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 reading » )
doyald young 1926-2011
Was sad to hear yesterday of the passing of Doyald Young an amazing designer and typographer. ( » continue reading » )
the mad skills of dana tanamachi
It’s so nice to come across a designer who’s work is completely awe-inspiring, someone who ‘does’ design rather than talks about it on the internet. ( » continue reading » )
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.
