June 2009
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Illustration, Art & Hilarity: David Fullarton...
These artworks are part of David Fullarton’s installation in the offices of a Houston radio station, called What I do when I’m supposed to be working.
The works were placed in amongst other flyers and notices in the office. It is part of the Sisyphus Office project which involves artists who wish
to highlight art as an integral and necessary distraction in our day to day life.
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Trend: Medicinal
Recently I’ve been observing a graphic trend of packaging and design that evoke a sense of old medical labels and classification. Personally I am quite a fan.
Glenrothes Whisky, via Lovely Package
Old Malt Cask liquor, via Lovely Package. Not a fan of some of the typefaces on here though, hand lettering might have been better
This one is my favourite, Karlsson’s Vodka, also via...
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Typography & Illustration: Jessica Hische [USA]
Jessica Hische’s custom hand-lettering and illustration has been a very big inspiration to me. Letterpress, ornament and typography; where can it go wrong?
Amazingly, Jessica state’s in her site’s FAQ that she mainly works on the computer using her mouse:
I don’t use a wacom tablet (at least not yet), I’m a point and click kind of gal. People are flabbergasted by...
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My Tiny Life: Semester's End
I am nearly finished my uni work for another semester — only 1.5 left forever. Part of my work this semester was a studio shoot of a deck of cards that I produced for Melbourne Museum’s The Mind: Enter the Labyrinth exhibition, which is incidentally very good and I highly recommend checking it out if you are in Melbourne.
My outcome is a promotional deck with one topic per letter from A–Z...
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Production: 09 MTV Movie Awards titles by Prologue...
Bodies without heads or faces are amongst my favourite visual devices, which is probably why I love these Prologue Film titles for the ‘09 MTV Movie Awards so much. Watch all the titles over at Motionographer. Tipped off Via Armin’s Quip on Quipsologies (Vol. 30 No. 9.)
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Typography: Anthropologie Catalogue by Hatch Show...
I had to share Wiley Valentine’s photographs of this wonderful Anthropologie catalogue by Hatch Show Print.
I love overprinting!