Beautiful Type

Beautiful Type is a blog dedicated to great typography. A must bookmark for all you type heads!“Big Type Book” by William M. Cheney. This miniature book was published by Dawson’s Book Shop and printed by Cheney in 1961 in an edition of 139 copies.By Dustin WallaceBy John ChristopherBy Yulia BrodskayaBy Matt LehmanBy Star Shaped Press

Plumber King of Hong Kong

Kui Wong is known as the Plumber King. He has been painting his illegal ads for his plumbing business for decades and has become the most famous living bomber, right up there with the King Of Kowloon, who sadly died in 2007. Below is a short interview with him, by CNNGo.CNNGo: How long have you been a plumber?Kui Wong: I’ve been doing this for half a century.I snuck across the border from China

Artists Analysing The Evolution of Graffiti 2011

Graffuturism has just posted a really interesting article/interviews with many top 'alternative' graff artists entitled, "A Look at Graffiti’s Evolution and Progression 2011 in the Artists own words. Part 1".. well worth a read!

StyleKonstruktor

I posted about StyleKonstruktor a year ago and just wanted to show you some of their newest stuff. The crew from Moscow continue to push the boundaries of letter-form with their blend of 3D and Cyrillic and Roman alphabets.....

Retna Primary Flight Show

Pics from Retna's new show for Miami's Primary Flight/Art Basel, entitled "Silver Lining"....

Isaac Salazar

Incredible folding and cutting of individual pages from books by paper-artist, Isacc Salazar....[VIA]

Hermann Zapf The Calligrapher

Sit back and let Hermann Zapf teach you a thing or three about the intricacies of learning the Art of Calligraphy...He s truly amazing!The Art of Hermann Zapf"Zapf designed types for various stages of printing technology, including hot metal composition, phototypesetting (also called "cold type"), and finally digital typography for use in desktop publishing. His two most famous typefaces,

10 Best Posts Of 2010

10. Sowat Typographic Graffiti9. Mecha Musume WWII x Cute Anime Girls8. Polly Morgan Taxidermy Art7. The Most Awesome Video Controller6. Paludariums Are Incredible5. Michael Hussar4. Nike Air Max Infrared 90's Re-Release3. 3D Graffiti Technica2. ESPV Interview Skinner1. Paul Booth Dark Tattoos- Once again, a tattoo post rules in 2010! Lets see if there will be any change for 2011.

PlasticBionic Graphic Design

Creative Director and Graphic Designer of Plasticbionic - Julien Brisson, comes from Nantes - France. He is currently freelancing for agencies and clients worldwide after working as Creative Director at Serial Cut™. [VIA]

Retna Update

I LOVE Retna's work sooo much! These images are from a house in Detroit he collaborated on with fellow artist, Richard Colman....

Aaron Horkey Poster Design

Aaron Horkey is a Minnesota based Poster designer who has an amazing eye for detail in his work as well as a wicked type-style too. He has worked for a gazillion different brands including Juxtapoz, Mogwai, Thrasher, Flip Skateboards & Converge....

Stefan Glerum

Stefan Glerum studied illustration at the Academy St. Joost and works as a freelance illustrator and designer, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He's got anice retro-style and has some hot-looking type too...[VIA]

Go Font Ur Self - Melbourne Show

Checked out this show tonight. Some really nice pieces, although the glass frame made a horrid reflection.Some of my favourites....Bones(I was on the verge of dropping $250 that I don't have on this)Mike GiantWell Dressed VandalsLuke LucasTravis Millard

Melbourne Art Shows This Week

Just one I've found so far this week, and it's a good one!GO FONT UR SELFThe traveling typographic exhibition is making it's next stop at the No Vacancy Gallery in Melbourne featuring a great lineup of artists and designers: Mike Giant, Parra, Travis Millard, Hedof, Ozzie Wright, Sofles, Bones, Siggi Eggertsson, Well Dressed Vandals, Lachie Goldsworthy, and John Siddle.ONE NIGHT ONLY: Wednesday 1

Alex Trochut Design

Alex Trochut was born in 1981 in barcelona. Sudied Graphic Design at Elisava, and started working as a freelance designer and illustrator in 2007. His work is rich with elegant, brilliantly detailed executions that both convey indulgence as well as a great deal of control....[VIA]

Aron Jancso Typography

Aron Jancso is a Hungarian designer and typographer with some beautifully designed typographical posters in his portfolio....[VIA]

Mr Yen Papercut Lampshades

MrYen is a master papercutter, and has created all kinds of intricate works but the thing that really caught my eye were these typographic lampshades....

David Smith Glass Artist

If you have a spare 15 min this lunchtime or evening, please please watch this beautiful short documentary....David A Smith is a name that has become synonymous in Sign-Writing and Glass gilding circles, with high quality, hand crafted reverse glass signs and decorative silvered and gilded mirrors.In this short documentary, we reveal behind the scenes work, techniques and visions that Dave uses

The Anatomy Of Typography

This is so geeky but really beautiful! The Lesson Plan Print demonstrates the 'anatomy of typography' in this beautiful limited edition print. I want one!