The 27th Letter

August 9, 2010  |  Check this out, Typography  |  No Comments


The Ampersand symbol, every designer’s long-time beloved friend has an interesting story. Around the world, it’s known as “the and sign” but did you know that it was once the 27th letter in the alphabet? What about how it got it’s name? Read more & see some cool examples inside. Read More

Get your surf on

August 4, 2010  |  Check this out, Typography  |  No Comments


We don’t post a ton about surfing on the blog but we saw this over on Todd Richard’s AWSM site today and thought it was pretty relevant to our deal. Great title graphics, interesting editing & random Iron’s brother looking like Eazy E in a couple quick snippits make it look like an interesting view. Julian WIlson’s Quiksilver Movie Projectis premiering up in HB during the US Open of Surfing…

Gastrotypographicalassemblage

August 3, 2010  |  Check this out, Typography  |  No Comments


File this under “most awesome things anyone’s ever done, ever.” More inside
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AWSM Bro!

June 12, 2010  |  Branding, Check this out, Typography  |  No Comments

AWSM
Got a call a little while back from Olympic commentator / wiseguy / business owner / pro skiboarder, Todd Richards needing a logo for his new project, AWSM. The creative brief was pretty epic, “bright and colorful and fun. not really needing an icon as the the awsm is the logo too.” Check out AWSM here or check after the jump to see the logo we did in larger format. Read More

Optical Dillusion

May 29, 2010  |  Check this out, Typography  |  1 Comment

Optical Dillusion font by Valhalla
Dropped a font this week named Optical Dillusion. Two years in the making and countless minuscule changes and tweaks which nobody but us would ever notice it’s ready to go. If you want to see more or hear the story behind it, follow the jump! Read More

So you need a typeface?

April 22, 2010  |  Check this out, Posters, Typography  |  No Comments

So You Need a Typeface
Pretty good work here by Julian Hansen. A crazy flow chart of how to find a typeface. Doing an infographic and you cried during Terminator? He’s got you covered. Don’t like the type on highways and you’re ok if it’s Swiss? Helvetica’s your answer. Pretty cool, check after the jump for details and a full view. Read More

Raygun Magazine

April 16, 2010  |  Typography  |  No Comments

Raygun Magazine - David Carson, typography
Raygun Magazine came out in the mid 90s and was heralded by the design community as being revolutionary, rule breaking, fancy, wretched, amazing and just about everything in between. Perusing Flickr today I came across a set of the magazine’s covers, check them out after the jump. Read More

Seb knows

March 28, 2010  |  Check this out, Posters, Typography  |  No Comments

Seb Lester
Seen his work around for a little while now but today’s the first time that I went to his site and let’s just say that it’s impressive. Lots more after the jump. Read More

A few posters for you and yours.

March 17, 2010  |  Check this out, Random, Typography  |  No Comments


Popping up a few amazing posters I’ve run across the past few months. A little of this, a little of that. Think of it as a St Patricks Day present from us to you only without the nonsense that’s become synonymous with St Patty’s day. Check out more after the jump. Read More

The way things looked back in the day


It’s always fun to look through the great work of the past. While many people I know dislike them for some reason, I’ve always been a fan of old posters. It’s nice to look at packaging from yesteryear as well, it’s like looking through the window to a time before focus groups and execs dabbling in everything they get the chance to. Read More

Eames x House Industries

March 9, 2010  |  Branding, Check this out, Events, Typography  |  No Comments


This coming Thursday, the fine folks at House Industries are putting on an open house / opening reception for their new Eames Century Modern font collection at the Eames office in Santa Monica! Read More

Leaf me alone.

February 19, 2010  |  Branding, Typography  |  No Comments


Been cruising around on Flickr looking at different type examples lately. Came across a pretty good set by a fella named Michael Spitz today. Click here to check out his work.