Typophile - Type and Design Attractions in the UK - Comments

The National Media Museum in

mili — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:50:35 -0700

The National Media Museum in Bradford is a good target for those interested in photography, film and tv

http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/

Here’s some suggestions

David Lawless — Thu, 24 May 2007 03:18:48 -0700

Here’s some suggestions for Manchester as those who live in London get a nose bleed past Watford.

1. The John Rylands Library. Recently refurbished and now open. Rare books and manuscripts housed in an amazing building.

http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/

http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/exhibition/unlock/

2. Urbis. Usually has some design exhibtions on.

http://www.urbis.org.uk/

http://www.urbis.org.uk/page.asp?id=3134

3. Manchester Art Gallery

http://www.manchestergalleries.org/

4. Imperial War Museum North. Designed by Daniel Libeskind.

http://north.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00c

That’s all I can think of for the time being. When is it your thinking of travelling?

Have a great time!

Dave

Thank you all for your

duncan — Sun, 20 May 2007 16:02:42 -0700

Thank you all for your suggestions. It is too bad about the Type Museum. I had been looking forward to checking it out. Then when I looked at the site for hours and ticket prices I found that it would not be open when we are there.

I am definitely going to check out John Voller’s tours. I really hope we can do that while we are in London.

There is so much to do and I feel like we have such a limited time. I’ll do a little more research on your other recommendations and see what we can fit in.

Thank you all very much,

Duncan

Duncan, Well worth checking

T Bones — Fri, 18 May 2007 09:13:04 -0700

Duncan,

Well worth checking out are John Voller’s fascinating typographic tours of the City of London. I can highly recommend these.

Take a look Typetours

Edit: I notice Alessandro has made a link to my images in an earlier reply.

Off the top of my head: You

miss c — Fri, 18 May 2007 09:03:51 -0700

Off the top of my head:

You should visit the Sir John Soane Museum – a wonderful place. The V&A is great and has lots of artists’ books which you can arrange an appointment to see. Also, Postman’s Park is a lovely spot (just google it). The Design Museum is an obvious choice. Check Time Out for current exhibitions.

This is rather London-centric, I’m afraid...

Unfortunately, according to

William Berkson — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:31:36 -0700

Unfortunately, according to this the Type Museum is closed. St Brides library seems to be going strong.

http://typophile.com/wiki/uni

Alessandro Segalini — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:31:23 -0700

http://typophile.com/wiki/united_kingdom

http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbones/sets/72157594392158650/

There’s the type museum at

G T — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:19:46 -0700

There’s the type museum at stockwell - which is at the south end of the victoria line. Haven’t been there myself but have been meaning to for a while.

Type and Design Attractions in the UK

duncan — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:13:32 -0700

Hello everyone,

I am preparing for my first ever trip to the UK. We are going to London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Leicester at the end of the month and I am wondering if any of you might have recommendations for type or design related things I could do or see...? My experience from traveling to other places is that if you just go by what is in the guide books, then you are missing out on a lot of possibly more interesting things.

Thank you,

Duncan