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6th July 2008: Sunday Opening and New Opening Hours


London Graphic Centre Covent Garden Flagship Store to be Open 7 Days a Week. From 6th July LGC Covent Garden will now be open on Sundays!

From Sunday the 6th of July our Covent Garden store will be open seven days a week. In line with customer feedback and popular demand we will now be open from 12:00 - 5:00pm on Sundays. Not only that, we will be opening later the rest of the week as well! Monday to Friday LGC Covent Garden will be open from 10:00am to 6:30pm.

Covent Garden Flagship Store: New Opening Hours
 Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 18:30 (from 7th July)
 Saturday: 10:30 - 18:00 (from 12th July)
 Sunday: 12:00 - 17:00 (from 6th July)

3rd July 2008: Pantone Goe and ColorMunki Seminar




London Graphic Centre in partnership with Pantone is delighted to host this free early evening event on July 3rd at our flagship store in Covent Garden.

The evening will consist of two short presentations on the new Pantone Goe system and the recently launched ColorMunki followed by demonstrations at live workstations where you can try out these systems for yourself. Experts from Pantone and Colour Confidence will be on hand to answer any questions you may have and to guide you through these new and exciting systems.

Refreshments will be provided during the evening along with special offers on both systems and free takeaway goody bags.

30 May - 21 July 2008 : FREE RANGE 2008
"The Worlds Largest Art Happening"



For the second year running we’re the proud sponsors of Free Range 2008. Free Range is Europe’s largest graduate art and design show with FREE ADMISSION organised at the Truman Brewery in Brick Lane.

Free Range is the hottest way to discover new creative talent. Over an eight week period, thousands of students from the UK’s top art and design colleges will exhibit their work. Each year the show has increased in size and popularity, making it a destination point for thousands of Londoners and lovers of visual arts.

By supporting Free Range, London Graphic Centre will help hundreds of students to express their creativity and demonstrate their creative skills and talents.
We hope to see you there.

29 MAY - 21 JULY 2008

DESIGN: WEEK 1 Opening: Thurs 29 May/ Show: Fri 30 May - Mon 2 June
DESIGN: WEEK 2 Opening: Thurs 5 June/ Show: Fri 6 June - Mon 9 June
PHOTO: WEEK 3 Opening: Thurs 12 June/ Show: Fri 13 June - Mon 16 June
PHOTO: WEEK 4 Opening: Thurs 19 June/ Show: Fri 20 June - Mon 23 June
ART: WEEK 5 Opening: Thurs 26 June/ Show: Fri 27 June - Mon 30 June
ART: WEEK 6 Opening: Thurs 3 July/ Show: Fri 4 July - Monday 7 July
INTERIORS & ARCHITECTURE: WEEK 7 Opening: Thurs 10 July/ Show: Fri 11 July - Mon 14 July
MIXED: WEEK 8 Opening: Thurs 17 July/ Show: Fri 18 July - Mon 21 July

Opening Nights: Thursdays 6pm-10pm
Show Days: Fridays to Mondays 10am-7pm
Venue: The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL

www.free-range.org.uk

08.05.2008 - Blek le Rat at LGC Covent Garden



Legendary urban artist Blek le Rat is widely considered to be the originator of stencil graffiti. Banksy has famously said "Every time I think I’ve painted some­thing original, I find out that Blek le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier.".

To help promote Blek Le Rat - Getting Through The Walls, a new book about his work, Blek was in-store on Thursday the 8th of May (1- 2pm) signing copies. He also posted up one of his famous stencil posters, which can be seen in-store.

19.04.2008 - Live Drawing Event: The Art of Football



On the 19th of April London Graphics hosted a live in-store drawing event. Part of Nike's "Art of Football" project, it featured Jamie Brown and Craig Ward who created a large football inspired work in the entrance of our Covent Garden store, which you can see above. Click here to see some more photos of the event and a video of the whole thing.

The event was part of a Nike creative initiative "The Art of Football". Its all to do with artists expressing themselves though football, and producing football inspired artworks. Designers, illustrators and visual artists from across Europe can upload their own piece of work inspired by football to www.nike1-1.com. A shortlist will be then have their work showcased at the Art Basel event in Switzerland, and the final selected creative will then be invited to collaborate on a limited edition pair of Nike Dunks.

08.04.2008 - The Gallery is now live!

If theres one thing that all our customers have in common, its a desire to make their creative mark. So we created "The Gallery", a place where you can share and show off your work to the thousands of people who visit this site every month.
Our staff are a talented bunch too, so to launch the Gallery we're showcasing some of their work. Click here to take a look.

26.03.2008 - New London Graphic Centre Website Now Live!

Welcome to the new look London Graphic Centre website! Its taken a lot of hard work, but its certainly been worth the effort. We've redesigned the entire site from the ground up to make it better looking and more user friendly. There's more information, better pictures, associated products and much more to come. We hope you like it!

New Goswell Road Store Now Open!

London Graphic Centre has now opened a new branch at 86 Goswell Road, EC1.
On top of design and graphic materials, the 500 sq ft store includes an extensive portfolio section, a comprehensive range of architectural modelling materials plus a wide selection of books & magazines. For opening hours and directions please click here.