Came across this documentary the other day and absolutely loved it. It takes time to create something of such beauty. I love the fact that this is going on in New York as well.
Pixels or paint? I know which one I prefer.
there’s still some craft in advertising
pastiche, homage or just plain old rip-off?
Outside the Oxford Circus branch of Niketown in London there’s a typographic wall installation in one of the windows. It’s a direct imitation of Lou Dorfsman’s iconic masterpiece gastrotypographicalassemblage. ( » continue )
wish i’d done that – black swan poster
Haven’t seen a series of movie posters in a while that are quite as striking as these. Created by the London based design studio LaBoca for the film Black Swan by 20th Century Fox. Interesting article on the Guardian website about them. I like that they’ve tried to do something different. Sick to death of the formula movie poster – photoshop an image of the lead actors to death and then set the name of the film in Trajan/Gotham underneath.
wish i’d done that – nz book council
I came across this animation called “Going West” from Len Cheeseman through his comment on my post “who’s who of london typography in 1987” and thought it was definitely worth sharing. It was created by BBDO in Auckland, New Zealand. It was for the New Zealand Book Council to inspire more people to read books. Surprisingly I must have missed this one on the blogs and on twitter. It’s beautifully crafted.
designer spotlight – fraver
A couple of days ago I took my family to see the Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre in the West End of London. It’s sort of a family tradition to see a show at this time of year. It was a fantastic experience and my kids absolutely loved it. ( » continue )
