Jon Abbott

New work, in response to the @londonbiennale open call, and in collaboration with @_dean__brown_ : Out of (Paper) Office. The OO(P)O printable templates transform any empty shop into a community not-working space. An antidote to missing out on quotidian trivialities whilst WFH.

Long live Wittertainment!

@danielmather Good luck with the move and this exciting new chapter of life and practice

Northbound. Forever.

@WorldFamousHot1 Beigel Bake! Hot salt beef beigel + mustard & gherkin pls

Choose.

A fascinating account of when Britain finally dropped LSD (and went decimal) fourcornersbooks.co.uk/articles/the-o…

My collaboration with @_dean__brown_ – Out of (Paper) Office – has been featured in Wallpaper’s coverage of Design in an Age of Crisis wallpaper.com/design/design-…

The London Design Biennale is hosting a series of online talks, exploring ideas around how we can use design to reshape work and wellbeing. Thanks to the LDB for sharing Out of (Paper) Office to accompany this post.

View our project and many others on the LDB online gallery: londondesignbiennale.com/brown-office-x…

New work, in response to the @londonbiennale open call, and in collaboration with @_dean__brown_ : Out of (Paper) Office. The OO(P)O printable templates transform any empty shop into a community not-working space. An antidote to missing out on quotidian trivialities whilst WFH.

In response the @londonbiennale - Design in an Age of Crisis open call @_jon_abbott and I have created the Out of (Paper) Office as a community not-working space. An antidote to all the small trivial joys we miss out on whilst working from home. londondesignbiennale.com/brown-office-x…

As if things weren’t tough enough for museums already, now global-Britain-world-beating-frictionless-trade means this (from the V&A):

‘the rain-stained ruins of a dream of a Modernist world that never arrived’ — Edwin Heathcote, with a timely, sensitive, and intelligent piece on Brutalist architecture on.ft.com/3nNHQQQ

Happy snowballs nytimes.com/2020/11/05/mag…

Post lockdown, it's time to dance and visit museums again. Pleased to announce the opening of 'On Point' at @V_and_A charting the fascinating 100 year history of the @RADheadquarters. Exhibition Design in collaboration with @_jon_abbott. #RAD100 💃🕺

Celebratory drone-light display after Biden’s speech, by Verge Aero @VergeAero @DesignMuseum #FontSunday

@timsawford Thanks! Hopefully restrictions only last a month and people can see it

@_jon_abbott Looks great Jon, I hope to get down and see it once restrictions are lifted!

New work: display layout and graphic design for 'Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work' at the Design Museum, London. The exhibition celebrates the graphic design of Margaret Calvert, which has shaped much of the our national visual identity, from roads to railways and beyond.

“Banksy loves to mess about with them.” Margaret Calvert, typographer and graphic designer who co-designed the UK's road signage system, says she’s worked with Banksy before and she’s “flattered” he “takes the mickey out of what we do” #Newsnight

My favourite image from the Calvert exhibition: how road sign legibility used to be tested by men sitting in a field.

The legendary Margaret Calvert, designer of Britain’s road signs, sporting an appropriate bag today

‘Are we nearly there yet?’ A brilliant review of Woman at Work from Oliver Wainwright in the Guardian theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Visit Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work while you still can! It’s free and well worth a view. designmuseum.org/exhibitions/ma…

The display also marks the launch of Network Rail’s new typeface, Rail Alphabet 2, designed by Calvert in collaboration with Henrik Kubel of A2 Type. (Image from A2 Type)