson reflects on a meet that redefined what a Letterheads could be.
https://bl.ag/the-letterheads-go-large-at-the-1982-oklahoma-bash/
This is the third in a series of bonus content posts connected to the Letterheads special issue of BLAG: https://bl.ag/07
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New(ish) at bl.ag online, 'Letterheads 50: 28 Days Later', in which I try to make sense of what happened at the American Sign Museum in June through the lens of photographer Natalie Grilli.
https://bl.ag/letterheads-50-28-days-later/
See if you can find me in this huge group shot that Natalie stitched together after shooting a bunch of pictures from up a ladder...
#SignPainting #Letterheads #SignPainters #Signwriting #Signwriters #Lettering #Craft #AmericanSignMuseum
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New(ish) at bl.ag online, 'Letterheads 50: 28 Days Later', in which I try to make sense of what happened at the American Sign Museum in June through the lens of photographer Natalie Grilli.
https://bl.ag/letterheads-50-28-days-later/
See if you can find me in this huge group shot that Natalie stitched together after shooting a bunch of pictures from up a ladder...
#SignPainting #Letterheads #SignPainters #Signwriting #Signwriters #Lettering #Craft #AmericanSignMuseum
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Blagging it for Letterheads 50 at the American Sign Museum last month.
A full report from this historic event should follow this week, but in the meantime, thank you Yao Yao for this photo of me at my booth.
PS. BLAG back issues here: https://bl.ag/backissues
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Blagging it for Letterheads 50 at the American Sign Museum last month.
A full report from this historic event should follow this week, but in the meantime, thank you Yao Yao for this photo of me at my booth.
PS. BLAG back issues here: https://bl.ag/backissues
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My report is in the works, but here's a great write-up of what went down at Letterheads 50 from Vanessa Power:
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My report is in the works, but here's a great write-up of what went down at Letterheads 50 from Vanessa Power:
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New at bl.ag online, 'Letterheads Per L'Horta: An Intimate International Meet', with my review of Spain's second such gathering of sign painters, calligraphers, lettering artists, and graphic designers.
https://bl.ag/letterheads-per-lhorta-an-intimate-international-meet/
#SignPainting #Signwriting #Calligraphy #Lettering #GraphicDesign #Almàssera #Valencia #Letterheads #IOAFS
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New at bl.ag online, 'Letterheads Per L'Horta: An Intimate International Meet', with my review of Spain's second such gathering of sign painters, calligraphers, lettering artists, and graphic designers.
https://bl.ag/letterheads-per-lhorta-an-intimate-international-meet/
#SignPainting #Signwriting #Calligraphy #Lettering #GraphicDesign #Almàssera #Valencia #Letterheads #IOAFS
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I had much fun coming up with ways to showcase this kind of “Bank Gothic cosplaying as Copperplate Gothic” font.
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Noel B. Weber is one of the original Letterheads (https://bl.ag/letterheads), and every now and then he'll just add an unsolicited attachment to an email he sends.
Like this one that came through this week, to which the answer is most likely 'yes'.
For more Noel, check out the recording from his BLAG Meet chat (https://bl.ag/watch-the-recordings-from-blag-meet-inside-issue-05/#still-loving-it-noel-b-weber) and this extract from his book: https://bl.ag/getting-sketchy-with-noel-b-weber/.
Thank you Noel for all you do.
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Noel B. Weber is one of the original Letterheads (https://bl.ag/letterheads), and every now and then he'll just add an unsolicited attachment to an email he sends.
Like this one that came through this week, to which the answer is most likely 'yes'.
For more Noel, check out the recording from his BLAG Meet chat (https://bl.ag/watch-the-recordings-from-blag-meet-inside-issue-05/#still-loving-it-noel-b-weber) and this extract from his book: https://bl.ag/getting-sketchy-with-noel-b-weber/.
Thank you Noel for all you do.
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Having a fun day on press with BLAG 07, the Letterheads special: https://bl.ag/07.
It never ceases to feel like magic when those digital files turn into the real thing on paper. This time there's 60% more if it than usual, and I am loving every fresh sheet that emerges.
There's still a way to go until it's all folded, stitched, trimmed, and bound, but the early signs are that this will be my favourite yet.
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Having a fun day on press with BLAG 07, the Letterheads special: https://bl.ag/07.
It never ceases to feel like magic when those digital files turn into the real thing on paper. This time there's 60% more if it than usual, and I am loving every fresh sheet that emerges.
There's still a way to go until it's all folded, stitched, trimmed, and bound, but the early signs are that this will be my favourite yet.
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I'm en route to Valencia for Spain's second ever Letterheads event, and our host, Nico Barrios, got some press for it today 🙏🏽
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I'm en route to Valencia for Spain's second ever Letterheads event, and our host, Nico Barrios, got some press for it today 🙏🏽
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I thought I'd have some stuff to edit out of my conversation with sign painter, designer, and all-round Letterhead Elaine Wallis, but there wasn't, and so her session runs to just over 50 minutes, versus the advertised 45, at today's BLAG Meet: https://bl.ag/meet.
During the conversation you can learn all about the kit box that she's resting her foot on in this picture, and its role in her life in signs that spans over 40 years.
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I thought I'd have some stuff to edit out of my conversation with sign painter, designer, and all-round Letterhead Elaine Wallis, but there wasn't, and so her session runs to just over 50 minutes, versus the advertised 45, at today's BLAG Meet: https://bl.ag/meet.
During the conversation you can learn all about the kit box that she's resting her foot on in this picture, and its role in her life in signs that spans over 40 years.
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New at bl.ag online, 'A Golden Opportunity to Learn at the Return to El Dorado', with news of Ghi Sign Service resuming its gilding-themed Letterheads meets:
https://bl.ag/a-golden-opportunity-to-learn-at-the-return-to-el-dorado/
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New at bl.ag online, 'A Golden Opportunity to Learn at the Return to El Dorado', with news of Ghi Sign Service resuming its gilding-themed Letterheads meets:
https://bl.ag/a-golden-opportunity-to-learn-at-the-return-to-el-dorado/
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That's BLAG 07 (https://bl.ag/07) despatched to the designers; next stop layouts!
This Letterheads special has taken the pagination up to 128, which could be a failure on my part as editor, or a slight to the movement's fifty years of history, depending on how you frame it.
Either way, it's going to be a visual feast, packed with great people, projects, and stories. Pre-orders remain open until 31 March in the online shop: https://shop.bl.ag.
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That's BLAG 07 (https://bl.ag/07) despatched to the designers; next stop layouts!
This Letterheads special has taken the pagination up to 128, which could be a failure on my part as editor, or a slight to the movement's fifty years of history, depending on how you frame it.
Either way, it's going to be a visual feast, packed with great people, projects, and stories. Pre-orders remain open until 31 March in the online shop: https://shop.bl.ag.
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Stationery letterhead for The Stevens — The World’s Greatest Hotel — Chicago, 1930s (now Hilton Chicago)
#paper #stationery #letterheads #vintage #antiques #hotels #chicago
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For BLAG 07 (https://bl.ag/07), I invited sign painters around the world to translate 'the Letterheads motto' into their language, and paint a panel of this, or its acronym.
25 languages are already in, with at least another 8–9 in the pipeline; mind blown!
PS. If you don't know what 'the motto' is, then listen to Keith from about 49:13 here: https://vimeo.com/93170848
Pictured is the Lockdown Letterheads panel from Gustavo Ferrari.
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For BLAG 07 (https://bl.ag/07), I invited sign painters around the world to translate 'the Letterheads motto' into their language, and paint a panel of this, or its acronym.
25 languages are already in, with at least another 8–9 in the pipeline; mind blown!
PS. If you don't know what 'the motto' is, then listen to Keith from about 49:13 here: https://vimeo.com/93170848
Pictured is the Lockdown Letterheads panel from Gustavo Ferrari.
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Letterheads Valencia is go!
1–4 May
More information (Spanish and tEnglish) and Tickets at:
If you're Letterheads curious, then have a browse of some of these posts: https://bl.ag/letterheads.
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Letterheads Valencia is go!
1–4 May
More information (Spanish and tEnglish) and Tickets at:
If you're Letterheads curious, then have a browse of some of these posts: https://bl.ag/letterheads.