Aug 25
Type Tuesday: More from Ed Nacional
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Congratulations to Ed for his typographical illustration that appeared in a recent edition of the New York Times magazine.
Aug 24
Ephemera from Poland
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Some great graphics can be found on www.pantuniestal.com. Above, labels from Polish sewing cotton labels. Below: Jam labels.
And public transport tickets:
The “kolekcja” category contains most of these vintage collections and more. {discovered via Yummy Chummy}
Aug 18
Tapeography
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Turkish designer Ersinhan Ersin has developed an alphabet made completely of cassette tapes. He has coined the typographic project tapeography.
Aug 11
Type Tuesday: Asya Palatova
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We love to hear from our subscribers, to see what they do and what inspires them. This morning Asya Palatova introduced herself via email. In visiting her portfolio, I realized that I am very familiar with her work! She has art directed numerous books, Martha Stewart’s Living and Body & Soul magazines, and created the memorable logo for Purl, among many other things. I invite you to visit Studio Palatova to view more of her design skills.
Asya also makes lovely ceramics, adorned with simple typographic accents and flourishes. {Available in her etsy shop.} Her blog, My Mama’s Table, chronicles her ceramic works-in-progress and documents her visual and culinary inspirations. Thanks, Asya!
Aug 11
Type Tuesday: Pioneers of Modern Typography, 1969
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From the jacket flap: “Modern typography does not have its origins in the printing industry. Its roots are entwined with those of twentieth-century painting, poetry and architecture, and it flowered quite suddenly and dramatically in the twenty years following the publication of Marinetti’s Futurist manifesto in 1909. The author, Herbert Spencer, who is editor of the Penrose Annual [he edited it from 1964-1973, the link takes you to an annual from the 1950s] and a Senior Research fellow of the Royal College of Art, discusses what led up to the new concepts in graphic design and carefully disentagles the respective influences of Futurism, Dadaism, de Stijl, Suprematism, Constructivism and the Bauhaus and the individuals concerned in these movements. He deftly conveys the flavor of the international intellectual ferment in Europe during this period, the comings and goings, the ideological alliances, the conflicts of personalities, teh magazines, the meetings…”
Read more about the book at Modernism 101, a site whose logo is clearly influenced by this book cover.
Thanks, Colleen, for saving this from the library discards. It’s a shame the book didn’t have a more glorious sign-out history!
Aug 04
Type Tuesday: Micah Max
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Micah Max Schmiedeskamp from Omaha contacted us last week with a link to his portfolio. Here are some of the typographic solutions that caught my eye. If you’d like to share something with UPPERCASE and our readers, just contact us via the handy form.
Jul 24
One day bleeds into the next
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Add a little ink to this wall calendar and the days will reveal themselves throughout the month. An added bonus is that each month showcases a different color.
So far, it’s part of an art exhibition at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, but we’re thinking that if this brilliant design concept is accurate enough, it might be a popular fixture in hipster cribs worldwide.
Jul 24
Friday Fluff: Helvetica Destroyed
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Dig this performance piece by Swiss Designer Filippo Nugara that expresses his feelings about Helvetica.
Jul 23
Hand Made Fonts
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A few months back we posted about Estonia-based company HandMadeFont and their wacky approach to developing custom type. They’ve just released another series that is worth a look. Head over to their website for a peak.
Jul 22
Tiny Toyota iQ Comes with Custom Font
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Following in the sponsored tire tracks of artist Robin Rhode, who recently used a BMW Z4 as a 300-horsepower paintbrush, Brussels-based graphic designers Pierre Smeets and Damien Aresta have created a typeface using an iQ (pictured at right), Toyota’s answer to the Smart Car. Smeets and Aresta teamed up with interactive artist Zach Lieberman and seasoned racecar driver Stef Vancampenhoudt to trace and digitally map letters and characters on the floor of an airplane hangar (watch the design process in the below video). The result is iQ Agility, a Eurojaunty typeface that reveals the iQ’s incredibly tiny turning radius.
Next up for Smeets and Aresta? The pair are at work on a typeface inspired by the title sequence of Antonioni‘s Eclipse and another one for a club. In the meantime, they have a ongoing project to spot first names—from Adam to Zorba—in commercial signage. Both Stephanie and Steve remain elusive, but check if they’ve found your name here.
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