anton repponen is not a photographer but a creative director who travels a lot, which gives him the opportunity to make these wonderful ‘micro/macro’ images all over the world…
(via ‘dodi raditya’)
me news
logotype
several of our logotype designs are featured in logotype the latest, long-awaited book from design writer ‘michael evamy’ and the third in the series after ‘symbol’ & ‘logo’ (featuring ‘me’ work)
the volume is due for release this month and judging by the preview images it looks very much of the same quality as its predecessors… to be continued
non issue
…the moment that Katharine Hamnett met then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984 wearing a slogan T-shirt declaring “58 per cent Don’t Want Pershing” has become the stuff of fashion legend. Hamnett turns 65 this year. Inspired by her T’s art curator Martin C. De Waal shows an activism on fabric in close cooperation with 25 designers, artists and one architect…
the ‘non issue’ exhibition/event to which i contributed a textile design earlier this year, has finally been planned for october the 13th; to coincide with the launch of a new galley cncpt13 in amsterdam, save the date…
the ‘krul’
if you are familiar with amsterdam, the fabulous hand-rendered swash typography of the old (heineken & amstel beer) café windows, probably hasn’t slipped your attention
type designer ‘ramiro espinoza’ was surprised …that such gorgeous and original letters have largely been ignored in a country with such a rich type and letter-making tradition… and decided to make his own reproduction font, now for sale via myfonts
he also wrote a very interesting background article on the subject of this sadly dying/disappearing art form
(via items magazine)