Posting Hiatus

There will be a posting hiatus until after the holidays as I will be ringing in the New Year with friends in Boston!

Richard Serra

Richard Serra is a really amazing artist in my humble opinion. Someone has created a page with 108 links to works by Serra. Thanks to that person!

Tilt-Shift Photography

Tilt-Shift photography makes ordinary things seem very strange and interesting - without the need for silly Photoshop. Here are 50 great examples.

Coles Phillips

1920's American illustrator Coles Phillips is a personal favourite. His "fade-away girls" are both interesting and unique.

Here is another biography as well.

Modern Birdhouses

Modern Bird: A Collection of Modern Birdhouses.

Proudly linked from DDC.

The Brightest

My wife has graduated from Missouri State University with her Masters in Public Health! I am so proud of you, love!

Helen Dardik

Helen Dardik is an amazing and whimsical illustrator! Enough said.

via GrainEdit.

The World's First Car Navigation System

Think GPS is a new idea? Think again: The World's First Car Navigation System.

Student Field Notes 2008

For the second year in a row, I gave each of my Advanced Typography students a Field Notes to fill with whatever their hearts desired.

Here are the (sometimes surprising) results!

RGB Glasses

Fun idea! RGB Glasses.

via GirlInTheGreenDress.

Around the World in 42 Days

My childhood was wrapped around the TV mini-series "Around the World in 80 Days" starring none other than Pierce Brosnan. We watched the VHS so much that the tape wore out and broke and we had to tape it back to the spool.

Strange Maps found a modern version of the story by Jules Verne that shows the improvements in travel. It is now possible to travel around the world (without air travel) in just 42 days.

Embroidered Text Messages

The title really says it all: Embroidered Text Messages.

Designer Tape

Tired of the same, old packaging tape? How about some designer tape?

Roadsworth

Montreal-based street artist Roadsworth creates some great public work.

Sigur Ros at the MoMA

I wish I was cool enough to have been here!


Shot live at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Icelandic Independence Day, Sigur Rós @ MoMA is a unique concert film highlighting new material from the band's latest album, "með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust", as well as classic Sigur Rós songs. Directed by Alex Simmons.

Typographic Christmas Ideas

Here are some great Typographic Christmas Ideas - just in case you were wondering what to get me...

The Island of San Serriffe

The Guardian has found out more information about a very small island in the Indian Ocean by the name of San Serriffe. So interesting!

The New New Deal

ReadyMade Magazine asked five artists to reimagine the populist poster art of the first Great Depression. Here are the results.

Jailbirds

Good friend, Frank Chimero, has just worked with GOOD Magazine for a short film about jails in America. He did all of the illustration and worked with an animator to make this awesome.

Well done, Frank!

Anthony Burrill

Anthony Burrill makes nice things. Especially this letterpressed poster: Work Hard & Be Nice To People.

Kinetic Typography

Typography and motion; put together in great ways: 20 Brilliant Kinetic Typography Videos.

Typography Flickr Groups

In need of some typographic inspiration? These 30 Typography Flickr Groups should help.

Where Will You Eat Tonight?

A really great (but too expensive for my taste) idea: City Plates.

via Coudal.

The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway

Paul Shaw has written an insanely detailed piece about the history of Helvetica and the NYC Subway: The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway.

Printing - Your Life Work

Printing—your life work series (1947) from ilovetypography.com on Vimeo.

Thanks to Adam Bowlin for this great film about printing and letterpress.

Type Chair

Need a new chair? Perhaps this Type Chair is for you!

Matches Calendar

Looking for a new and unique calender for 2009? Can you read Russian? Then this calendar made of matches is for you!

Questionable Characters

Good friend Frank Chimero and designer Ben Barry have launched Questionable Characters - a site developed after students kept asking the same questions.

You have questions, they have puppies!

Arts & Architecture Magazine Archives

The archives of Arts & Architecture Magazine from 1945 to 1967 are
available online! Love the mid-century design and architecture!

via Coudal.

The End

"The End" - a nice collection of the final shots of films.

via former student James Mulvenon.

Poison Labels

A few great vintage poison labels.

via iLT.

The Average Day of a Design Student

Are you a design student that never gets any sleep? Or perhaps the better question is: "Are there any design students that get any sleep?"

Find out how you stack up against your peers.

New Print and Last Chance!

By popular demand, I have printed a new letterpressed edition of
"All You Need is Love." It is in a limited edition of 90 and red/magenta ink on white heavy-weight paper.

Also, I found 4 Artist Proofs of "The Scarlet Letter" that will be up on Keep Calm tomorrow - check my artist page to see when they go up. After they are sold, there will be no more of this print, so if you are interested, I would get one fast!

Fifty Strange Buildings of the World

When I was younger, I thought about going into architecture. It required too much math.

I'm not sure that was necessary to share, but these Fifty Strange Buildings of the World are pretty cool!

The Branding of Polaroid

A great read for anyone interested in Polaroid, packaging, or advertising: The Branding of Polaroid.

via Coudal.

Text Message in a Bottle

A really interesting idea - text messages that are converted into braille, stamped into magnetic tape, and placed inside a bottle. Text Message in a Bottle.

FontShop Loves Students

I'm not sure how I missed this, but for all my Advanced Type students: FontShop Loves Students.

Flight to Nowhere

More flying nerdery - A 90 minute flight to nowhere aboard the first Emirates A380.

via Coudal.

Vintage and Retro Typography

Here is a nice collection of vintage and retro typography.

Thanks to former student Adam Bowlin for the link.

Really Big Hits!

Sometimes, living in the midwest has its advantages. Like this supremely fantastic billboard for a local radio station that has just the right balance of class and suggestive copy writing...