Blog: Typography

Auto Type XXVIX



Auto Type XXVIX - we had a wonderful morning at yesterday's Goodwood Breakfast Club. It was the first of the year and the Pre-73 theme meant a vast turn out of quality motors from hotrods to historic racers - here are some of our favourite auto types.

You can see more of our Breakfast Club pics over on Super Ninety and view our full collection of Auto Type here and here.

Mon 04 Mar 2013

Posted under: Design , Typography , automobilia , lettering

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Work, work, work…




It's been a while since we posted some of our actual work (yep, we do have to do some of that), so above are a few identities we've created over the last few months; Propelia - a Navigation Agency for Audacious Thought Leaders (top), GGT - Green Gas Trading (middle), ADBA - The Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Association (bottom).

Check out more of our Delicious work here.

Fri 01 Mar 2013

Posted under: Design , Typography , Delicious work

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Bembo's Zoo


I just saw this lovely little ABC book over on Brain Pickings. It was designed by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich and published in 2000 so it's been around a while but it's typographic illustrations have definitely stood the test of time. 

Roberto wanted an ABC book he could use to teach his daughter both English and Portugese so it needed animal names that started with the same letter in each language. After an unsuccessful search he created his own version, Bembo's Zoo using the typeface Bembo as a basis for all the typographic illustrations...


You can see more of Roberto's beautiful typography here.

All images and illustrations copyright of Roberti de Vicq de Cumptich

Wed 27 Feb 2013

Posted under: Design , Typography , Things to buy , Books

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Auto Type XXVIII










Auto Type XXVIII - some fine additions to the auto type collection from a glorious New Year's Day meet at the historic Brooklands Museum. From buses, to Messerschmitt this show had it all!

You can see our full Auto Type collection here or take a look through other auto related posts here.

Wed 06 Feb 2013

Posted under: Design , Typography , automobilia , lettering

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Auto Type XXVII








Auto Type XXVII - a small selection of auto type from a very cold, sunny breakfast meet at the classic car & historic racing specialists, CCK Historic. Our favourite is the 'Boara' type from a Russian Gaz Volga.

Take a look at the rest of our auto type here and if classic cars and historic racing do it for you, check out our sister blog Super Ninety.

Wed 19 Dec 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , Photography , automobilia , lettering

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From the reference box #133

Right, we're back in the zone, our poor blog has been the victim of our super busy December!

#133 - Monotype Newsletter 90, November 1971. I completely forgot buying a few 70's copies of the Monotype Newsletter last Summer, so it was a pleasant surprise to find them hidden away in the reference box.

Here's No. 90, the first of the new format newsletters which includes a selection of pangrams on the inside covers, a list of London Monotype machine typesetters, an article on Michelin Guides, some metric conversions and a little history of Times Condensed...








Tue 11 Dec 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , Ephemera , Reference box , Inspiration

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AT Christmas Open House

Well it's (almost) that time of year again and this year it's even busier than usual - we've been in a printing frenzy getting ready for the AT Christmas open house.

AT will be throwing open their doors for the first three weekends in December. With paintings, prints, cards, paper cuts, soft furnishings, knit wear, photography and jewellery from Dead Methods, Snorkus, Hello Dodo, Petting Zoo Prints & Collectables, Lou Taylor, Erin Prior, Natalie Martin, Bernard Lodge, James Sawyer, Winsome & Saucy, Nathan James Page, Mr Wingate, Shona Macdonald, Carlos Garde-Martin and Best, it's set to be a cracker (sorry!).

We'll be posting up a selection of work from our favourite contributors throughout the week in a build up to the opening weekend, but for starters, here's some of our new letterpress prints...



Vintage 1920's and 30's adverts printed from the original letterpress blocks...

Letterpress Christmas cards...



Greetings cards...

Hand-cut Christmas banners...


And notebooks...

Make sure you pop by for some delicious cake, mulled wine, to enjoy the roaring open fire and of course, to buy gifts for all your wonderful family and friends! For more information and up-to-date news check out the AT open house blog.

AT open house, 42 Hendon St, Brighton BN2 0EG. Open 1/2, 8/9, 15/16 December 2021. 12-6pm.

Sat 24 Nov 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , Art , Prints , Things to buy , Exhibition , letterpress

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Pencil to Pixel. Monotype. One of a kind.


I'm very excited to be going to the preview of Pencil to Pixel tomorrow with our friends at Sell! Sell! The exhibition of Monotype archives showcases the development of type from drawing board to finished metal type and, "brings together the past, present and future of a unique typographic institution."

Pencil to Pixel runs from the 16 - 23 November 2012 (closed 17 & 18th) at the Metropolitan Wharf, London E1 and admission is free!

Images copyright Monotype.

Wed 14 Nov 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , Exhibition

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Auto type XXVI








Some new additions to our own collection of Auto Type - the last batch from this years shows, although I'm hoping to find some rare lettering delights at the NEC Classic Car Show next weekend!

Fri 09 Nov 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , Inspiration , automobilia , lettering

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Chromeography Exhibition

We love a bit of Auto Type so we're very excited to have some of our images in the Chromeography exhibition in Berlin's Mota Italic Gallery - a celebration of, "the metallic emblems that gave names and life to vintage automobiles, domestic appliances, and other consumer objects".

Curated by Stephen Coles, who runs the Chromeography Flickr group and website, the exhibition opens on 12 November and runs until 22 December 2012.

Goodluck Stephen, we hope it all goes well. Such a shame we can't make it over!

Fri 09 Nov 2012

Posted under: Typography , Exhibition , automobilia , lettering

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Lance Wyman at Designival


I've just read that New York designer Lance Wyman, of Mexico 1968 Olympic branding (above) fame will be a keynote speaker at this year's Designival in Liverpool. Really wish I still lived up north!

Pegged as the north's largest design festival, Designival will also feature "keynote sessions, masterclasses from Liverpool creatives Apposing, Milky Tea and Uniform as well as studio tours, an architour (in association with RIBA), networking, exhibitions, portfolio surgeries, and an after-party running well into the night."

Get more information and book tickets here.

Via CR Blog.
Image copyright Lance Wyman.

Tue 09 Oct 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , Inspiration

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Auto type XXV










Auto Type XXV - I clearly go to too many car shows!! Another selection of auto type from a general classic car show, which includes some more wonderful tractor type (top) and one of my favourites, the gazelle.

As always, the rest of our collection can be seen here and for the petrol heads amongst you there is more classic car & historic racing loveliness here.

Tue 09 Oct 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , automobilia , lettering

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British Wrestling Posters






How great are these vintage wrestling posters from the lovely Maraid's Flickr collection, I'm especially liking the Reg Parks one -  with his trying-to-look-terrifying pose!

Via Sell! Sell! 
Images copyright Maraid.

Fri 05 Oct 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , Posters , collections

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A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures

Adore (3 deep), 2012

A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures is the new Stephen Powers' exhibition currently showing at the Joshua Liner Gallery, New York - his first solo exhibition in 7 years.

Phily born Powers (aka ESPO) is renowned in NY for his large scale sign painting/ graffiti often seen around the City. This exhibition showcases various scaled enamel on aluminium paintings - from his daily 'Metaltations' (small 10 x 8" pieces) to some 8 x 16ft giants, all in his recognisable style.

Daily Mataltation - 6.26.12

Everything is shit except you love, 2012

Holler back, 2012

Undo my life, 2012

The exhibition is only running until the 29th of this month, so don't hang around or you'll miss it. Only wish I was in NY this month :(

If like me, you can't make the exhibition you can see loads of his gorgeous painted signs and other work here and follow his day to day adventures here.

Images copyright Stephen Powers.
Via World Famous Design Junkies.

Thu 13 Sep 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , signage , Exhibition

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Auto type XXIV












An international selection for Auto type XXIV with the unusual addition of Power Fordson Major - some tractor auto type.

If wonderful hand-lettered auto type does it for you check out our full collection here or if you would rather see cars in full, check out our sister blog, Super Ninety.

Fri 07 Sep 2012

Posted under: Design , Typography , automobilia

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