Book Review-
The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: Artistic Printing and the Ethics of Ornament Doug Clouse, Angela Voulangas Princeton Architectural Press The publishers of ‘The Handy Book of Artistic Printing‘ (Princeton Architectural Press) are familiar to most for the creation of such ubiquitous titles as ‘Hand Job’ and ‘Over and Over’, both assessing extremely contemporary aspects...
Ryan Hurley
I’m really digging the typographic slant of London based Ryan Hurley’s work. Simplicity really is beautiful. \
Qubik Design
Clean, considered and thoughtful design is where Leeds based Qubik is at. They are also responsible for the rather tasty new Grafik website.
Had a nice day?
My old typography teacher Sophie McIntosh is holding a typographic exhibition in Leeds . The exhibition titled had a nice day?”, gave artists and designers the brief of “Typographic representations of the last happy moment you remember”. The exhibition will be held at Reliance in Leeds from Monday 10th August to Sunday 20th September. So...
Mike Giesser
Check out the super nice work on the Behance folio of Mike Giesser, including the better tomorrow project that was floating around the blogsphere a few weeks back.
Sample 1
I’m heading down for the launch party and first SAMPLE exhibition on Thursday 13th August 2009, 8pm at the Vaults, Newhall Hill, Birmingham. SAMPLE is curated by Family and features work from Clusta, Mezzetty and Family. If you enjoy contemporary graphic design, typography and photography of the highest order (if your reading this blog I...
Change the thought
Someone I’ve been meaning to blog about for ages is Christopher Cox. He runs popular design blog Change the thought but also has a very varied and healthy looking portfolio. I’m particularly fond of his really fun typographic treatments and his latest set of illustrations, there is something quite macabre about them. Top stuff!
Alida Rosie Sayer
I’m always up for a bit of dimensional typography, so when I saw the work of recent graduate Alida Rosie Sayer I couldn’t resist posting about it.
Gavillet & Rust
Gavillet & Rust are a studio from Geneva. The Swiss style really comes through in their typographically strong work.
Julien De Repentigny
Pure typographic goodness from Julien De Repentigny. Look through his whole portfolio, if you like words it’s sure to bring a smile.
Anna Filipova
It’s been a bit quiet around here as of late. Lots of projects looming over my head mean not a lot of time to post. If you’ve mailed your work over and I haven’t responded I apologize. I’ll be updating the site and getting back up to speed over the next week. In the meantime...
Hey Ho
Hey Ho really know how to handle type. Amazing minimalist typographic compositions, so effortless.
Typotheque new publications
A few new tasty treats have hit the Typotheque store. I’m quite partial to Back Cover No.2, a french magazine dealing with graphic design and its history. Now with English translation, it’s more than just eye candy. The New Zealand based publication The National Grid also looks a treat. The National Grid is interested in...
Jimmy Smith
Soon to graduate from Leeds college of art and design (I can smell the Fenton pub from here), Jimmy Smith has some excellent editorial work and some really fun custom type.
Seven7ero
Seven7ero also known as Gary Austin is another third year student with bags of talent. I really like his simplistic typographic style.
Scenario
New Zealand’s Scenario definitely have a way with words. Their typography treatments are exquisite.
Zoot
Zoot based in Oslo has a really wide range of work in their portfilo. Along side the norm, I was very impressed with their “What we do” section. Most studio/agency sites have this but I was very impressed by how Zoot break it down into small bite size pieces and really get under the skin...
Jamie Delaney
I’ve been looking at the work of Jamie Delaney on/off for the whole afternoon. I can’t get enough of his simplistic typographic style. His work is pure sex. He is also responsible for the redesign of the ever so popular Candy Magazine.
Anna Garforth
Some really crazy experimental typography by Anna Garforth. I’d love to see some of her moss type whilst on a stroll. You can see some of the big ad agencies pinching her idea for something really lame like an advert for a garden centre. I hope they don’t.
David Matthieu
David Matthieu has some really interesting examples of typography in his portfolio. There’s lots of work to check out at so it’s well worth a look.
Ashleigh Barron
Ashleigh Barron is a second year student at Manchester Metropolitan. Her work is visually striking and has a very playful streak. All this is held together with a strong typographic sensibility. I love her rather colourful poster for Volta (second picture).
Rodrigo Fuenzalida
Rodrigo Fuenzalida is a graphic designer from Caracas, Venezuela. He has lots of sexy typography to look at along with some rather nice understated print work.
Letterpress Links
What graphic designer does not go all gooey at the sight of wonderful paper-stocks letterpressed with beautiful typography, utilizing a wonderful array of inks? I’ve seemed to bump into lots of wonderful letterpress links of the last week so I thought I might share some. First up the wonderful Studio On Fire had this stunning...
Rachel Galindo
Spotted the work of Rachel Galindo on her Behance profile. This Univers font study is just the thing to pick me up at the end of a long Wednesday. Frutiger would be proud!
You Work For Them Update
You Work For Them have a tasty update with a healthy new selection of fonts and books to choose from.My personal favorite is Yume (below) and its only $30!
