Lawrence Weiner on Designers, Helvetica and the Universe

on September 7th, 2010

What can I say, I am in love with Lawrence Weiner; he gets me. This is a beautiful movie on Weiner by Debbie Millman – and it’s a must see for any artist or designer. I have also included some of his works, for your viewing pleasure. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on [...]

Logo Inspiration: Steven Noble (of Amex Centurion and White House fame)

on August 27th, 2010

If you haven’t heard of Steven Noble before, you most certainly have heard of some of his work: he illustrated the back of the one dollar bill; he is the illustrator who was hired to redraw the White House for its most recent logo refresh; he is the artist behind American Express’ centurion/gladiator illustration, famously [...]

Her Morning Elegance: 2096 stills, one song, one movie

on August 21st, 2010

Photography? Design? Movie? Music? Actually, all of the above. Sunny and beautiful – and you can go to Her Morning Elegance online gallery to view the video broken apart to its 2096 still frames. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it [...]

Stir something deep inside…

on August 13th, 2010

Sydney-based Collider was awarded the top prize for Commercials – Visual Effects at the 2010 Australian Effects and Animation Festival Awards (AEAF) last night for Nestle Club ‘Intense Pleasure’, via agency JWT Sydney. The spot was directed by Collider co-founder and creative director, Andrew van der Westhuyzen. And it’s stirring and delicious…. Bookmark on Delicious [...]

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Gorgeous Victorian Font: Phaeton

on August 5th, 2010

One of the most elaborate typefaces I’ve seen, Phaeton is a beautiful font with hidden gems of beauty everywhere. The font’s nearly 600 characters includes a large number of alternates, ornaments, decorative banners, picto-glyphs, swash capitals, and 49 wordmark glyphs for ‘and,’ ‘the,’ ‘with’ etc. All characters are hand-drawn (and you can see it). Screenshots [...]

Inspiration: Custom Type for Middle East’s Largest Telco

on July 21st, 2010

Based on Zain’s corporate typeface, Avenir, and their request for a patterned headline font, Fontsmith came up with this beauty; created by Fontsmith’s Arabic specialist, Emanuela Conidi, this font comes in a single headline weight in both Latin and Arabic language scripts as well as a special weight for numbers (it is a phone company after all).

The Beauty of Ampersands

on July 16th, 2010

If you’re not familiar with 300&65, this is a blog celebrating the beauty of the ampersand. A new one is posted each day, and they are exquisite. I have wanted to blog about 300&65 for a long while now, so here it is, a small selection from the past 2-3 months. Bookmark on Delicious Digg [...]

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Featured Typography Artist: Jessica Hische

on July 14th, 2010

Jessica Hische is a typographer and illustrator working in Brooklyn, New York. She has “Type” tattooed on her left triceps. She is young, vibrant and enormously talented. Her work is stunning and inspirational. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe [...]

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