Lettering
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Spirit (Ouija) Board lettering from Ira Coyne
This is one of a collection of brightly coloured Ouija boards from Ira Coyne on Faythe Levine’s blog. It appears that even spirits can swear when they want to…
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Melbourne’s signage in beautiful book form
Characters by Stephen Banham looks to be one of the must have new books on signage and public lettering. It is high on my want list after reading this review sent to me by Geraldine of Birmingham Graphic DNA and this review picked up by Faythe of The Sign Painter Movie. There is an accompanying […]
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When letter-press meets hand painted advertising on walls: San Miguel Fresca posters
I’m briefly back in London and it is hard not to notice this poster campaign for San Miguel’s new summer beer, Fresca. (That might have something to do with the fact that 10,000 locations feature the work.) Created by the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi it has involved a collaboration with letter-press artist Alan Kitching to give a distinctive […]
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Is this the easiest hand lettering technique possible?
Geraldine discovered this lovely little film from British Pathe, a ‘how to’ guide for a simple block lettering form. It even doubles as a secret code…
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A Clever Twist on Hand-Made/Painted Lettering
This fascinating project explores the relationships between upper and lower case letters, and the transitions between them, using hands and paint. (Found via Creative Review.)
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Graphic DNA documents the visual language of the street
I’ve recently been in regular contact with Geraldine Marshall whose project, Graphic DNA, caught my attention. It is the topic of her PhD thesis, under the supervision of Dr Caroline Archer. I took the opportunity, before she gets too busy, to ask Geraldine some questions at her base in the Midlands, from mine in South […]