Caleb Owen Everitt has an eye for design and art direction that’s really inspiring. I remember swooning over his identity & packaging work for The Chop Shop when I first came across on Ptarmak. His sensibility is evident throughout his work, and while some follows trend (which maybe he starts?), it does so in a way that makes it feel fresh and authentic. Almost effortless.
Loving the site and work of Sydney-based Toko.
They’re experts at developing contemporary, cohesive design solutions and applying them in playful, yet minimal ways. Quality all around.
Here’s a great video about hand-painted signs by FontShop featuring Damon Styer of New Bohemia Signs who was featured here back in April.
Posted: August 5th, 2010 | Filed under: Signage, Typography | No Comments »I had the chance to check out The New Typography at MoMA, NY last weekend, and while I was slightly disappointed with the breadth of work shown, it was still impressive to see these pieces in-person. Viewing works online, or in books is no substitute for the first-hand experience of scale, texture, paper, ink, and history that you absorb when you interact with something tangible.
The New Typography as described by MoMA:
“In the 1920s and 1930s, the so-called New Typography movement brought graphics and information design to the forefront of the artistic avant-garde in Central Europe. Rejecting traditional arrangement of type in symmetrical columns, modernist designers organized the printed page or poster as a blank field in which blocks of type and illustration (frequently photomontage) could be arranged in harmonious, strikingly asymmetrical compositions. Taking his lead from currents in Soviet Russia and at the Weimar Bauhaus, the designer Jan Tschichold codified the movement with accessible guidelines in his landmark book Die Neue Typographie. (1928).” (link via Oliver Tomas)
Here is a quick video walk-through I was able to grab while I was there:
One of my main cohorts, Mike McQuade, just launched his new site and it’s loaded with a grip of incredible new work. Originally from Philadelphia and currently working as an art director at Energy BBDO in Chicago, Mike considers himself an artist, designer, and illustrator. I’ve always admired his drawing skills and hand-lettering, and it’s great to see these talents crossing over into his advertising work for big brands. Mike and I formed National Record Holders a few years ago, and although we haven’t done much with it lately, we are currently working together on a poster for The Infantree’s Help Haiti Heal poster project, as well as plotting our next move with NRH. Stay tuned.
Chris Labrooy has a thing for 3D typography and his approach really sets it a part from what we’re accustomed to seeing from the likes of Serial Cut, etc. I love how he treats the forms as living environments. Clever and cool with flawless execution and great attention to detail.
From Toy to King is a (long) tongue-in-cheek, typographic animation based on some very elementary (often sarcastic) rules on becoming a “top-notch graffiti writer” in just 5 simple steps. (via: Clout)
Posted: December 18th, 2009 | Filed under: Animation, Grafitti, Typography | No Comments »Currently based in Philadelphia, Mikey Burton is a self-proclaimed “hard-working creative person from the Midwest with a passion for design. There is letterpress ink on my blue collar and I wear my Ohio-shaped heart on my sleeve.” He also started a company with two friends called Little Jacket which has worked for such clients as The Sundance Channel, Wilco, Spoon (the band), MTV2, and the Cleveland RTA. Very impressive work from this dude, which I’m sure you’ve seen around quite a bit lately, and deservedly so – but I had to post him here as well.
This blog details the daily trials and tribulations of creating a series of wood type fonts for letterpress use. The project is the brainchild of artist, poet, letterpresser, and bookmaker Chris Fritton, and it is based in Buffalo, NY. (via Mikey Burton)
Brand new site for Established & Sons, love their bold use of Didoni which has always been part of their branding system. The type, paired with large images & video, establishes a clean overall experience. (via It’s Nice That)
