| April 11th, 2012 - no comments |
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I really just can’t get enough of the stuff coming from French design studio Superscript. A refined typographic density seems to permeate all of their work, resulting in beautifully layered compositions. Inspiring.
| April 9th, 2012 - one comment |
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No joke. Handmade type. Created by Taiwanese designer and current Pratt student Tien-Min Liao.
| April 5th, 2012 - no comments |
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Finally, a typeface that Douglas Hofstadter would approve of.
Frustro is a typeface by Hungarian designer Martzi Hegedűs based on the impossible figure called a Penrose Triangle (which you may be familiar with since The Verge adopted it as their logo). At a quick glance, the letterforms seem to be simple 3-d renderings sitting on an isometric grid. But if you look closer, you can start to see how the letters make impossible connections and simultaneously occupy several different 3d constructions at once. It’s as if you took a 3d letterform from two different angles and mashed them seamlessly into one form. Following the forms, it’s as though parts of the letters are sitting on the page while others are simultaneously standing off of it. Blink your eyes and they switch places. Pretty slick and well done. Now I just need to find a reason to buy it when it comes out.
| March 22nd, 2012 - no comments |
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When I see work like that of Italy’s Think Work Observe, I wish that I had the patience (and know-how) to fully develop working fonts. But for now, I can rest easy knowing that all that hard work is being done by others so that we can all reap the benefits.
| February 23rd, 2012 - no comments |
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Pam&Jenny is the Brussels-based studio of Nathalie Pollet. So much interesting work, going all the way back to 1998.
| February 9th, 2012 - no comments |
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Hailing from Madrid, designer Ritxi Ostáriz cranks out a ton of solid work for “clients in the culture sector, especially musical artists, recording labels and producers from such countries as Norway, Iceland, Germany and United States.” Inspiring stuff.
| February 8th, 2012 - no comments |
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About eleven months ago an ambitious Canadian Designer named Aaron Christopher Judd started a project called “365 Days of Tumblr“ . Every day of the year he posts a well-executed design conceived from an inspirational quote. Aaron’s work is a real double whammy of good design and heavy-hitting quotes. I really like going back to the beginning of his project and seeing how Aaron has refined his technique over time. Definitely worth a follow if you have a tumblr account.
| January 31st, 2012 - no comments |
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Argentinean artist Pablo Lehmann does things with paper type that I can’t even begin to comprehend. See what I mean after the jump.
| January 12th, 2012 - no comments |
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Really enjoying the inventive typographic work coming from Utrecht-based design studio Hoax.
| December 29th, 2011 - no comments |
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Montréal-based design studio Feed‘s “straightforward approach” has produced a portfolio full of memorable work. Typographic experimentation seems to lead the majority of their projects, leaving an illustrative mark on their otherwise minimalist compositions.
