‘it is a passion and a drug’
Swedish type designer Stefan Hattenbach makes incredible letterforms. And his body of typographic work has run the range from experimental to traditional and experimental traditional. They’re always a pleasure to set on a page.
This month, Stefan’s one of MyFonts’ Creative Characters.
Read the interview here.
Check out Stefan’s website here.
‘Jenkins says Target is now committed to being more ‘thoughtful’ – she used the word 11 times in a half-hour interview – about the issue of political donations’
A messy backdoor subject, über-design-supporter Target’s support of pro-business, Republican causes were taken to task with Lady Gaga’s decision to release an exclusive Deluxe Edition of her upcoming album thru Target.
Details here.
update
Tho as of News reports March 8, all this is moot. Gaga has reportedly ended her relationship with Target. Article here.
Original photo by Nick Knight; info found via Jeanne Mehallo
Video for Lenka’s Heart Skips a Beat.
Project Runway season 6 winner Irina Shabayeva is still out to prove something. And she’s doing a damn good job of it.
Here’s her incredible Fall/Winter 2011 collection – from this past week’s NY Fashion Week.
Found via Divas & Dorks
‘decades worth of the milliner’s designs and to get inside the head behind the hats.’
Fashion blogger Tavi headed to Antwerp in September to review Stephen Jones’ career retrospective exhibition, Accent of Fashion.
Review (with more photos) here. Monograph available here.
‘[Spy] was cruel, brilliant, beautifully written and perfectly designed, and feared by all.’ –Dave Eggers
SPY Magazine. The New York monthly. The most influential magazine of its time. The Rosetta Stone of modern periodical publishing. Really.
SPY took celebrities and the super rich to task for being, well, celebrities and super rich. Donald Trump was a frequent target. And the best part: SPY was caustically funny and incredibly smart in the way it did what it did. [Read more →]
‘Potentially opening up a wormhole in the fabric of time’
Photographer Tom Guilmette. Vegas hotel. Slowmo.
‘Embodies this season’s reoccurring theme of understated elegance’
Model Arizona Muse. Photographer Willy Vanderperre. Editorial for LOVE Magazine.
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