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August 7, 2008
Thursday Type: The sacred & profane (well, mostly profane)
- Good use of bad words:
- Why America is [Screwed] Graphically, At Least puts the "graphic" back in graphic design. Coarse, but really funny. [Via Bryan O'Neil Hughes] [Update: New video URL thanks to Mark Ross.]
- Legibility: that's how I roll.
- Check out JK Keller's very cool Slitscan type generator for Illustrator [Via Maria Brenny]
- Photography:
- Richard Roche shares 10 great photos of found type. I love the "Alaska" boxcar especially. [Via]
- The Gallery Hotel Art in Florence keeps its lettering on the DL, using bent wires that spell the hotel's name in a shadow when lit by a spotlight.
- Logos:
- Dig this "TypeFACE" logo. (Much better than making an L on your forehead.)
- This bit of UK pride riffs smartly on the classic "I {Heart} NY."
- So does the CityRacks bike-rack project logo.
Comments
Aaron Draplin's video rant "Why America Is..." is up at Vimeo. Here's the link:
http://www.vimeo.com/1465284
Good stuff!
[Killer, thanks. --J.]
The hotel name was just amazing to me. Shadow art is almost forgotten in today's society.
If you want to see classic type design married to humour then you can't beat ARC (Alternative Rugby Commentary). Its vey rude and might not make much sense to those who don't watch rugby but its a bloke who makes short animations predominately using type and voice for the New Zealand Team. Most of it is aimed at the South Africans and Aussies. Link here but contains swearing.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sVQShv_0drw