Typeface bedding
‘Slim lengths of twill tape are printed with text and stitched to the edges’
Typeface sheet set. Available thru Anthropologie.
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Manuscript clothing
‘My paper weaving technique — a process of interlacing objects with memories — attempts to redefine the commonplace book structure with chapters emerging from seams. The garments reveal new beginnings, life lessons and notable achievements. Memories evoke garments; garments evoke memories.’
The work of paper artist, graphic designer Julie VonDerVellen.
The Imperfections: Type as clothing
‘The concept I’m trying to portray is: Nothing can cover the flaws we have, and the flaws, the flesh we were born with is who we truly are. They are even more truthful to what we are trying to make ourselves; this is why some of the area of the dress are not meant to be covered up. The dress barely covers the whole body. It is meant to be see-through to display the body in its whole and that since we all are imperfect is an important concept.’
The work of Hui-Ni Su.
Found via ‘Adrian Frutiger’
Alphabuild: Building alphabets
‘For our first release, Alphabuild for iOS, we wanted to pay tribute to the process of building letters (which is the other fun work we do here at our studio). We wish building letters for our clients was as zany and colorful as it is in Alphabuild. On the other hand, we’re glad we don’t have aliens, glue bottles and sawblades trying to mess up our letter drawings.’
Featuring types from the great Psy/Ops library (including my own Jeanne Moderno) as well as a few tikis (see below) – James Beall’s Alphabuild is a fun, quirky educational alphabet game for iPhone, iPad and iPod.
Snag it in the App store. Website here, Twitter here. And free goodies here.
Happy alphabuilding!
‘Plantes sauvages des villes’
‘Émilie Vast’s third Herbarium is dedicated to plants that find the strength to creep into our urban space, into the joints of gutters and pavements, in the wall’s cracks, at the bottom of the trees, the park’s grass, on the roofs . . . just like their cousins from the woods, they have a history, uses and mythology.’
Cool find. This ‘wild plants in the city’ edition also features my Jeanne Moderno fonts.
Found via Iconoclastic and le lièvre de mars
JCPamerica
“Every initiative we pursue,’ starting February 1, reads the press release, ‘will be guided by our core value to treat customers as we would like to be treated — fair and square.”
In just under a year, JCPenney rebrands again. Out is Helvetica, in is Gotham. Also in is a whole new approach to store organization and product pricing.
Brand New article here, press release here.
Changes start tomorrow. Bold design move, bold ad campaign.
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