Monthly Archives: July 2008

Swiss modernist influenced poster design by Network Osaka

July 16, 2008 – 8:24 pm

Network Osaka has put out some really nice posters based on the swiss modernist aesthetic of grids, Helvetica, and minimalism. Of course, his personal site is under construction, but here’s the link for future reference.

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Abstract Letraset typographic design experiments

July 15, 2008 – 10:08 pm

Graphic designer Lander Janssens, of Grapplica (warning: his site resizes your window), has shared a wonderful collection of abstract typographic designs made with Letraset. I am amazed at how balanced and uncontrived these designs look, which is a lot harder to achieve in this type of work than you might think. I also [...]

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Wall-E toy photo by Chris Glass, or, my new desktop wallpaper

July 14, 2008 – 9:41 pm

Chris Glass took this beautiful photo of a Wall-E toy holding a real plant. It almost brings to life this character from the amazing movie. It also makes a great desktop wallpaper in the original size. I love the title and caption he gave the photo, “Where I forget about landfills and [...]

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Gray landscape - Letterpressed business card for Callidus Guild

July 9, 2008 – 5:34 pm

This letterpressed business card features a subtly beautiful gray landscape. It was designed by and for Yolande Batteau of Callidus Guild and printed by the always amazing Moontree Letterpress.

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Beautiful Polaroid typography photography set

July 8, 2008 – 4:16 pm

Designer/Photographer Douglas Wilson has just uploaded a large Flickr set featuring Polaroid photos of found typography. It consists of mostly hand drawn type on signs, some printed type, and a nature photos thrown in occasionally to provide some nice interludes. They are scanned in sets of four, which makes for some interesting compositions.
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Kite themed prints from Lab Partners

July 7, 2008 – 5:50 pm

I had a chance to fly a kite with my future wife this weekend and it was such a fun memory to make with her. I just noticed that Lab Partners is giving away a whole set of kite themed Gocco prints (click the link for details). All you have to do to [...]

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Put Put boat powered by blown up balloon

July 5, 2008 – 7:46 pm

The odd combination of the sign and the expression on the man’s face in this photo make for a true portrait photograph. It’s one of those expressions that you can’t quite read, yet it says so much. And the hand-made sign advertising what seems like a personal business with some sort of novelty [...]

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6 great photography galleries of railroad miniatures in real world settings

July 2, 2008 – 8:20 pm

I love the little trend of setting up those tiny railroad set figures to look like they are interacting with the real world and then taking photos of them. I always dreamed of encountering mini people in my house after reading books like The Borrowers, and these photos evoke that sense of longing for [...]

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