‘The magazine takes a very simple concept as its initial talking point: if you could only use eight typefaces for the rest of your life, what would they be?’
Coming soon: Elliott Jay Stock’s 8 Faces magazine.
The debut issue will feature Erik Spiekermann, David Carson, Jessica Hische, Jon Tan, Jos Buivenga, Ian Coyle, Bruce Willen & Nolen Strals.
Details here.
Found via Typegirl, Aaron Bell
Here’s some old chill. And (above) some new chill. Bird n cat.
Chat Noir music video. Music composed by Christoph Irniger, animation by Ralph Sonderegger.
Found via Monsieur Bandit
‘part of a new series of small ink illustrations featuring clouds and raindrops, celebrating my love of rainy weather!’ -nn
New work by UK-based Natasha Newton. Available here.
‘Award-winning Typo-Animation that gives you a clear impression of the enormous amount of visual stimuli that plague us every day.’
Grab a Heine and look around. Type is everywhere.
Kapitaal is a film by Ton Meijdam, Thom Snels, Béla Zsigmond of Netherlands-based Studio Smack. Music by The Exploding Shetland Ponies.
Logotype by mehallo
The secret to being in Sacramento, CA is knowing where the cool stuff is. And a lot of it is just under the radar. The right gallery on Second Saturday, the hole-in-the-wall that has the best burrito, what cool bands are in town.
Mark Bean started Secret Sacramento as a Facebook group. And it’s become wildly popular (over 3,000 followers as I write this) – and it’s spread to Twitter.
And launched recently, the Secret Sacramento website. The new site is kinda sparse – so if you’re local, login and post your own regional finds. Share your secrets.
where i fit in
In addition to designing the logo (above), I will be contributing content from time to time.
But shhhh, it’s all a secret.
‘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
Video for Garbage‘s Vow. From their first album.
‘chair created by starchitects kazuyo sejima and ryue nishizawa of sanaa architects’
Details here.
I pronounce the nontraditional ‘Y’ in Yeaster. Doesn’t everyone?
Found via Gábor Kóthay
Playboy Bunnies everywhere!
Above, scene shot in the London Playboy Club, from the film Purab Aur Pachhim (1970). Love the guy’s glasses, tho subtitles would be helpful (long conversation at the end, no idea what they’re saying).
Pink Lady and Jeff (1980) was (yet another) ill-conceived variety show on NBC. And in one episode, Hef showed up with Bunnies and walked his way thru a musical number:
And
Below, Rabbit Roulette: At a Playboy Club, from LIFE magazine, 1967.
Click on the image for a vintage Playboy Bunny photo gallery.
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