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The work of Philippe Nicolas.

Typeface: Bang-bang.

Tags: culinary, design, illustration, typography by steve
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‘The rectangles on top of each label represent main ingredients, and bars on the bottom provide a quick thumbs or thumbs down for a breakdown of fat content, carbohydrates, etc. Icons of spoons and scoops are used to supplement serving size since no one knows what 182 grams looks or feels like.’

Above, Renee Walker’s food nutrition label redesign, winner of UC Berkeley School of Journalism’s Rethink the Food Label competition.

Her work was originally part of an interdisciplinary topic studio focused on contemporary health issues; she has her original versions posted here.

Below, a few of my favorites from the competition:

Corinne Pritchard

Fabius Leineweber

Bradley Mu

Found via FlowingData

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Tom Edwards’ Caffeine Curve.

Funky mug version available here.

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Plaid Creative’s Citizen’s Guide to coffee.

Found via That’s Nerdalicious!

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Lokesh Dhakar’s illustrated guide to espresso.

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One of these days I’m gonna make it up to Seattle and visit bauhaus books + coffee. Just because I have to.

And available now thru them is the Bauhaus + I Want You shirt, designed by Christian Petersen of DUMB EYES – as a cross promotion with I Want You magazine.

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Design for Australia-located coffee shop Kaffe by Felix Lobelius.

Found via The Dieline

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Zazzle’s been running daily specials – and today all my mugs are 50% off.

This includes the one pictured above (in its travel option); as well as my best-selling Font Me Typography mug, below.

Input code HOLIDAYSALE4 at checkout. Plus, free shipping on orders over $50. Visit my store here. Zazzle has a new special every day for the holidays, some limitations apply (of course).

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The work of Sophie Griotto.

Found via Arlene Time

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December’s books are gonna be:

Simon Garfield’s Mauve – followed up/balanced out with Darrell Hammond’s autobiography God, If You’re Not Up There, I’m Fucked.

Photo found via Strange Little Girls

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Final project from my beginning typography course at American River College: Futura Condensed Extra Bold, crafted as iced chocolate cake by student Lilie Matyuk.

Food-based type is always a tricky undertaking, but luckily we had Teresa Urkofsky teaching next door – in the culinary classroom. Teresa had recipes and techniques ready to advise.

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