Urban Spectacles consists of hand carved glasses frames made of wood. The glasses are beautiful and unique, I just wish the photos and website would do them justice. Via myturtleneck (a very promising newish blog)
I am loving this print for sale at L’Affiche Moderne entitled, El arca y el diluvio by Argintinian illustrator Gustavo Amir. His pieces are innocent and childlike, but reflect a complex maturity in the emotions they evoke. Check out his Flickr gallery for lots more of his great work. Via Pica + Pixel
Since I didn’t end up getting a calendar for Christmas, I just bought this letterpress seasonal wall calendar from ave9river. A seasonal calendar is perfect for a calendar page flipping procrastinator like me. Ave9river makes very delicate and beautiful letterpress designs. I also loved her snowbird holiday card design.
Letterpress Delicacies has this really neat Rainy Day letterpress card for sale. I love how their prints have such nice tiny detailed patterns.
I thought this letterpress snow angel greeting card design made by Brooklyn Bookbinder, was pretty clever. I love how the snow angel part is imprinted into the card with no ink, it really looks like impressions in snow. You can purchase it right now in Brooklyn Bookbinder’s Etsy shop.
Design and press studio enormouschampion has this great letterpressed cassette tape design on one of their cards. It has a handy space at the top of the tape to write your message, as if you were writing in the songs on the mix tape. The above photo is by Kristina Contes and shows a little [...]
I’m liking this new type foundry called Latinotype. Their fonts are fresh, young, and professional looking, but only $10! It’s in spanish, but pretty easy to navigate even without knowing the language. I also love the parody on Linotype’s name.
I’m so excited for my favorite season of the year, and this reusable canvas bag featuring a typographic design of autumn foods got me even more in the mood. It was designed by Shaz Madani (click on “Taste the Seasons to see more) and the idea was to encourage grocery shoppers to buy foods that [...]
Netherland Art has created some pretty groovy art pieces using collage materials, acrylics, and resin on a wood surface. I love when art is done on a nice slab of grainy wood, and he really knows how to work that 70′s rainbow.
The people of Create/Reject have put together a design book that features the favorite typefaces from 50 of today’s top designers, and 100% percent of the profits goes toward UNICEF’s Myanmar Cyclone Children’s Appeal. I bought one as soon as I heard about it. It looks like a fun book for type nerds and people [...]