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chroniquedesign:

Green Man Festival by YCN Studio (http://www.ycnstudio.com/)

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storyboard:

Documenting Disappearing London

I pass these stores every day. I pass hundreds every week, maybe thousands each month. It’s rare that I look for longer than I need. But Emily Webber sees them.

Based in Hackney, Emily shoots images of the urban furniture of 21st-century London. Her photos show chicken shops and nail bars; laundromats, kebab shops, hairdressers, cab offices, newsagents, and thrift stores all feature. In an increasingly chainified city, she zeroes in on the beauty and originality of the garish and the mundane. On London Shop Fronts, she has published over 1,200 images so far, running one every morning for almost four years.

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visualbookclub:

Sign Painters (2012) by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon. 7.5” x 9.5”, 176 pp, 200 illustrations. Published by Princeton Architectural Press.

There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our visual landscape. Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade. In 2010 filmmakers Faythe Levine, coauthor of Handmade Nation, and Sam Macon began documenting these dedicated practitioners, their time-honored methods, and their appreciation for quality and craftsmanship. Sign Painters, the first anecdotal history of the craft, features stories and photographs of more than two dozen sign painters working in cities throughout the United States. With a foreword by legendary artist (and former sign painter) Ed Ruscha, this vibrant book profiles sign painters young and old, from the new vanguard working solo to collaborative shops such as San Francisco’s New Bohemia Signs and New York’s Colossal Medias Sky High Murals.

I saw this book at a bookstore in Maryland and I really wanna get it ‘cause wow what a good book wow

typethatilike:

Cocktail Sodas

miriamaltamira.com

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wandaxu:

Thank you card

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disenofilia:

Maricor/Maricar

typeworship:

A short video of typographic street artist, Ben Eine and his exhibition at the Lowry Gallery, Mancherster.

Some great lettering and vibrant colours used here.

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lanachukri:

“Edible Typography” - created by two young graphic and industrial designers, Lucía Rallo and Aranxa Esteve. Super sweet idea!

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bookspaperscissors:

Splinter: A 3D typeface made from triangular pieces of cut up cardboard. Arslan Shahid

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