This week, we’re smitten with the lovable lamp from Adam Ben-Dror, Pinokio. Also take a peek at a brilliant Lego calendar from Vitamins, consider the business of fashionable fonts, get lost in Jim Campbell’s sculptural LED light installations and double-check your nail polish collection for buried treasure. Stay safe, stay dry, and have a great weekend! […]
Category Archives: Art + Design
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A little while back, I had the pleasure of stopping by Moo’s Boston offices with Elizabeth for a Design Museum Boston panel. It was a delight. One of our favorite features, though, was the use of letters as decor, and in the shape of the Moo teardrop logo.
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On Friday, Jack and I stopped by Lot F Gallery to check out a hand-painted script lettering exhibit opening. ITS VIRTUE IS IMMENSE: A Pre-Vinylite Society Tribute to Script Lettering was curated by Meredith Kasabian of local Best Dressed Signs, and the piece above by Brian Kaspr was an immediate favorite.
Oh hello, weekend. We’re off to check out a script lettering exhibit curated by Best Dressed Signs, but first! Will it beard? (Yes. Yes it will.) 20 Amazing Examples of Typography Sketches for Your Inspiration Time-Bending Collages of 18th-Century Paintings of London and Google Street View Photos Incredible pancake illustrations (I mean, I was always […]
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The link came from Jack in gchat: “whoa.”
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Last week, we wrapped up work on the second issue of Don’t Take Pictures, and sent it off to print. We’ve really loved working on the layout for this magazine and discovering the featured artists, but having this out of the way bodes well for the wall we’ve been trying to finish at home. Thank […]
We try to keep tabs on type, to spot trends, find inspiration and sometimes just for practice. One particular typographic feat has been catching my eye lately more than usual, and it’s the cutting, folding, layering, lighting and other assorted manipulation of paper itself to form letters.
Jack and I are not particularly pro-Valentine’s Day, but we are very much in favor of love notes and lovely letters; as a result, this particular mid-winter week can raise conflicting opinions for us. This year, though, we’ve gathered our Valentine’s energies for good. In the midst of my lettering practice, we discovered a stash […]
Windowpane checks starting appearing all over the place last fall, making a grand resurgence in fashion and decor. The checks that are currently popular on everything from pants to pillows also bring to mind two stark, geometric works from contemporary artists Hyo Kwon and Jannis Kounellis. Click through to see more from Hyo Kwon and Jannis […]
We’re currently hard at work getting the second issue of Don’t Take Pictures ready to print—and she’s a beauty!—but today on the DTP blog, Kat Kiernan is sharing an interview with UJC discussing our process and the perks and pitfalls of designing for artists. As designers focusing on custom solutions and working from scratch, there are […]