If this wisteria bunting doesn’t secure a tenant, I don’t know what will.
Vestiges of pre-gentrification …
A typographic identity crisis.
Restored ceiling of the historic Elysian Cafe.
Wavy wrought iron and a pair of watchful bees.
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Showing posts with label found type. Show all posts
Showing posts with label found type. Show all posts
Hoboken Impromptu
Spontaneous mini-vacation yesterday afternoon in Hoboken, NJ. The weather was glorious, and the city was in full bloom.
If this wisteria bunting doesn’t secure a tenant, I don’t know what will.
Vestiges of pre-gentrification …
A typographic identity crisis.
Restored ceiling of the historic Elysian Cafe.
Wavy wrought iron and a pair of watchful bees.
If this wisteria bunting doesn’t secure a tenant, I don’t know what will.
Vestiges of pre-gentrification …
A typographic identity crisis.
Restored ceiling of the historic Elysian Cafe.
Wavy wrought iron and a pair of watchful bees.
Backwards and Upside Down
Last month, when I heard that David Stark would be speaking at the next Apartment Therapy Offline Meetup, I didn’t know who he was, or what he did. So why did I know the name? After a couple of minutes, I realized that that was name on the on the truck with the backwards type I had photographed last summer.
Stark is an event designer and producer (I snapped this pic behind the Museum of Natural History, where he must have had a gig). At his talk Wednesday evening, I found out that event design and production is nothing like party planning. Many of his projects take as long as a year to produce—think Whitney Biennial installation filling the Javits Center. Go to his website to see the range of his creativity.
But back to his truck--here it is, along with a few other examples of typographic inversion.
This upside down Gap bag is part of a promo stunt they did in Vancouver where they turned they entire store upside down.
I took this in Florence, where type is backwards or forwards depending on which direction you happen to be facing.
Stark is an event designer and producer (I snapped this pic behind the Museum of Natural History, where he must have had a gig). At his talk Wednesday evening, I found out that event design and production is nothing like party planning. Many of his projects take as long as a year to produce—think Whitney Biennial installation filling the Javits Center. Go to his website to see the range of his creativity.
But back to his truck--here it is, along with a few other examples of typographic inversion.
This upside down Gap bag is part of a promo stunt they did in Vancouver where they turned they entire store upside down.
I took this in Florence, where type is backwards or forwards depending on which direction you happen to be facing.
Just My Type
Some dimensional typography I had around the house.
The top item is a little needle-book (more on those another time). The Vogue cover is illustrated by Covarrubias, from July 1, 1937. It looks like this was his only Vogue cover. At that time, Vogue incorporated Vanity Fair, for which Covarrubias illustrated 16 covers. See them at the Condé Nast Store. The images are on the small side, but they are all on one page--definitely worth the visit.
The top item is a little needle-book (more on those another time). The Vogue cover is illustrated by Covarrubias, from July 1, 1937. It looks like this was his only Vogue cover. At that time, Vogue incorporated Vanity Fair, for which Covarrubias illustrated 16 covers. See them at the Condé Nast Store. The images are on the small side, but they are all on one page--definitely worth the visit.
Vans of a Thousand Faces
It’s an age old question: How many fonts fit on the side of contractor’s vehicle?
p.s. For vehicular typography at the complete opposite end of the spectrum, you must visit Jonathan Turner’s Autografik set on flickr, which is “dedicated to graphic design applied to motor vehicles. With a focus on modernist corporate identities of the 60's and 70's.”
p.s. For vehicular typography at the complete opposite end of the spectrum, you must visit Jonathan Turner’s Autografik set on flickr, which is “dedicated to graphic design applied to motor vehicles. With a focus on modernist corporate identities of the 60's and 70's.”
Cold War Modern
Visit the V&A online to see how the Cold War shaped design from 1945-1970 on all fronts. Below, a sign from Berlin, late 1940s.
Pimp My Bus
From the moment I saw my first Linea 17 turquoise bus, on day one in Buenos Aires, I was hooked.
There are 144 different bus lines in BA all privately owned and operated.
An eye-feast of color and typography ...
But really nothing compared to the old days when buses were rolling works of genuine folk art. See pre-1970s buses covered with the scrolling flourishes of ‘fileteado’ here and here.
Interiors, too, are personalized-- there was at least one instance of fuzzy dice, and fancy cut glass mirrors are installed over many of the windshields.
The Case Against Globalization
Sure, there was something comforting about having Zara and Citibank in Buenos Aires, but travel just wouldn’t be as much fun without stores named Harry Truman, Maybe, and Mr. Sweater.
Just wondering, does a room scent called “Je t’aime” sound as absurd to the French as Glade's “I Love You” sounds to us? Much thanks to the folks at Johnson for that, and also for putting the graphic muscle in Mr. Musculo.
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