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John Bell in verse

I teach an experimental typography course at Ai Sacramento. And this past quarter, student Joyce Tabujara ventured into song.

For her final project, she wrote and preformed This Is To Mister Bell (above) – a tribute to typographer John Bell (1745-1831) and his types.

Below, a few of her studies.

On The Run

Video for the Jeffrey Campbell Fall/Winter collection. Directed by Andrea Cruz.

Tovaglia watercolor

The work of designer Pino Tovaglia, circa 1960.

Lui covers

Started in 1963, Lui was a French take on adult magazine pioneer Playboy.

So successful was Lui, in 1972 Playboy licensed their own version for the US market, titled Oui.

No longer published, Oui still holds some significance in the small town of Shawano, Wyoming.

Sorta.

Oui! script

The work of Matt Owens.

Found via Hannah Dollery

Penn

Photography by Irving Penn. From Vogue USA, January 1950.

Found via Vintage and Classy

Leda

Poster for Leda, a fashion store in Warsaw. Design by P.P. Reklama, 1963.

Arthur Baker and my type classes

It started with the advice: ‘You have to go back to the broad edge pen. It’s all there.’

Brilliant calligrapher Arthur Baker gave me direction when I first set up my beginning typography course. And I’m still using the same approach today. [Read more →]

Vogue Italia illustrated



‘If I could gave my way  . . .  one of my goals in life is to illustrate a Vogue Italia Cover’

The work of Igor + André.

Illustration also available as a tee.

Paris Metro Fashion, 1959

News footage from a fashion show held the Saint-Michel Metro station, September 9, 1959.

And here’s some music to go with the footage:


Dicky Doo & The Don’ts: Vive L’Amour

‘Our grotesk love affair’

‘A typographic experiment: Sub­mit your name and your vote for your favorite grotesk font’

Vote here.


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