A blog dedicated to my favorite glyph of all time? Why yes, please, I’ll sooo have another.
Please take a gander at the lovely assortment of found and designed ampersands at The Ampersand. Now here goes my productivity…how gorgeous are these?!
I can’t get enough of these wallpaper designs over at wall & deco. They have CHOICES for typographic wallpaper, choices I say! What graphic designer wouldn’t be going nuts over this?
The nostalgia that paint by numbers have in my heart are taken to a whole new level with this work by Trey Speegle. I remember spending countless hours trying to perfectly color realistic versions of horses or flowers onto these thin canvases that I could parade around with and show off to my parents and grandparents. Mixing typography with this childhood obsession is so fantastic in my mind.
Referencing something that so many people have an emotional or historical attachment to is very good art sense, and I applaud Trey for playing on these different contexts. It’s something to keep in mind while designing.
All artwork found here.
I’ve been collecting life lessons and quote posters over here. These are a few of my favorite.
As we head into the final weeks of the quarter and deadlines seem to be getting uncomfortably close, I need to remember this poster. Here’s to hoping for a happy finals! (Although enjoy and finals are words I never thought I’d use in the same sentence…)
Remember this color study? It’s just beginning to come into fruition, but it’s interesting to see when small studies like this find there way to larger-scale projects. This is a logo concept that I’ve developed for a project (currently in the works). This is just a small part of the larger project, but color can have such a huge impact on the way we perceive things. I see a primary color revival coming about. I think that it really represents the ‘going back to basics’ thought. When we start with the fundamentals, we can start on the right path towards anything we choose. This is a nice additive metaphor for natural healing products, something that takes it away from the hippy-dippy aesthetics that are used so often.
The Handwritten Letter Project. I picked out my favorite two from the available online. This project collects letters from designers around the world to show the power that a handwritten letter can have. I’m no stranger to this concept; I did a project in the spring quarter trying to revitalize this phenomena. An exhibition will be traveling around, hopefully someone can send me some pictures if they happen to find it??
PINEGATE ROAD 