DESIGNING FUN - WRAP AROUND A MUG

As a designer, one can have some fun creating an image that fits all the way around a mug. Here Donovan O'Malley's illustration from Nathanael West's Novel The Dream Life of Balso Snell, has been used four times, creating an unexpected and interesting effect.

Here is the mug, with only part of the design showing.
The mug can be bought here.

"The Performers", an illustration by Donovan O'Malley, has been used twice (the image mirrored) to wrap around the mug.

Here is the mug, with only part of the design showing.
The mug can be bought here.

HANDEL'S LONDON HAD NO SEWERS -- SPARE US THE DETAILS PLEASE?

The composer Georg Friedrich Handel with King George I on the river Thames (Wikipedia). It all looks fine and dandy, but  during Handel's time, London had no sewers and you might not want to hear the details how  people went to "to the toilet" but here they are anyway:

The text is from this excellent book: LIVES AND TIMES OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS by Michael Steen. Much recommended.

Feel grateful for this!!