RIP Doyald Young

We were very saddened to hear of the passing of Doyald Young, prolific lettering artist and logotype designer. It was by chance that we discovered the news as we were watching a very interesting documentary about him on Lynda.com. In it Doyald was discussing the work of other typographers which he admires, in particular that of Frank Blokland and his foundry the Dutch Type Library. We visited the site and that's when we read that he passed away last month. A great loss to us all.

I only wish we'd been able to meet him in person, but we can remember him through his work and his words. For example, he described his book 'Dangeous Curves' as an attempt ‘to show both emerging and expert designers how, in an age of computer-dominated design, the designer can turn to their very own hands for both inspiration and solution’. This really makes us smile :)

Image taken from the Dutch Type Library - a still from Lynda.com's documentary

A master craftsman and educator who we will continue to learn from. Rest in Peace Doyald and thank you.

Find out more about Doyald Young here:
http://doyaldyoung.com/

We've Joined Vimeo!

That's right! We've got ourselves an account on Vimeo (YouTube's cooler cousin). We thought...well we're on YouTube sharing all our faves, so why not get on Vimeo and share there too!!? So we have.


Head on over and check out our faves. It's so sleek and cool - Oh Vimeo, you're so dreamy!

Hmm, interesting post comparing Vimeo and YouTube:
5 reasons why Youtube is better than Vimeo | Vincent Rozenberg

We think they're BOTH cool :P but what we like about Vimeo is the 'Album' feature. We can organise our video 'likes' into albums and thus find stuff more easily. Niiice :D Ooo Ooo, it says here you can share your albums with a widget! Gonna go play!

New Year's Resolutions 2011

It's about time we listed out some resolutions! Here they are in all their glory:



Let's see how well we fare sticking to them!

A Kooji Cottage Christmas!

Have a Fantastic Xmas everyone! From all at the Kooji Cottage :D Mwah! x

Hang on...who's that in the window?

Lord Whitney's Shop Now Open!

As a follow up to our last post our friends at Lord Whitney have just unveiled their brand spanking new shop! Take a look at these tasty treats - Scrumptious!

A Plot to Kill Lord Whitney Book - Buy Here

The Curious Circus Sideshow Character Cards - Buy Here

The Curious Circus Sideshow Screen Printed Poster - Buy Here

A Plot to Kill Lord Whitney Full Set - Buy Here

Absolutely stunning stuff for sale and just in time for Christmas too. Only the most respected of book-worms will have 'A Plot To Kill Lord Whitney' stashed on their shelves. Go get a copy! Do it now!

www.lordwhitney.bigcartel.com

A Plot To Kill Lord Whitney

We received this curious invitation (via carrier pigeon of course) cordially inviting us to attend an evening of murder, mystery and merriment. It would appear that some dastardly fiend had attempted to kill our beloved Lord Whitney!

Image © Lord Whitney

We both put on our sleuthing gear and headed straight to the scene of the crime, the Victoria Hotel in Leeds. The clues as to who'd killed the Lord appeared to be hidden amongst a photographic exhibition of 'Lord Whitney's Curious Circus Sideshow' and the book launch of 'The Plot to Kill Lord Whitney'. Not your usual crime scene but nevertheless we soldiered on determined to seek out the truth!

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth! Holmes, is that you?

Our hosts declared that "upon the hour of nine o'clock we shall reveal the detective who has fathomed the most creative but yet believable murder plot theory and award them with a special prize."

Johnny received a special mention for his theory of raging jealousy and deceit:

'I have deducted that Eric was in fact guilty of attempted murder most horrid! Driven by jealousy over little Derek's success on stage and with the ladies, he plotted to capture his vertically challenged companion in a large jar then drown him in poisoned Cognac! However, Rodney Arthur found out and ran to warn someone but tripped over Tramp the Clown, hitting his head and forgetting the whole affair!

Lord Whitney was not the intended target.'

Signed Detective Johnathan Gallagher


Lord Whitney never fail to amaze us with their creativity. A most entertaining evening! We look forward to our next invite ;)


For more about Lord Whitney follow these links:

To see their fantabulous creative workings look here: www.lordwhitney.co.uk

Read all about Lord Whitney here: http://lordwhitney.blogspot.com

Limited edition books, screen printed posters and other delights can be found within Lord Whitney's Shop: www.lordwhitney.bigcartel.com

I Want My Kooji TV!

Favourite videos, uploads and giggles galore can be found here on our very own YouTube channel! Tune in and laugh til ya socks pop off :P

Image 'Kooji TV' © Katherine Moss


Head on over now:
http://www.youtube.com/koojicreative

Halloween Candy Cram 2010

Have a happy Halloween Kooji Buddies! Hopefully it'll be crammed full of delicious chocolatey candy (but don't forget to brush ya teeth afterwards!)

Here's Kooji chillin' out with our Guard Frog, Frankie, Yorik and Pumpkin Head (Skeley one arm's sneaking in an appearance too).

Frankie's sulking (too much candy!)

Johnny chomping on a Candy Rat

Tasty Goblin Stew! Yum :P

...and chilled Baby Brains for desert ;)

Kilo75 Turns Ten!

The lovely peeps over at Kilo75, Matt and Monica, invited us both to a party they threw last night to celebrate the company’s tenth anniversary.

The party was a held at Joiners Bar in Temple Works, Leeds - a really cool arty spot which we've frequented before for art events. It was a great night out, with lotsa tasty nosh and good music (We both scoffed a lot of those finger nibbles :D)

Here's to Kilo75 Hip Hip Hurrah! May you enjoy many more happy years :)

Feeling Light Headed?

The Light Shopping Centre held a competition recently to design a re-usable shopping bag. My design on a cool fabric bag!? How could I resist?

The winning entry will be launched at the ‘Leeds Loves Shopping’ event next month and the winner will also receive £200 to spend in The Light! (This year's Christmas pressies are riding on my getting this!!) It's for a good cause too as all proceeds from the sales will be used to help feed the animals at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm.

So without further ado here's my submission!


'Feeling Light Headed?' © Katherine Moss

'Feeling Light Headed?' © Katherine Moss

Shopping at The Light always makes me feel giddy and light headed. I wanted my design to capture this with a girl's swirly hair floating off in all directions, busying about her head as she dashes from shop to shop!

Voting is open until the end of this month so if you're passing through the centre take a look. It's up on display opposite Body Shop :)