A Visual Guide to the Ampersand by designer/blogger Jacob Gube, of SixRevisions, lays out the the rich history of the Ampersand symbol. The mighty “&” dates back to 63 B.C. and an still loved today by designers and typographers around the world. The infographic includes the history, how-to-draw guide, HTML usage, correct punctuation guidelines, and a style chart.
These proof portfolios & tubes for Gavin Martin Colournet, a London based printer, by Magpie Studios are really quite brilliant. The single color on craft cardboard proof carriers are designed to bring a smile to anyone who sees them, making the brand more memorable as well as adding value to the carriers in hopes that the clients will keep them around.
The latest print in the Editions of 100 project, the brain-child of Glasgow based design firm BERG, is Kompakt-Kassette by Daniel Freytag. The beautifully simple graphic representation of the bygone music medium, the cassette, is hand-pulled in silver ink on Plike 240gsm Matt Black fine art paper and is also hand-numbered.
The unsettling 1/2 series of portraits by Venezuelan artist & photographer Jesús González Rodríguez mashes up multiple photographs of the same person to create and image that is both profile and head on at the same time.
Jason Dean’s newest creation is brilliantly funny and clever. Day and Night is a new limited edition hand-pulled 9-color print by designer Jason Dean of The Best Part that has two additional layers of phosphorescent inks.
This elegant new font, Encorpada Black by Eduilson Wessler Coan of dooType is inspired by the shapes of classic didone typefaces but modernized and filled with exuberance. The typeface’s main features are heavy inktraps and curved terminals that suit well to projects where personality is needed in a display font.
The beautiful My Writing Desk, designed by Lithuanian-born Inesa Malafej of Etc. Etc is the perfect surface for anyone who loves organizing. Three sides of the desk have a high edges that allow for papers to be stood up for easy view, books to propped up for quick reference, or any object to held just within reach.
Brilliant! The Green Mailbox by Brussels based designer Marcial Ahsayane features a small shelf that holds a plant and a V-shaped roof that collects water and directs it into the plant’s pot to keep it watered. No word on whether this is available for purchase, but one can hope.
Brilliant! The Green Mailbox by Brussels based designer Marcial Ahsayane features a small shelf that holds a plant and a V-shaped roof that collects water and directs it into the plant’s pot to keep it watered. No word on whether this is available for purchase, but one can hope.
The beautiful My Writing Desk, designed by Lithuanian-born Inesa Malafej of Etc. Etc is the perfect surface for anyone who loves organizing. Three sides of the desk have a high edges that allow for papers to be stood up for easy view, books to propped up for quick reference, or any object to held just within reach. Two large drawers are built into the top that allow for hidden storage as well.
This elegant new font, Encorpada Black by Eduilson Wessler Coan of dooType is inspired by the shapes of classic didone typefaces but modernized and filled with exuberance. The typeface’s main features are heavy inktraps and curved terminals that suit well to projects where personality is needed in a display font. You can grab a copy over on MyFonts for only $30.
Jason Dean’s newest creation is brilliantly funny and clever. Day and Night is a new limited edition hand-pulled 9-color print by designer Jason Dean of The Best Part that has two additional layers of phosphorescent inks. The poster changes as day fades away and the hidden image appears, the glow-in-the-dark inks revealing the seedy under belly of Deans imagination. We missed our chance to own this amazing print, all 60 copies of the edition are sold out but you can bet I’ll be waiting for the next installment.
The unsettling 1/2 series of portraits by Venezuelan artist & photographer Jesús González Rodríguez mashes up multiple photographs of the same person to create and image that is both profile and head on at the same time. The effect created by collaging the images together is unsettling, taking your eye a moment to really understand what it is looking at.
The latest print in the Editions of 100 project, the brain-child of Glasgow based design firm BERG, is Kompakt-Kassette by Daniel Freytag. The beautifully simple graphic representation of the bygone music medium, the cassette, is hand-pulled in silver ink on Plike 240gsm Matt Black fine art paper and is also hand-numbered. You can pick it up on the Editions of 100 website for £23, around $45.
100Copies is a new initiative by Singapore based designer Thomas Yang. The series of T-Shirts and posters are a mash-up of Yang’s two loves, bikes and art. Each edition will only be produced in a limited quantity of 100 items, hand numbered and signed by the artist.
Friends With Benefits is a collaborative printmaking project run by illustrator & printer Erin Wallace. In their first edition, Piles, seven different artists contributed artwork that was then beautifully letterpress printed in two colors by Erin onto 5″x 7″ cards in a limited edition of 100 sets.
The 1X1 LED Desk Lamp by New York based designer Victor Vetterlein is as simple as it gets. The single wood stick (made from factory cut-offs) is internally weighted at one end and comes with a separate bendable rod that is is used as the lights stand.
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