Everybody Dies in Shakespeare's Tragedies

Caitlin Griffin was inspired when she created this exceptional educational chart showing the many many deaths in Shakespeare's Tragedies. Refashioned for the National Theatre's exclusive use, a wide range of merchandise will be available from mid-October.

The full range is now available at the National Theatre's pop up Shopping & E*ting and online.

Monday Portrait: Chongqing by Kate Thackara

First exhibited at the Organhaus, this ethereal film by Kate Thackara explores the fastest growing urbanisation in the world: the Chinese city of Chongqing. See it in London this thursday at Limewharf on Vyner Street, E2 9DQ.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

About five years ago, MoMA kindly recommended us to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Our brief is so broad that the intended uses for our work are still not finalised, but momentously for us the designs have travelled from person, to desk, to department and have been approved for use. The 9/11 Memorial is free to use them while we keep a custodial eye on the project.

Here is the first of our designs: the shield is an ancient object. In its contemporary use, the shape of the shield, while significant is secondary to the words and images that identify the organisation to which those who wear it belong. The design is in honour of all shield bearers. In this application, the shields honour the courage and sacrifice of the first responders on 9/11. The design employs the shapes used by the principal organisations involved. It will be used in clusters of three or as a wallpaper, usually reproduced as black on black.

Sweetpeas

A bit of Kit's terrace made it to the office and into a very wholesome Snapchat.

Monday Portrait: Ken Currie

Continuing a slightly morbid run of Monday Portraits, this week is 'Unfamiliar Reflection', 2002 by Ken Currie. The reflection brings to mind Francis Bacon's 1955 work 'Study for a Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake)'.

For those in Edinburgh, Currie's latest exhibition 'New Works' opens this weekend at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Echo Park Time Travel Mart 826LA

Fluxus lives on at Los Angeles' Echo Park Time Travel Mart. For Christmas Kit was given a famous last words jar which turned us on to the place. They sell everything from pithy quips to robot milk and their online shop is well worth a visit for anyone with a sense of humour. An interest in time travel helps.

Back at the turn of the Millennium we made a range of Fake Fluxus products which you can see here.

Cube Shop

Concept Design, our collaborators on the Cube Shop have made a great video showing how it works:

Monday Portrait: The Cholmondeley Ladies, Artist unknown

c.1600-1600, Artist unknown. Part of the Tate Britain collection, currently on show. If you haven't been recently we highly recommend a visit as their main galleries have been rehung.

The faintly visible gold script at the bottom of the painting says: 'Two Ladies of the Cholmondeley Family, Who were born the same day, Married the same day, And brought to Bed the same day"