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‘We’ll explore the hot button topic of web fonts; antique type and lettering of the textile trade; the typography of Disneyland; making smart fonts even smarter; the influence of Charles Eames; liquid typography; west coast ‘Cholo’ style graffiti; and so much more.’

typecon 2010: babel
Big typography conference next week in Los Angeles. Wood Type preview in Carson today. Designer talks, workshops, dealer room, font makers, stuff.

and me
I’ll be giving my first ever TypeCon talk as part of their Type & Design Education Forum. My title is Tell Lies in the Classroom and Get Away With It. It will be as weird as what I normally do in a classroom.

Promise. [Read more →]

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The Sacramento International Film and Music Festival is underway – and this Friday night, my students’ type film (above) will be shown as part of the Art Institute’s Student Showcase, 6 p.m., July 30 at The Crest.

Festival details here.

Official It’s Typography website here.

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Art by Patrick Drayus

The great Jennifer Jacobsen has kept me in the loop on this: The Corporate Wrath Art and Poetry Show at the Marco Fuoco Gallery in Sacramento. The show starts at 7 tomorrow night, Saturday July 24, 2010.

Artists featured include Brianna Lea Pruett, Keely Sadira Doran, Sue Dedina, Patrick Drayus, Bari Kenned, Willie, Sir Lucy Foot, Marco Fuoco, Shaw Reed, Gene Avery and more. Spoken word, music, interactive, live art  . . . .

Info here. Facebook page here.

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‘I think David Carson is at a loss for what rules to break, as he has now done away with them all’ -yves

‘bullshit. all bullshit’ -pablo

Still pissing people off, still provoking.

Here’s a summation of David Carson’s talk at TYPOBerlin 2010.

HST quote

Nothing could ever top the Hunter S. Thompson talk I attended back in 1990.

Drove miles to see THE Gonzo journalist himself; HST showed up on stage, bottle of whiskey in hand, drunk. Hit on the woman presenting him. Mumbled a bit, started yelling at the audience, they yelled back. Went on for a few minutes. Then he left.

Tickets were 18 dollars.

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‘ADAC (the Art Directors and Artists Club) presents What’s Next?, a panel featuring four Sac State graduates speaking about the different paths they’ve taken in the design world since graduating five years ago.’

ADAC’s first event in – oh, Lord knows how long – happens this coming Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at the AIA Central Valley Building in Sacramento. Details and pricing here.

Pictured: Four cool event posters by the four designers. Top poster by Christopher Lee; bottom event posters by Hans Bennewitz, Rob Martin and Jeffrey Tanhueco.

Click on images to view large/jump.

Found via Hedie Joulaee

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‘They are traveling the country  . . .  join us for the day as they work on producing a unique keepsake with the Museum’s presses and materials – and then have a talk’

This Saturday, April 10, Santa Cruz-based book artists Peter and Donna Thomas will be at the International Printing Museum in Carson, CA. Details here.

More about the Thomases here.

Peter and Donna Thomas’ Ditty of First Desire (2007), a ‘cootie-catcher’ shaped book – with paintings of nudes – showcasing the poem by Federico Garcia Lorca

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‘Canada’s home grown electro kings Holy FUCK lend their funk to this incredible snippet of the digital graffiti out of the olympic village. A huge backlit projection was set up in conjunction with photoshop and given to a group of anti-athletes’

Presented by Chairman Ting and Tangible interaction.

Snag Holy Fuck’s tracks here. MySpace here.

Found via YRB Magazine

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‘On December 7th, 2009  . . .  Starbucks invited musicians from all over the world to sing together at the same time to raise awareness for AIDS in Africa’

The Starbucks Love Project here. In partnership with (RED).

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40th Anniversary Woodstock tribute poster tied to a west coast music festival.

This was a collaborative project I designed with psychedelic light show legend George Holden. His liquid light backgrounds, my illustration and lettering.

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doug’s tour
This fall, Oklahoma City-based photographer Doug Schwarz followed LA-based band Normandie on tour. And I just happen to be designing for Normandie.

Normandie is a side project of theSTART – or another way to look at it, Doug also followed theSTART on tour because Normandie just happened to be in the same vehicle. Follow that? Hope so.

So it was fun when Doug pinged me and said he got my poster signed by everyone he talked to. It’s now part of his Wall of Inspiration (above); the signed poster (below).

tees-n-stuff
This year I also designed some tees for Normandie. They can be snagged via the new online Normandie store here. They’re running a holiday special too (details on page). One can also order a poster. [Read more →]

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Interview over at Australian Edge.

Plus
Here’s some shots of the grenade project.

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