July 2009
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Cristiana Couceiro [Lisbon]
This morning I am really enjoying the work of Cristiana Couceiro. There is also an interview with Cristiana over at Untrendy Graphics Blogzine that is worth a read.
Via the wonderful Beyond the Pixels blog.
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Paper beats Internet
Paper beats Internet is an ‘analog’ social networking site that is a
home for entries that focus on exploring the use and relationship between hand-rendered type and images. The work is a dialogue between students and invited guest contributers with professional backgrounds in design, illustration, fine art, writing and other disciplines
It’s like a forum where threads start as...
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Spam Art
SPAM! We have all seen it, ignored it, deleted it, perhaps despised it. But sometimes it might just be worth hanging onto and glorifying. Alternatively, continue to ignore it and just enjoy the work of others who have done the glorification for you.
You may wish to go ahead and purchase yourself a copy of Linzie Hunter’s Spam Project; a book of 30 hand-lettered postcards based on the...
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Typography, bookbinding, zine-making and...
If you are in Melbourne and you enjoy letterpress printing, bookbinding, hand lettering or zine-making then this is for you.
Back2basics 2009 is two days of workshops for creative professionals and students. Taking you back to the roots and heart of graphic design, these workshops will inspire you to discover a new future.
Some highlights:
Type & Drawing Tour For the lovers of type...
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[That reminds me...] Pattern & Embellishments
Today I saw this lovely piece of work for Madam Madsen by Tim Bjørn whilst reading the selective and inspiring blog designworklife.
This made me think of other inspiring work I have been seeing lately that use pattern in a similar way. Firstly, it reminded me of Jessica Hische, (previously featured) and her wonderfully intricate embellishments, and secondly of the wonderful Marian Bantjes’...
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Art & Street Type: (Ben) Eine [UK]
On my train ride home today I was looking at graffiti and marveling at the typographic mastery that sometimes surprises me amongst walls of scrappy tags and figurative murals. Then this evening I read about Eine’s work, over at my love for you is a stampede of horses, and it tied in so nicely with what I had been pondering earlier. I’m also pretty grateful to be introduced to Eine,...
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Art & Design: Aaron Moodie [Melbourne]
When I was busy spending more money than I had in MagNation the other week, this copy of Voiceworks caught my eye—not least because of its use of my favourite colour.
The design is striking, the typography is inventive. It was glossy and neat and flat. I immediately had to have it, though I had no idea what the magazine was or what it contained. Further inspection revealed that it contained new...
