Blog: Typography

Illustrators, Gary Taxali & Roman Klonek


Just saw this post on the Sell Sell blog about illustrator Gary Taxali. I love his work, it's fantastic - full of quirky characters and bright colours, and as Sell Sell say, it does have a look of vintage advertising/propaganda posters. Some of his signed, limited edition screenprints are available to buy here.

And if this quirky, nostalgic illustration is your thing then check out the work of Polish, illustrator Roman Klonek, whose woodcuts are similarly reminiscent of Eastern European propaganda posters, and also filled with wild and crazy looking characters in bright colours. The full collection of woodcuts can be seen on his website (which is a pretty cool site), and if you want to see them in the flesh, there is normally a selection on display/for sale at Castor & Pollux in Brighton.

Thu 03 Jul 2008

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

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70 AMAZING BUSINESS CARDS


Fubiz have put together a selection of '70 Amazing business cards' they find inspirational. Well, I'm not sure I would describe them all as amazing from a design point-of-view, but there are some really nice pieces of print so it's worth a little look.

Pics from Fubiz.

Wed 02 Jul 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Web

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Fifty Designers' Current Favourite Typefaces


'Fifty Designers' Current Favourite Typefaces' is exactly that, compiled into a neat little book by James West of Create/Reject to raise money for UNICEF's Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Children's Appeal in the wake of Cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar on 2nd May 2008.

Contributors include some of the design world's elite; Farrow, Stefan Sagmeister, The Chase, North, Pentagram and The Designers Republic.

You can buy it from Koenig Books in Charing Cross Road, Artwords Bookshop in Shoreditch or here. Cover price is £3, all of which goes to the charity, so for a bit of good Karma, why not sacrifice your latte & muffin on Monday morning and buy this book instead.

Via Reform & Revolution.

Fri 27 Jun 2008

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

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From the reference box #12




Another new item in the reference box (actually it's on the shelf, but it's still reference) is 'A Book of Lettering' published by A&C Black Ltd. in 1929. It's only 18 pages, but it has some great typefaces that were all hand drawn by Albert Field. Each typeface has with it a description and it's ideal usage, ie. for posters, embroidery, appliqúe, everyday use, woodwork, leather work, carving or printing.

The best thing about this book though, is that it had a couple of hidden extras folded away inside; a hand drawn map of the world showing exports and British colonies and a tea cosy design/pattern - how random!




#12 - A Book of Lettering, 1929.

Thu 26 Jun 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Reference box

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The Ampersand


How great is this site, devoted solely to the humble Ampersand. There are some great 'found' ampersands on signage and some funny food Ampersands, but I'm not sure about the Ampersand tattoo's - that really is taking your love of typography to the extreme.

Via Swiss Miss.

Thu 29 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Web

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A Century of Olympic Posters



The V&A Museum of Childhood is running an Olympic Poster retrospective until 7 September 2008 to "explore the fascinating representation of the Olympic Games through the intensely visual medium of the poster" and to coincide with the Beijing Games. It's a great opportunity to see these iconic designs in the flesh.

And for those of you who can't make it down to Bethnal Green there is a book, 'A Century of Olympic Posters' and some reproductions of the original posters available online from the V&A shop.

Sat 24 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Exhibition

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Rip-off Car Company Logos



Still on a car theme today and I came across these (mainly Chinese) rip-offs of big car manufacturer's logos - Toyota seems to be a favourite!

They are from Car Type, a great car website with loads of information about every car manufacturer you (well I) can think of, their history, logos and their advertising. Be warned though, an hour can easily be lost reading through all the info - but today I can get away with it, all in the name of research!

Fri 23 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Web

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Vintage Car & Racing Motifs





Today we've been busy bees researching vintage motor/ racing graphics and logos for a job we are working on. There are so many great ones - here are just a selection. To see more, visit here and here.

Wed 21 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography

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From the reference box #9





This was a carboot find a few years back and has been nestled in the reference box ever since. It's a 1961 Nebro Photographic Catalogue, mainly in black and white, but with a few colour pages. The product images and colour reproduction have a fantastic quality and there are some sweet little bits of type too.

There we have it #9 - 1961, Nebro Photographic Catalogue

Thu 15 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Ephemera , Reference box

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From the reference box #7


You've got to love this - advertising in it's simplest form. Some kids in the local area started a car washing business last Summer and popped these on all the cars.

Exhibit #7 - Hand written car wash flyer

Tue 06 May 2008

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

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Live Now Posters


Eric Smith has created these great posters and is selling them in aid of Live Strong, the Lance Armstrong Foundation. They are for sale on his website, I Draw All Day for only $12.95 + postage, so why not brighten up your office and help a worthy cause!

Fri 02 May 2008

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

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Found typography #1


I love this packaging, especially the 'Glico' type. Found on a discarded box outside an Oriental food store in Hove, East Sussex.

Thu 01 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Found typography

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Typographic Welcome Mat



These typographic rugs are brilliant. They are hand-cut from felt by John Agelii and are available in a range of colours from John Pour Home. 

Tue 29 Apr 2008

Posted under: Typography , Delicious things , Things to buy

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From the reference box #6


How great are these old Hoover Electric Washing Machine Instructions? We have a collection of vintage instruction cards and this is one of our favourites. The colour, the quality of the print and the detail of the illustrations are fantastic and for the amount of information on there, it is really well designed.

#6 then - Hoover, Electric Washing Machine Instruction Card

Mon 28 Apr 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Ephemera , Reference box

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The Trademarks & Symbols have arrived!




Remember our Ebay bargain, Trademarks & Symbols, Volume 2: Symbolical Designs by Yasaburo Kuwayama, well it arrived today and it is every bit as great as we expected. There are 1500+ marks from all over the world organised into themed sections - the pics above show pages from the Circles, Birds and Eye categories. It's a great piece of reference, so the search is now on for volume 1!

Fri 25 Apr 2008

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

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