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Royal Poster (left aligned)

By - David
Posted on January, 11, 2013December, 23, 2022

Royal Poster (left aligned) Henningham Family Press 2011 Edition 30 screenprint 20 x 25in £234 (£390 framed) Selected C0llections: Victoria and Albert Museum Saison Poetry Library (Royal Festival Hall) Royal Poster (left aligned), is from our An Unknown Soldier project, which ruminates on the meaning of a memorial to an unknown soldier in the age

Imperial Poster (fully justified)

By - David
Posted on January, 11, 2013December, 23, 2022

Imperial Poster (fully justified) Henningham Family Press 2011 Edition 30 screenprint 22 x 30in £234 (£390 framed) Selected C0llections: Victoria and Albert Museum Imperial Poster (fully justified), is from our An Unknown Soldier project, which ruminates on the meaning of a memorial to an unknown soldier in the age of DNA testing. Does he now

An Unknown Soldier at Poetry Library 11am – 6pm 18th Nov

By - David
Posted on November, 9, 2012December, 19, 2012

An Unknown Soldier and other recent acquisitions will be on show at the Saison Poetry Library as part of their 4th annual Open Day Poetic Censorship 11am – 6pm FREE Poetry Library Level 5 Royal Festival Hall London SE1 8XX

Interview In Progress

By - David
Posted on November, 8, 2012December, 19, 2012

The Poetry Library (Royal Festival Hall) adds HFP to collection

By - David
Posted on August, 15, 2012December, 19, 2012

The Saison Poetry Library on Level 5 of the Royal Festival Hall is “the most comprehensive and accessible collection of poetry from 1912 in Britain.” It is the nation’s poetry collection. So we are thrilled that they have acquired pretty much everything we have made with poetry. For their recently developed fine print collection you

‘Humans Invent’ Interview HFP

By - David
Posted on August, 14, 2012

Humans Invent are the latest to interview us in our studio. Recently journos have started declining the offer of cup of tea. Is it tighter deadlines or a side-effect of the Leveson enquiry? “Is it true that you accepted a cup of tea from an interviewee?!” Well you can enjoy this glowing Humans Invent article

HFP ‘on the record’ in Olympic Sample of East End Makers

By - David
Posted on August, 2, 2012August, 2, 2012

‘Sounds of Making‘ by Dominic Wilcox is a vinyl record of artisans and artists at work in the East End. He was commissioned by CREATE to make this memento of the East End during the changes happening in preparation for the Olympics. Although perhaps it is the encroaching digital dimension, or even rising labour costs,

Going for Gold with Poetry Parnassus and Poetry Library at Southbank Centre

By - David
Posted on June, 26, 2012June, 26, 2012

We made two deluxe Solander Boxes for two key projects that the Poetry Library are exhibiting with Simon Armitage’s Poetry Parnassus in the next few weeks in the Poetry Library. We worked closely with risk-enamoured Head Librarian Chris McCabe and logophile curator Nick Dubois on boxes that will archive hundreds of poems: ‘Polip Poems‘ came

“You Say Chip, I Say Fibreboard…” HFP in USA!

By - David
Posted on June, 19, 2012

A stripped down Chip Shop session took place in Random Row Bookshop in Charlottesville VA last week. What a great reception we had from the good people of Virginia! Every seat was taken as we did a quick presentation about our work before requesting words to be printed. The Virginians chose ‘y’all’ and ‘Kudzu’, giving

Puppets, Broadcasts and Stress

By - David
Posted on June, 19, 2012June, 19, 2012

I took a walk across town yesterday, south to Kreuzberg. My friend Michael Schoenke had invited me over to watch the European Championship match between Germany and Portugal. The game didn’t start until 8.45pm so apart from that kick-off time I was free of a niggling deadline for what felt like the first time this