fonts

Love these new fonts from Tart: Bookeyed Jack and his stylish cousin Suzanne.
Carefully hand-drawn with an old school pointed pen in walnut ink.

lehel kovacs

Just stumbled across Lehel Kovacs work. Lehel is a freelance illustrator based in Budapest, and his hand-drawn line works are usually combined with digitally created colors (he also makes screen prints). In one online interview, when asked how he got started in design, Lehel answers "When I was a kid I just loved the taste of pencils, so that was a first impression which made me fall in love with it and it's still my favorite medium to work with."

now this topic is the only thing

Reza Abedini is a highly acclaimed Iranian designer and professor of graphic design and visual culture at Tehran University. Not enough good things can be said about the work that he does. A couple of years ago Reza edited the book, New Visual Culture of Modern Iran.

"I have been thinking about graphic design and visual identity for some years and its relevance to Persian graphic design. Now this topic is the only thing that keeps my mind busy. I have studied different ways and solutions for modern adaptations of Persian type and typography. I also studied Persian visual traditions and painting. But most important for me are Persian type and typography. I think Persian type has been almost ruined over the past years, although it has a glorious history. I hope I will be able to discover ways to use the Persian script in graphic design in the best possible way and bring it back to its glorious days and height. I believe that is the only way Persian graphic design can find its own true identity." -- Reza Abedini

Gocco art print by Orange Beautiful on Etsy.

rark!

From Mrs Eaves' blog For The Love Of Type...

altered text

Twice a year students from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) exhibit their final projects. Student Alex Kauffman chose a passage from All the King's Men and then systematically cut out all but one letter from the printed page, leaving it behind wherever it appeared. He then repeated this with the same passage across many more pages for each letter and symbol. The full story behind the process can be read here.

different strokes...

Letter Cult have posted their Best of 2009... so far... including some incredible work by Adam Garcia, Andy Smith & Will Bryant, and Enkeling.

typos

Opening this Thursday at the Electrik Sheep Gallery (which is a brilliant gallery, by the way), in the cold northern city of Newcastle, is a show by typographer Seb Lester. If you like raw talent then you’ll love his work. Prints also available online at Seb's website.

sigh...

Let's Get Lost by Shaun Sundholm.

Shaun says "This project is the firstborn child conceived from a life-long love affair with photography and typography. The photo series was shot at an abandoned (and rumored to be haunted) ranch in central Oregon and the type was inspired by my early days as a screen-printer. These pieces complete the sentences that the pictures and the words could never quite say on their own."

grammy type

The new Grammy campaign has appropriated various artists - including Stevie Wonder, Thom Yorke, Kanye and Rhianna (detail above) - mentioning their memorable musical influences. The advertising spots are running on television, and the print posters can be seen here.

ain't that the truth

I am seriously coveting this limited edition silkscreen print by Seb Lester. So limited it's sold out, in fact. Seb is one of the UK's most successful type designers - he studied Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins and now works in London as a type designer and typographic illustrator. His typefaces are used by Intel, Dell, GQ Magazine, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and many other companies - but won't be adorning any of my walls any time soon. Here's hoping he's tempted to make a second pressing.