There is just something about handwritten correspondence that connects you to the writer unlike any other medium. Take a look at these examples from well known personalities, spanning several centuries…
Friday find: Paint can labels
Very nice vintage paint can labels designed by Dustin Wallace for Fossil.
Industrious coffee and condensed type at Yourstruly
Yourstruly, located on Long Street in the heart of Cape Town’s city centre, is one of my favourite lunch time spots. One thing I enjoy about it is the DIY ethic…
Lovely posters letterpressed by Typoretum
Letterpress is essentially the very earliest method of printing text, invented by Gutenberg in the 1400s. Print shops like Typoretum are reviving this old fashioned art…
Like Minded Studio
Like Minded Studio was founded in 2002 by Luca Ionescu from Sydney, Australia. Their mammoth portfolio includes some impressive typographic work ranging from strikingly simple to ridiculously ornate…
Fantastic, strange, incredible, super, amazing comic book mastheads!
John Hilgart calls himself a curator of lost items. Among his assortment of finds, is SUPERTYPE! – a collection of high res vintage comic book mastheads to marvel at…
Friday find: Typewriter ribbon tins
Janine Vangool from Calgary, Canada has a great collection of vintage typewriter ribbon tins. How cool!
Jack Daniel’s label update – part two
About four months ago I mentioned that the Jack Daniel’s label design was being updated. Well, here’s the latest on the subject…
Hand drawn skate deck lettering
Looks like we’ll be sticking to the themes of “New York” and “hand lettering” today! The coffee-loving Simon Ålander has been at it again, this time putting pen to skateboard deck…
Hand painted wooden wedding signs
These nice wedding signs were hand painted on rugged wooden planks by Brooklyn based agency Mélangerie Inc.