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‘It all started with a screen printing kit from an art store and a dingy asbestos filled basement’

I first ran into Laura Edmisten at a DIY thing a few years back. She had just started silkscreening notecards and other ephemera. Today she’s conquered the local band scene and expanding outward (her business, not her). She does super cool, limited run screened cards, notebooks, tote bags. And posters. With more to come.

Check out her Etsy store here. Website here. MySpace here.

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‘The Magazine for Graffiti Writers, Street Lovers & Other things’

The latest issue is now available for free download. 102 pages. Go here.

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While I’m in the mood, might as well post Daniel Kleinman’s titles for Casino Royale (2006). Video above, article here.

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I’m going gaga over the Poker Neutra Face video (above).

Neutraface in use in the Quantum of Solace (2008) logo (below).

The Neutraface fonts are a product of House Industries.

Click on the above images to jump to places/articles.

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Collection: Urban Landscape; Location: Columbus, Ohio

More than just another image collection, HistoricType plans to be an online research library for students, professionals and scholars – concentrating on non-print typography, lettering used for old signs and buildings throughout the US.

Visit the HistoricType website here. Blog here.

HistoricType is edited by Laura Franz and Anna Dempsey; programmed by Randy Apuzzo/Jetscram Design and funded thru a grant from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Collection: Downtown, USA; Location: Grafton, West Virginia

Found via Justin Nelson

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Charles S. Anderson Design’s promotional materials for French Paper are legendary. Snag some of the posters here.

The rarities are not cheap though, the Seinfeld final episode commemorative (above) goes for $500.

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Every time I teach a publication design course, I assign a famous designer (or other acclaimed individual) as a biographical research subject. As part of the class, students have to do their own research, write their own text and design their own book.

Back in the 1980s, Charles S. Anderson pioneered ‘bonehead’ design, which involved a midwestern attitude and lots of clip art. Art Institute of California Sacramento graphic design student Trixy Riggan ran with it, developing the handmade biographical tome pictured.

On the side, Trixy runs a clothing company, Fabulously Butch. I still have to snag one of her shirts. I’m told there would be irony in me wearing one.

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‘Bonehead’-style watch. Early Fossil Appliance series.

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Today is World AIDS Day, December 1. Learn, take action, give (RED) products this season.

Start here.

Use the images below as avatars  . . .

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Spread (above) from one of my favorites: Law & Order: An Adventure to Color! by Brandon Bird.

See the book here. More Law & Order art here.

And check out the other forms of tee vee celebrity mischief at Brandon Bird’s website.

The Jack McCoy tee

SVU valentines

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The NBC Mystery Movie was a 1970s anthology series showcasing different crime dramas. Like Law & Order, but different. They had the coolest intro with theme music by Henry Mancini.

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