3.22.2009

a one liner


have you hugged a type designer today? they do some good things...

who needs a fleur de isle when you have type?


i love how the background texture is Rosa Parks - just type; a variety of it. close to the bg color but not exactly - enough to tel us what this thing is all about and make a pretty nice texture at the same time.

boring no more!


who says numbers have to bore people into a stupor? this annual report makes pretty good use of an otherwise uninteresting subject. Note the numbers are all at 90 degree angles: not TOTAL chaos. scale, color, transparency, composition.

if you had to pick


a word that said "lift," where would you start? i don't know either. and i think they basically nailed it, at least for this composition. me gusta mucho.

this aint no FONT!


this is hand drawn type, perfectly tied to the hand drawn illustration. and the type pulls everything neatly together.

art of type making paper stick shape words


need i say more? need i?

do you have


GUTS??? my main man Stephan has loads. Just check out this interesting arrangement...