Printing Machine invented
Thomas Bernard and Florian Chevillard have invented The Printing Machine.
Presented at the Festival de l’Affiche in Chaumont, France.
It helps if you understand French. If not, that’s okay too.
Found via Monsieur Bandit
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Big Bag Big Boom
‘an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life . . . and how it could probably end.’
Direction and animation by BLU, production and distribution by ARTSH. Soundtrack by Andrea Martignoni.
Found via Jessica Hische
Maira
Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) opened today at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
Show details (and video) here.
Found via Blair Barton
A few free fonts (sorta)
Above, Das – Conduct of War, a cool clogged up font by Stephen Faustina.
And here’s a link to some free fonts (below) available thru FontFabric.
And from The Font Feed, here’s a great article on what the deal is with Free Fonts – and why they’re not always totally free.
World Cup typography
‘Football and typography may seem like an unlikely pairing, but they’ve been getting along quite well since a while. In 2006 Dalton Maag claimed the team with the best typography won the World Cup.’
Here’s two overviews of World Cup typography: The work of Paul Barnes and the work of Yomar Augusto – over at The FontFeed.
Bacon mints (and type) in Alameda
Picked these up at Space Happy in Alameda. They also have a GREAT collection of typographic tsotchkes, cut letters, wood letters, metal letters; cool stuff.
Mo’s Bacon Chocolate
‘You won’t believe how good this tastes!’
On sale right now at Cost Plus, Vosges Bacon Chocolate Bars. Yum!
Found via Jessica Deprez
Cheerios, the ‘terribly adult cereal’
Early 1960s Cheerios commercial featuring the great Stan Freberg.
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