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Jamie Oliver’s Big Night Out 2011

Macleod — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:23:20 +0000

The Jamie Oliver Foundation once again held their annual fundraiser ‘A Big Night Out With Jamie’.

And once again Coulson Macleod was delighted to be involved.

Shoreditch Town Hall. Venue for ‘A Big Night Out With Jamie’ 2011

Coulson Macleod’s bespoke print designed for ‘A Big Night Out With Jamie’

And once again our bespoke typographic print was won by David Ellender, Global CEO of Fremantle Media who paid the final bid of £950 in the silent auction. Last year David won the bid on another bespoke print we designed for the same event, paying £1,100 for it. He’s obviously a man of impeccable taste.

And once again we received Jamie’s latest recipe book. This time it was ‘Jamie’s Great Britain’, signed by the man himself, of course. And a lovely thank you letter. Jamie said they raised £135,000 on the night. Which is pretty impressive in these financially leaner times.

The Jamie Oliver Foundation also emailed us to say, “We want to thank you very much for your endless support. It definitely would not have been possible without your generous donation.”

Other details of the night.…

Kate Nash performed. Ben Shephard hosted. Jools wore orange (thanks Daily Mail for that snippet). And not forgetting Gennaro Contaldo (as prompted by Jamie on Twitter)..

Jamie Oliver’s tweet to Coulson Macleod

“The Jamie Oliver Foundation is a registered charity whose mission is to empower, educate and engage as many people as possible to love and enjoy good food. This means learning how to cook, understanding where food comes from, and recognizing the power it can have on our health, happiness, and even finances. We do this through teaching, training and employment, and also by making good clear information available to as many people as possible.”

Bespoke Art; A Great Wedding Gift Idea

Macleod — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:54:48 +0000

Coulson Macleod bespoke typographic art has been featured in the 100th issue of Wedding Ideas magazine.

Wedding Ideas featured our ‘What’ bespoke typographic print calling it a great gift idea. And indeed it is.

Our bespoke ‘What’ print features the words (written by ourselves) from our limited edition ‘What Is Love?’ print (see below)…

‘What Is Love?’ limited edition print by Coulson Macleod

You can personalise your artwork by adding your own names and your wedding date at the bottom. You can also choose the colour of the text.

And then, you can choose which frame or base material you’d like your bespoke artwork printed on, such as.…

Bespoke ‘What’ print on solid ash block (in gift box)

Bespoke ‘What’ print on solid limestone with reclaimed wood frame

A very personal wedding gift idea don’t you think?

Personalised Typographic Paper Art Print #2

Macleod — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:44:08 +0000

The second in our series of personalized typographic paper art prints.

This bespoke artwork is based on our ‘Jamie’ print.

A perfect gift don’t you think?

Our bespoke paper prints are printed onto a lovely heavy-weight 350gsm uncoated fine art paper with a textured finish. And they are professionally framed too, by Fine Art Trade Guild framers. Just to prove what a professional job the framing is, here’s the back…

Personalised Typographic Paper Art Print #1

Macleod — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:41:11 +0000

How do you fancy a piece of art that’s totally personal to you?

Well you can, just like this lucky customer.

Based on our best-selling ‘Decades’ prints, we created this one-off bespoke typographic art piece called ‘40 Things To Love About…’

Isn’t it great?

Personalised Art; On Rust

Macleod — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:40:02 +0000

Here’s our latest creation; a bespoke typographic artwork for Casco Contractors Inc, a construction company based in California…

This personalised typographic artwork consists of four prints, each one measuring 52cm x 52cm x 8cm. We loved the idea of having four separate prints (like building blocks) that when placed together spells out ‘if you build it they will come’. Should fill their reception wall quite nicely, don’t you think?

Cheryl Osborn, the President and founder of Casco fell in love with our naturally weather-rusted steel sheets. And she loved the handmade reclaimed wood frames too.

And we rather love the finished design.

Bespoke Typographic Art — It’s All About You

Macleod — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:25:04 +0000

Coulson Macleod now has a brand new website to make choosing your piece of bespoke typographic art that much simpler.

Many of our typographic art prints can be personalised to your specification. We’ve grouped together our most popular designs for you to choose from, and each style can be customised with your own choice of words and colour.

But it doesn’t end there…

You can also choose which of our exclusive handmade frames or natural base materials you want your artwork printed on.

For the majority of our designs you can choose from solid oak, reclaimed frames, reclaimed blocks, natural fabrics, rusted steel, solid limestone, recycled paper, or canvas.

Simply pick a design and a frame and tell us what you want printed, and we do the rest, resulting in a one-off piece of bespoke artwork that’s totally personal to you.

For instance, if you love our ‘What Is Love?’ limited edition typographic print (pictured below)…

‘What Is Love?’ by Coulson Macleod

You can now take this design and personalise it by adding your name and date at the bottom (great idea for wedding gifts) and put the design on a choice of frames such as…

‘What’ bespoke — material print (framed)

‘What’ bespoke — on Reclaimed Timber Block (in gift box)

‘What’ bespoke — Fine Art Paper Print (framed)

‘What’ bespoke — Solid Oak Print

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Keen As Mustard

Macleod — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:21:21 +0000

We are happiest when we’re creating bespoke typographic art for our customers.

Firstly, because we simply enjoy the design process. Obviously.

Secondly, because it fills our office with love. Personal messages from husbands to wives, girlfriends to boyfriends, daughters to mothers. Special words, thoughts and phrases from the heart that invariably make us go “aw!”.

Sometimes at Coulson Macleod HQ we’re asked to design something a little different. And this is one of our favourites…

Large solid oak frame and white-washed oak panel

A wonderful wedding anniversary gift to a husband using his phrase. Perfect!

Coulson Macleod Creates Bespoke Word Art

Macleod — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:09:37 +0000

As well as designing very cool typographic art collections, we, that’s Couslon Macleod, can also create personalized art just for you.

Just to show you some examples of our bespoke art…

This one, using our ‘Winter Trees’ as a base, was created for one of our customers…

… who then wrote us this amazing testimonial,

“I’d been interested in Coulson Macleod’s work after seeing it in the press, and having discovered via their website that they also do bespoke work, I suggested an alternative wording. We discussed a treatment, I was sent an image for pre approval and five days later a fantastic and unique piece is now hanging in our home. I could not be more delighted with the finished piece of work whilst the service offered was nothing short of brilliant.”

Isn’t that nice?

A close-up of the bespoke art based on our Winter Trees collection.

Our bespoke personalization service can also be based on our rough-sawn solid oak-framed ‘Love’ prints, like this one…

All you have to do is pick a similar number of words and sentences that you want to incorporate, and we do the rest.

So if you’d love to own a one-off piece of art that has been created just for you, or you need to find a truly unique gift, then just click on Coulson Macleod. Simple.

Coulson Macleod Is The Perfect Wedding Gift

Macleod — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:19:10 +0000

Our latest typographic art collection ‘Landmarks’ can be personalized. And we think this would make a totally superb wedding present.

All you need to do is give us a list of words (we use roughly 70 words to make up the ones in our ‘Landmarks’ collection pictured below).

You could create one that was based on their honeymoon destination. Or create one that focuses on places in their lives together, such as where the couple met, the pub they hang out in — you get the idea.

And we at Coulson Macleod HQ do the rest. We’ll find an image that suits the artwork. The result is a one-off piece of bespoke artwork. A totally personal gift. And you’d be loved by the couple forever!

Personalized typographic artwork based on the above ‘Landmarks’ print

Your personalized artwork based on our ‘Landmarks’ collection features a handmade frame and panelled backboard made from reclaimed antique Victorian roof timbers. The planks used to make the backboard vary in size for each print and we retain all those lovely defects in the wood to add to the charm and character of the piece. These can include knot holes, nail holes, warps and water marks, so each artwork is totally unique.

The finished item is then over-printed with distressed image and typography in UV ink.

One-Off Art

Macleod — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:20:15 +0000

Here at Coulson Macleod HQ we’ve been doing a spot of thinking. And talking. And generally mulling over business.

Our ‘Love’ prints are proving very popular, particularly in wedding blogs and I’ve had various wedding magazines showing an interest too.

So we thought how lovely it would be for those about to get married to be able to commission a print just for them.

Their very own Coulson Macleod. Bespoke. Personalized. A one-off… “to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.”

If you’d like a one-off piece of art creating just for you, then email us, and we’ll start creating your very own message of love.