At last year’s TypeCon, I picked up a nice, red Butter Label shirt. One of a series of fun products designed by Luke Dorny of award-winning Ligature Loop & Stem fame.
Pictured, development of his Butter Label logotype, which was first cast in rubber for a limited edition Moleskine offering.
More images here.
Helvetica cookies, Helvetica cookie cutters.
The work of Beverly Hsu.
Found via Pardeep’s Design Blog
Was recently discussing with a culinary instructor that it’d be interesting if some of her students took one of my type classes. Imagine what would happen to plated up food with type knowledge floating thru young cooks’ brains.
Then I saw Zeughaus’ butter letters, above.
Original type by Typejockeys, butter cut by Nadine Ruhm. Info here.
‘The Bodoni Classic Chancery set at different sizes and with as many swashes as I could create. The only color is the red foil cap in the picture. I loved that . . . so I made a foil milk cap for the spine.’
Pictured, Barbara deWilde’s design for Anne Mendelson’s Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk through the Ages.
Design details here. NPR interview with Mendelson here.
Advertisement for Benz Automobiles by Adalbert Roth, 1928.
Found via Advertising Art in the Art Deco Style
‘Originally made by the Czech type designer Carl Pracht in 1941–43. Having a rather calligraphic style both in regular and italic, MRF preferred it to be more straightforward and modern-looking.’
Another incredible type package by Stefan Hattenbach. Snag it here.
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