Hand Job: A Catalogue of Type by Mike Perry is one of those books that I can open to any page and instantly think, “I wish I was this awesome.” I love hand drawn type and this book, it has become my favorite source of inspiration and can’t wait for the opportunity to draw some type [...]
I just love Alida Sayer’s work; which is inspired by the world of illustrative and experimental typography and gives a different dimension to illustration and visual design.
Roland Tiangco’s dirt poster. The recipient completes by revealing spot-varnished type with hands made dirty by handling the poster.
Utter genius!
Found these book designs on the Creative Review website. In my opinion they have been beautifully designed and are really interesting.
Goalkeeper Forever
Zdzisław Sosnowski’s was himself a goalkeeper and that inspired him to create this particular exhibition that focused on celebrities and in this instance on footballers. This exhibition was originally shown in 1975 and has recently [...]
I found this illustrator on YCN and I have posted some of my favourite illustrations that were produced by Sarah King. She is a freelance illustrator from London and works for many different clients with The Guardian and Oprah Magazine being among them.
She uses type to create the images and I think that they have been beautifully produced. My [...]
I attended a talk by world-renowned typographer Bruno Maag at the University of Ulster. It lasted a mere hour, but it was probably one of the most informative and interesting hours of my life. Maag is a very talented speaker; he was extremely talented at captivating the audience and presenting his ideas and thoughts in [...]
I came across this web designer’s CV tonight, on digg.com. Design-wise, it’s not bad, I’m sure it could be done better, but I think the idea is great. But it did remind me of the wonderful graphics designed by the critically acclaimed information designer from New York, Nicolas Felton.
Nicolas Felton spends his life organising data. [...]
