Dusty Signs
Traditional hand-lettering by Dan Madsen.
Beautiful web type
A showcase of the best typefaces from the Google web fonts directory.
Out of the 404 web fonts currently on Google Fonts, Chad Mazzola put together a collection of some of the better fonts available. Watch the repo on GitHub.
Additionally Sacha Greif recently published a great article, Google Webfonts That Don’t Suck.
Evolution of Chevrolet’s Speedometer Design
Designer and blogger Christian Annyas put together a great collection of Chevy’s speedometer design from 1941 to today. How many years do you think it will take for someone at Chevrolet regret the “futuristic” 2011 Sonic design decision?
Kern Type
Learn how to properly distribute the space between letters with this kerning game created by Mark MacKay for Method of Action
Liquid Type In Motion
Russian graphic designer, Ruslan Khasanov’s portfolio is full of experiments with unusual techniques and materials. In his latest Liquid Type In Motion series Ruslan uses stop-motion photography to capture typography in liquid form. View the full project and his other work on Behance.
Architecture Type
Combining 3D art, graphic design, typography and architecture, Chris Labrooy created a series of renders inspired by the architectural style of Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Oscar Niemeyer, and Toyo Ito. The detail and imagination that went into each of the pieces is quite inspiring.
Contrast Rebellion
“Low-contrast fonts and unreadable texts? To hell with them!” Great article and even better presentation full of fun subtle animations and solid typography.
“When life gives you lemons, make bacon (discard lemons).”
Creative site on things to Always Remember by Scott Wise.
Via Jess Brown
The Phraseology Project
The idea is simple — You submit a letter, word or phrase and we’ll make it look beautiful with type.
Created by Drew Melton with a simple though in mind - “Most design sites or blogs are merely feeds of disconnected visual stimulation. I wanted to do something that you could actually influence and invest into.”
Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus
Fascinating and beautifully designed infographic on the recent Stuxnet virus that was used to cripple Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities last summer. With the design of the virus combined with stolen security clearances and twenty zero days holes, Stuxnet was able to cause some serious damage and set back Iran’s efforts. Now that the virus is open-source and available for download, the question is who be the next to use Stuxnet with its capables of shutting down nuclear reactors or oil pipelines.
The direction and animation of this infographic was done by Australian motion designer Patrick Clair and written by Scott Mitchell
Miami Type
On a recent trip to Miami Nathan Strandberg from one of my favorite blogs Eight Hour Day captured a ton of photos of great typography along Collins Avenue in Miami Beach’s Art Deco Historic District. The post on Eight Hour Day is dripping with inspiration.
I think it’s time to check flight prices to Miami. Who wants to go on a road trip?
Idler—Modular Typeface Family
This new typeface from Lamesville and availible on You Work For Them comes in six different weights that can be layered up and colored to create interesting styles and effect. This well animated video walks you through three examples of how the font can be used.
Idler is an all caps, modular display typeface meant to be used for big, bold lettering. Idler’s two “main” weights (Idler Detail and Idler Plain) can be used effectively as single colored layers on their own, but the typeface’s true potential is realized when the user layers the “shaded” weights along with the main weights to create a colorful 3D shading effect. The Idler family contains six weights all together: Idler Detail, Idler Plain, Idler Inner, Idler Highlight, Idler Shadow, & Idler Solid.
Lost Type Co-op
The Lost Type Co-op is a collaboration between Tyler Galpin and Riley Cran. It was founded with the intention of providing unique and quality fonts based on a pay-what-you-want model. All designers get 100% of the donations their font receives.
Over the past few months I’ve been able to have a few good conversations with the up-and-coming designer Tyler Galpin, and his story is quite inspiring. Almost a year ago Tyler was working in at a bank in Canada wrangling spreadsheets and pursuing a career in finance. At the same time he was trying to balance out his career with a passion for design. One day while working on an insanely large spreadsheet it hit him that he should change course and dive head-first into what he loves—design.
Through serious networking, hard work, raw talent and becoming incredibly active in the design community his career in design took off. Keep an eye on Tyler.
To sum it up, don’t waste time doing anything other than what you love.
Marius Roosendaal
Dutch graphic designer and art director Marius Roosendaal is working on a “make something cool every day” project for 2011. Already he has completed an impressive series of typography and graphic design pieces. Someone should talk him into selling prints of these. I’d buy a few for the new New Ezra / Style Hatch office.
Found on The Cut Copy & Paste
Jordan BTC Low
Tinker Hatfield, the designer of some of Nike’s most popular shoes including Air Jordan III through Air Jordan XV and the first “cross training” shoe talks about this history, design and performance of the latest Jordan BTC Low shoe. As you listen to the interview you’ll experience beautifully designed typography, illustration and animation that goes along with the interview. Nice work Blast Radius!
