Swede dreams

Last month John Simmons was invited to Stockholm to give two lectures to the Berghs School of Communication, Sweden’s leading college for the creative industries. The School’s head, William Easton, had seen ‘26 Letters’ at the British Library last autumn – and he thought it would translate perfectly into Swedish. And so it does, with the addition of letters specific to the Swedish alphabet to make ‘28 Letters’.

John’s lecture explained how it had all come about – the works and the thinking behind them. For those of you who weren’t in 26 at the time, it’s worth getting the book ‘26 Letters’ (Cyan Books, £14.99 – p&p free from sales@cyanbooks.com).

So 28 creative pairs of writers and designers from the Berghs School were briefed. When the posters are produced they’ll start appearing (thanks to sponsorship by JC Decaux) in sites such as bus shelters around Stockholm. If you happen to be there early next year, look out for them. And send us a picture.

posted by jim @ 4:05 PM