‘Every now then, as you stumble through design history, you trip over and fall on your ass.’
Alex Charchar takes a look at the incredible work of Reid Miles. Article here.
(and psst: click on the album covers for MP3 purchasing options.)
Joe Henderson: Jinrikisha
Dusty Brown has a new ep, This City is Killing Me. You can snag it free here.
Album artwork by Scott Hansen/ISO50.
‘We hairy. We mope. We doodle for spare change.’
Four of seven covers for Belgium-based Weekend Knack. By Khuan Cavemen Co.
Photostream here.
Found via MonsieurBandit
The Sacramento International Film and Music Festival is underway – and this Friday night, my students’ type film (above) will be shown as part of the Art Institute’s Student Showcase, 6 p.m., July 30 at The Crest.
Festival details here.
Official It’s Typography website here.
‘The pairing and combining of different typefaces has always been a particular graphic design challenge . . . Emigre has its own take on this typographic technique. But instead of providing rules, which often render safe but bland results, we believe that ultimately any font can be successfully combined with any other font. It’s not so much a matter of which font combinations to pick, it’s a matter of how you use the fonts in combination.’
The latest Emigre font catalog – Historia – is a bit like an old issue of Emigre magazine. Strong concept, interesting point of view, wonderfully designed.
The 64-page specimen highlights battlefield locations of the Mexican-American war, 1846-48; specifically, the battles that took place in what is now California. [Read more →]
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