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mikesian.
Dan
mikesian.
studio
Forster
studio
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Half rice, half chips, two birds, one stone.
One dog, two tails, half Mike, half Sian.
Mike and Sian- a design and art duo from Manchester
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artwork
RAIN DANCER
In Manchester, a man or woman, or both or neither, in
the rain, on the canal, or the woods, or the street, in a
hat or a hood, vibrating.
artwork
Half rice, half chips, two birds, one stone.
Dan dog,
Forster
an award-winning
One
twoistails,
half Mike, half lettering
Sian. artist and
designer.
He works
with design
direct with
Mike
and Siana design
and art agencies
duo from and
Manchester
clients from around the world on all manner of lettering Original:
Acrylic on
350gsm
RAIN
DANCER
and type-based projects – ranging from custom logotypes,
‘MCR’
420 x 594
In Manchester, a man or woman, or both or neither, in
brand marks, packaging projects, book covers to anything
the the
rain,
on the
canal,
or the
woods,
or the street, in a
Prints: ‘Of
that requires beautifully crafted bespoke lettering.
many
things
I love
about
Manchester,
hat
or a hood,
297 x 420
a
favourite
hasvibrating.
to be the contrast between the thriving
Dan grew up surrounded by the typographic works of his
modern metropolis, and the richness of its historical
late father Tony Forster, himself a well known lettering
past. Victorian, Georgian, Roman and Gothic treasures
Original:
artist, calligrapher and designer. He recalls a project Tony
remain
gloriously present throughout the city. From the
Acrylic on 350gsm
set him during one summer before he started college,
warehouses, cotton mills, churches, cathedrals, public
420
x
594
in order to ‘get him going’. The project was to draw a
houses, to the exquisite details and craftsmanship
lowercase Helvetica ‘a’ over and over until it was perfect.
adorning walls, floors, ceilings, facades and indeed
Prints:
Dan, initially disheartened at the prospect, drew over 50 ‘a’s the streets themselves. Manchester has it all.
297 x 420
at which point Tony said: “you’ll never learn anything about
the shapes, proportions and beauty of type by just pressing It’s interesting to me that the more the city booms
a key on a keyboard.” Reflecting back on this lesson,
around them, the more precious (and in some cases
Dan considers it to be the most important thing he’s ever
more prominent) these buildings and details become.
learned and it sparked what was to become a deep love for I love that these treasures still remain with us,
type and lettering, that led him to where he is today.
especially considering the rapid growth and
Email: hello@mikesian.studio
development
Phone: 07715
695 555 of the city.
Web: //mikesianstudio.bigcartel.com/
Insta: @mikesian.studio
My poster is a little celebration of this moment in
time – with the old and the new Manchester cohabiting
together. A city embracing the craftsmanship of the
past while continually forging forwards in the new
and creative ways that only Manchester can.
Size: A3
Email: hello@mikesian.studio
www.https://danforster.com/
Phone: 07715 695 555
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/danforsterstudio
Web: //mikesianstudio.bigcartel.com/
Instagram:
@danforster
Insta: @mikesian.studio
Twitter: @danforster