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Lokesh Dhakar’s illustrated guide to espresso.

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One of these days I’m gonna make it up to Seattle and visit bauhaus books + coffee. Just because I have to.

And available now thru them is the Bauhaus + I Want You shirt, designed by Christian Petersen of DUMB EYES – as a cross promotion with I Want You magazine.

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Design for Australia-located coffee shop Kaffe by Felix Lobelius.

Found via The Dieline

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Isabela, photographed by Isabel Garcia for Zoozoom magazine. Editorial here.

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Leshko’s Coffee Shop, Ave. A. NYC 1979.

The photography of Michael Sean Edwards. Flickr here, website here.

Found via Dangerous Minds

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Zazzle’s been running daily specials – and today all my mugs are 50% off.

This includes the one pictured above (in its travel option); as well as my best-selling Font Me Typography mug, below.

Input code HOLIDAYSALE4 at checkout. Plus, free shipping on orders over $50. Visit my store here. Zazzle has a new special every day for the holidays, some limitations apply (of course).

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The work of Jerry Seguin.

Found via Ashley Simko

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Final project from my beginning typography course at American River College: Futura Condensed Extra Bold, crafted as iced chocolate cake by student Lilie Matyuk.

Food-based type is always a tricky undertaking, but luckily we had Teresa Urkofsky teaching next door – in the culinary classroom. Teresa had recipes and techniques ready to advise.

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‘So there you have it, a home baked poster’

The typographic work of Anna Garforth. More here.

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‘In an effort to win Cully & Sully’s Cheffactor, a cooking competition in Ireland, Alan Travers created the Stop-Motion Biscuit Cake video of his girlfriend Dee’s legendary chocolate biscuit cake’

Found via Laughing Squid

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“Heroin’ has 3 holes for pepper. ‘Cocaine’ has one hole for salt.’

The work of David Shrigley. Shakers available here, website here.

Found via Me And My Big Mouth

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