Type and Design Attractions in the UK

duncan
18.May.2007 8.13am

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

G T
18.May.2007 8.19am

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.

Alessandro Segalini
18.May.2007 8.31am

http://typophile.com/wiki/united_kingdom

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

William Berkson
18.May.2007 8.31am

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

miss c
18.May.2007 9.03am

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...

T Bones
18.May.2007 9.13am

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.

duncan
20.May.2007 4.02pm

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

David Lawless
24.May.2007 3.18am