Organised again by Jasper Joffe, the 2009 Free Art Fair (”the antidote to Frieze”) is on at the Barbican, and in our view it’s the best yet, with some truly great work on show until Sunday, when it will be … given away by raffle!

Calverts did the graphic reproduction and printing of the catalogue, and we duly enjoyed last Monday’s opening night party, where the Lemon Absolut went down a treat. In keeping with the spirit of Free Art Fair, our own Chris spent a couple of hours designing an ad and sponsorship message. Frightening to think what he might have come up with given a whole afternoon.

Edited and published by NoBrow, the English language release of Paris-based illustrator Blexbolex’s uncanny graphic tale ‘Abecederia’ was printed and finshed at Calverts this week.

An alphabet book trapped in a detective story, ‘Abecederia’ is the twisted tale of two bank robbers on the run from the law (and from A to Z), who are forced into the depths of the jungles of Katagonia to a mysterious penal colony.

The book is designed and printed in three pantone colours, and employs tintlaying and overprinting technques to create an extraordinary palette and colour space. In our view, it’s the best example of imaginative design using spot colours since … NoBrow # 1: Gods and Monsters.

NoBrow have kindly agreed that we can give five of our file copies to the first people who ask. If you’d like to be one of them, contact us with your postal address.