Comments on: Adam Dant’s London Squares

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:45:45 +0000

Love the Squares, Loved the write-up

By: Di Corry

Di Corry — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:32:02 +0000

Another absolutely amazing and fascinating Adam Dant Extravaganza!
Love it, thank you.

By: Adam Dant

Adam Dant — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:01:56 +0000

Don’t worry Derek, Swedenborg and Arbor are much further up the waiting list than ‘Great Guildford Business Square’
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By: Lizebeth

Lizebeth — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:29:21 +0000

I wonder if Mr. Dant has done a sketch of Covent Garden Piazza?

Stuck in California since the pandemic started, I have seen some photos of various London squares — all looking so sadly deserted. Can’t wait until they fill up again — SAFELY — with life.

Enjoy all your articles so much. Stay safe.

By: Derek Bailey

Derek Bailey — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:31:23 +0000

So when do the less fashionable Swedenborg and Arbour Square’s make the cut ?

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:26:27 +0000

I so enjoy having the baronial-sized “Maps of London and Beyond” in my art library.
Highly recommended! The large size of the book is ideal, given the uncanny amount of detail; but I also thought it was a sly reference to the old-fashioned Atlases and Gazetteers of yore
that were always the largest books in the bookcase. They did not “behave” like the other books; maybe an explanation why they were constantly pulled down and inspected — usually on the floor of the living room. I can still recall turning the huge pages, while propped up on my elbows; the family dog also snooping and seemingly curious. Good map memories!

GA, perhaps one day you will do an in-depth artist talk with Adam Dant? Specifically, I think it would be fascinating to learn how an expert map-maker BEGINS to plot the work, and how he conquers all the design challenges, etc. He includes a lion’s share of images, words, icons, banners, captions, etc in his work — and I suspect that many drafts would be necessary before the work is finalized. I’ve always suspected that his studio was literally
elbow-deep in tracing paper. Inquiring minds want to know.

Stay safe, all.

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:51:16 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for sharing again those fabulous renderings of London’s famous squares by Adam Dant.
I am particularly fascinated with St. James Square. Being a lover of British history, especially the Victorian period, I have read so much about those discreet gentlemen’s clubs.

Two places I would love to access someday are the London Library and Chatham House also in the neighborhood. Both so ultra.

Missing London today…

By: Ian Silverton

Ian Silverton — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:35:53 +0000

Somebody put this up on my Twitter account, and replied to you via yours, very interesting both visual and written, Stay well GA.