Szabo-Haslam

Hello, Earlier this year I was commissioned to produce two sets of tour posters for both of the Arctic Monkeys homecoming shows in Sheffield. It was an unexpected pleasure to be asked; I had no prior contact with the band or anyone connected to them. For Friday’s show the band chose ‘There’d Better Be a Mirrorball’ from their recent album ‘The Car’ Represented as a soundwave carefully plotted and assembled by hand, it was then silkscreen printed using gloss vinyl on highly reflective metallic silver paper. The band selected ‘Sculptures of Anything Goes’ for Saturday’s show — this time printed with white vinyl ink onto a reflective black paper stock. Both prints have a mirror-like quality. 1,200 were signed and numbered over three days. While all prints quickly sold out on the day, the remaining artist proofs and trial proofs from the project are available. These show the design printed on various metallic and holographic papers, produced as tests during the project. Each is silkscreen printed with black or white gloss ink and is signed then marked with my embossing stamp. There are some really lovely finishes that won’t be reprinted — once they’re gone, they’re gone forever. If anyone is interested, you can find them here: https://www.szabohaslam.co.uk/shop?category=Arctic+Monkeys

Come along to our charity art auction this Tuesday at 99 Mary Street. We’re having an art auction to raise money for Sheffielder Stephen Brooks and we’d love you to come along. Back in 2011, Stephen was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour. He underwent surgery the following year, which left him permanently disabled. Then, earlier this year, the tumour returned. After a biopsy, Stephen and his family received the devastating news that the tumour is now stage three and malignant. We’re raising money for Stephen to undergo private Proton Therapy which, unlike Radiotherapy offered on the NHS, targets just the diseased tissue. We need to raise £75,000, which is no easy task. But with your help, we might just get there. Come along to 99 Mary Street this Tuesday (11th December) from 6pm and help support Stephen and also bag yourself a piece of artwork from one of our generous artists: Pete McKee The Designers Republic Tom J Newell Our Favourite Places DED Associates Geo Law Dry British Peter & Paul Mick Marston Cafeteria Lisa Maltby Alex Szabo-Haslam Jon Cannon Matthew Conduit Ste Johnson Emily Redfearn Megan Elis Joe Horner Olivia Bliss Dan Reed Kyle Wilkinson Amy Kilner Jubby Taylor Bubba Side By Side Chris Saunders Greg Harris See you there! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-brooks-fundraising-auction-tickets-53199307561

Thank you! I'm currently running a follow-up campaign of Citee map T-shirts. There's an option for £20 shirts.

Thank you!

Thank you, I'll try those!

Ahh, thank you! You can still buy Sheffield map shirts from www.citeefashion.com – there's loads more too.

I'm running another Kickstarter campaign. It's a small project - more for my own enjoyment than anything, and though it's more than a little niche I'm hoping someone here can help. Basically it's a bouldering/climbing poster stamped with foil. I do a little bouldering myself at Climbing Works, and once I've had all these produced I'd like to display them in places where climbers hang around (if you'll excuse the pun). You can see the poster here: Other than the obvious - Climbing Works, Foundry, Awesome Walls etc - does anyone have any ideas?

What do you produce, and what sort of space do you need?

What sort of thing are you looking for?

Several tenants in our building lease vans for business use (and cars for personal use too). I'm almost certain most - if not all - of them use Evolution in Chesterfield.

On Thursday I launched Great Minds, a creative project on Kickstarter. It features 24 elegant hand-finished posters of inspirational and positive quotes by philosophers and great thinkers. Each quote is available as a gift set of note cards too. Please take a look at Great Minds on Kickstarter.

It depends on the design - and how well it's marketed. Users on Kickstarter have launched profitable t-shirt ranges, using social media to drive sales.

Yorkshire Tee might be able to help. Out of interest, can you post a link to your Instagram feed? ---------- Post added 01-01-2015 at 12:13 ---------- ...and millions of adults who do have credit cards.

They were from my Kickstarter project. You can get in touch and buy through my store, I still have a few left.

I just backed this great project on Kickstarter, well worth a few minutes of your time - especially if you're into fighter jets!

The follow-up campaign to Waveform, showing tracks by The Human League, Heaven 17, and many more, ends soon: Having now run two modestly successful projects (some people make millions out of Kickstarter), I've got a reasonable handle on the benefits and limitations of the platform. I'd love to hear from others who have used it.

They aren't in shops at the moment, but they will be later in the year.

Good point! Updated.

Good call, thank you.

Studio found. Thank you for your help. We've outgrown our current studio space and have started looking at alternatives. We're a creative design practice and we're looking for something a little different to standard office space...

That's near The Grapes isn't it? Waveform is in The Star today, complete with my not at all forced smile... http://www.thestar.co.uk/what-s-on/gigs-music/unique-art-captures-songs-of-iconic-sheffield-bands-1-6800627

Great stuff, thank you!

Brilliant, thank you for that. I'll look into it.

First off apologies for the ad, but this might interest some of you. Last week I launched my latest project, Waveform, showcasing 29 sound wave posters visualising tracks by The Human League, Heaven 17, ABC, Cabaret Voltaire, and lots more in between. Please take a look at the Kickstarter page.

Good thinking, thank you for that!