Nightjar Blog

Readmill is pretty

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:51:23 +1100

Their website is lovely, the app looks beautiful and the typography is delicious.

Site at readmill.com, write up at fontsinuse.com/readmill

Even their sign up and login form is lovely.

Lovely Fabric

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:31:35 +1100

At M is for Make! http://www.misformake.co.uk/

Aakash Nihalani

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:33:47 +1100

I love these awesome tape and cardboard artworks by Aakash Nihalani. His website is also full of other awesome work and goodies.

http://www.aakashnihalani.com/

Amy Borrell

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:23:52 +1100

Amy’s beautiful watercolour illustrations also feature in the 2012 Frankie Diary.

Sweater Letters

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:42:52 +1100

So beautiful! MaricorMaricar via Thoughtful Day

Tiny books

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:33:38 +1100

I love these tiny book projects at Shelbyville. Makes me want to get all crafty!

Guillemet

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:56:17 +1100

A lovely gothic typeface

allthingseurope: Brasov, Romania (by 23gxg)

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:56:50 +1100

allthingseurope:

Brasov, Romania (by 23gxg)

A sight, a scan

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:56:25 +1000

A sight, a scan

Listening to Cloud by Sia

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:53:38 +1000

Listening to Cloud by Sia

Letters, patterns

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:53:07 +1000

Letters, patterns

Some things from this morning

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:19:15 +1100

A lovely picture of Amsterdam from julia.

Gorgeous signage from we love typography

The beautiful sea. From gatopalomas

Francis Bacon’s studio from amyy

Some beautiful paper from Paper is Lovely

Linna Xu

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:48:10 +1100

Linna Xu has some beautiful work in her folio.

I particularly love this three part booklet series that she created in response to a personal journey.

This project manifested itself in a three part series of booklets that detail the personal struggles that I faced after my parents’ divorce and how I came to overcome my personal barriers to realize the value of personal relationships. The entire book documents the three stages of my development: melancholy, uncertainty, and genuine happiness. The irregular page dimensions reflect the process of looking back and picking up elements of my life and stitching them together. Fragmented layouts within a loose grid reflect my disjointed and non-linear thought process. Similarly, although the overall order of the booklets is chronological, the order of events within them are not. This is to reflect the confusion that I experienced in my childhood. The last booklet is the most structured and ordered to show how I have come to better understand myself.

New Cadbury Campaign (Australia)

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:51:00 +1000

I hate the new Cadbury campaign here in Melbourne. Not only does it employ that tasteless, old and unimaginative threesome analogy, it also appears to rip off Jessica Hische for Tiffany & Co.

Jessica Hische for Tiffany & Co.

New, lame Cadbury campaign in Melbourne

Chloe Early

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:28:41 +1000

Chloe Early’s partial abstractions are really beautifully balanced. They remind me of some of my favourite Richard Hamilton paintings.

Bomber

Swing

Delta Wing

"Swimming in Milk"

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:10:00 +1000

Breathtaking photography by Tiny Evil Hog.

Beth Shirrell — Kalakari Display

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:03:49 +1000

Beth Shirrell’s beautiful alphabet is full of such amazing detail. In her words:

I explored typographic expression by creating a display font that captures and reflects the ornate culture of India. Specifically taking impetus from the country’s architecture, the ancient art of henna painting, and Hindu iconography. The font is a collection of 26 majuscule forms that make up the English alphabet. Kalakari translates from Hindi to English to mean ornamentation.

Via Ministry of Type.

Friday Type & Lettering

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:07:26 +1000

It’s nearly the weekend. Let us all look at some lettering!

Lots of credit to http://designersgotoheaven.com/ for a huge bunch of these.

Nicolai Hawalt — Car Crash Studies

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:38:41 +1000

Nicolai’s photographic series is at once macabre, disturbing and beautiful.

Below are some examples from his abstractions of mutilated exteriors, but he has also photographed a series of airbags and also car interiors after an accident that are thought provoking and disturbing.

Photography: NAM [Japan]

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:39:29 +1000

I particularly enjoy the photography by NAM that involves the suspension of everyday objects in complex webs that appear to hang from the ceiling and walls, but their whole portfolio is impressive — see more at http://www.n-a-m.org/.

From CD booklet for ‘WORLD’ by Kiyoshi Ryujin