by Carl Middleton | Sep 17, 2026 | Wayfinding
SDC500 … … … A 500-mile circular motorcycle tour of South West England offers an incredible ride across Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. Starting near Taunton and Exmoor, drop down the rugged Atlantic Highway into Cornwall, loop past Land’s End, and return via...
by Carl Middleton | Jul 30, 2026 | Studio Practice
On Design Design – abridged definition (Oxford English Dictionary) To mark out; to plan, purpose, intend… A plan conceived in the mind, of something to be done… Adaption of means to end… Every human is a designer. Many also earn their living by...
by Carl Middleton | Jul 29, 2026 | Studio Practice
A document for shopping The next time you visit a supermarket, keep a keen eye out for a stray, lost shopping list. They can be found in the bottom of a trolley, basket or adjacent to the checkout. Once the navigation of shelves and refrigerators is complete they...
by Carl Middleton | Jul 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Motorcycle Maintenance and Mental Health I have always found that working on motorcycles (and sometimes cars if I’m in the right mood) is a very satisfying pastime. Not because I have saved money in not taking it to a garage, but because the process is slow,...
by Carl Middleton | May 19, 2026 | Studio Practice
One challenge for contemporary letterpress printers, in relation to setting type is ‘inter-letter-spacing’ – the visual distance between individual letters in relation to whole lines of letters and words. The issue is that unlike digital typesetting,...
