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‘Function in an Elegant Form’

Rubber, steel, leather.

Animated type for the Audi Q3 by Why Not Associates.

Found via Creative Review

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‘handprinted and unique posters in A0 format, printed and digital invitations and adverts in various Dutch magazines   . . .   woodcut printed.’

E-flyer for Alban Schelbert and Christopher West’s End Exam Show at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. From 2009.

Found via manystuff

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The work of Denise van Leeuwen.

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‘This is just me fucking about trying to make a secret font’

The work of London-based Kevin Winter. Album covers, fabric collage, printmaking and more. Blog here.

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‘Spice up your design’

Hanging on the walls at Ai Sacramento: AIGA poster, designed and photographed by student Devon Cloutier.

At one point, there was a text change and in lieu of starting over, Devon fixed it – orally, swallowing a lot of the saucy rooster.

Designers do suffer for their art.

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Up until a few months ago, I was living down the road from this place. I love the name, the food: not so good. Which may explain its recent closure.

Mongolian BBQ has nothing to do with Mongolia, but is a cuisine unto itself. Not anywhere near highbrow, not exactly a real BBQ. It’s a Taiwanese invention, a greasy, interactive meaty experience; the best I ever had was somewhere in Denver. The sport is all about getting as much slammed into the bowl as possible (flattening out the meat) so the food is plentiful and the trips to the grill are few.

Places with extra ingredients (such as shrimp, lamb, tofu) and seasonings (Italian herbs, Cajun spices and Rooster Sauce) are special. Ginghis (Khan) Kitchen, unfortunately, had neither. But – cool name, cool sign.

Photos by mehallo

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While everyone’s gone Missoni for Target crazy, Chank Diesel and Anne Ulku snuck a little custom font into this year’s Target Halloween promos.

Details here.

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Eyelash typeface by New York-based Amitis Pahlevan.

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‘A pure, bland, unscented, soothing cleaning cream and lubricant’

Another vintage find: Albolene cold cream container.

For the past 15 or so years, we’ve had this little can perched in whatever bathroom was part of our nest.

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The newest font package from Brazil-based Iza and Paulo W of Intellecta Design is pure pen magic: A loose interpretation of the work of Dutch calligrapher Jan van den Velde, 1568-1623.

The Van den Velde fonts feature a bunch of stylistic alternatives, ligatures, swooshes, swashes and other strokes that say woooooooo!

Two frilly fonts are available – one with letters, alternates and fleurons – and a ‘words’ version that features a set of customized words to make any decorative communiqué become the domain of an expert penman.

Snag your own thru MyFonts. Both fonts are on sale thru September 27, 2011.

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‘Exclusive designer styled brass finished die-cast locks’

We found this on our honeymoon back in 1995.

We’d picked up a bunch of trinkets in Seattle and needed an extra piece of luggage – so a few hours before our trip home, we ran across this luxuriously lined Lady Baltimore display model in a small shop.

Been a part of the family ever since.

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