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The work of Boz Schurr.

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Unofficial video by Ori Toor for Animal Collective’s Lion in a Coma.

Found via Zachariah Moreno

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‘Tho all the maps of blood and flesh are posted on the door, theres no one who has told us yet what Boogie Street is for.’

Animation by cronogeo, featuring late 1920s woodcuts by ‘image novelist’ Franz Masareel (1889-1972).

Was recently reading about Masareel in David Berona’s beautiful edition, Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels.

Found via Oded Ezer, Belkind Scheps Osnat

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Oswald Cooper’s most famous typeface gets a US postage stamp!

Well, sort of. But it is legal, usable US ‘Zazzle’ postage. Snag your’s here.

Designed by David M. Anderson.

Tags: cool finds, fonts, illustration, typography by steve
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Also from Monsieur Bandit, a look at the incredible work of Italian street artists Sten and Lex.

Article here, video above. Flickr page here.

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‘an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life  . . .  and how it could probably end.’

Direction and animation by BLU, production and distribution by ARTSH. Soundtrack by Andrea Martignoni.

Found via Jessica Hische

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‘Baskerville, a bad asskerville’

This spring, my Digital Typography students set out to make a short film about type history.

The class – held at The Art Institute of California Sacramento – was set up like a working design studio – with myself as ‘hands off creative director.’ All students had a role, from art direction to project management, web design, editing and production.

At one point, songsmith John Slingerland threw a party at his home – and invited a few unwitting guests – just to record the background vocals for the film’s gets stuck in your head musical number.

And, featured in the credits, a very early beta version of Jeanne Texte – which I had to prep for them as my homework assignment.

It was a fun quarter; this was a great team to work with, their enthusiasm snagged everyone in their handmade typographic web.

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Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) opened today at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.

Show details (and video) here.

Found via Blair Barton

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‘a little zine all about coffee’

Hand screen printed. Order it here.

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Here’s a sneak peek of some of the PROUNS-inspired dingbats that will be part of my upcoming Jeanne Texte font package.

The basic letterforms are now in technical review at Psy/Ops and I hope to have the new fonts completed and available by end of year. Crossing fingers.

Jeanne Texte is my sequel to Jeanne Moderno, which is available thru Psy/Ops, MyFonts and Ascender. Webfonts via Typekit.

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The work of illustrator Jurryt Visser. More here.

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