entries Tagged as [typography]
Milk Bar
Store front design by Harry L. Wyman, 1939. US Patent Office drawing.
Found via Great Inventions, Good Intentions
Reading milk
‘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.
Moderne Benz
Advertisement for Benz Automobiles by Adalbert Roth, 1928.
Found via Advertising Art in the Art Deco Style
Luminance
‘Originally made by the Czech type designer Carl Pracht in 1941–43.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.
‘avarice’
‘Sugary motion graphic piece inspired by a poem from Irish author Tony Curtis.’
Video by Fan Sissoko of the Dublin-based firm Stef&Fan. Check out the other cool stuff at their site.
Music: Birdy Nam Nam’s 2009 track, From Here to There.
Moonshine design
‘Moonshine now finds its first taste of legality with a recent state law in Tennessee allowing the distillation of spirits’
Of course, the ‘first legal moonshine in Tennessee’ needs some good branding.
Ole Smoky’s script logo was designed by letterpress specialist YeeHaw – with Ole Smoky Distillery owners Jessi and Joe Baker, Cory Cottingim and Tony Breeden developing the look of the mason jar bottle, label and seal.
The team at Robin Easter Design pulls it all together with a kick ass website.
More details here. Order here.
Info provided via Whitney Hayden at Robin Easter Design; images found via The Dieline, IVI Blog and Thirstysouth
Good Ol Font
Hobo, of course, was the font of choice for Them Duke Boys (1979-85). Theme sung by Waylon Jennings.
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