two new posters which i added to my collection this weekend (with thanks to mister ‘gielijn escher’) one of the renowned ‘holland festival’ series by studio dumbar and a classic by artist/designer ‘frits hartingsveldt’
me news
flowery type
local foundry novo type have released a series of ‘baroque’ flower fonts, but don’t count on there being any ‘open type features’ these are strictly decorative photofonts…
sensory overload
a short interview with talented photographer and friend dominic davies, i’d love to see that hitchcock coin dom!
dutch posters #3
following on from my earlier poster posts: hereby another selection of the archive dutch posters i came across in the ‘tin’ archives last week… firstly at the top a wonderful poster from the late 60’s for ‘globe theater’ the designer is uncredited (if anybody knows i would be delighted to hear from you), shown here below a series from old favourite ‘anton beeke’ for various clients dating from the 80’s to recent years..
see also these related posts here and here
outcast editions
a series of interactive digital books on contemporary residential architecture designed by (former ‘8vo’ partner) ‘hamish muir’
the books contain a mix of photographs, video and architectural drawings combined in a slick, monochromatic touchscreen interface; i havent tried them yet so can’t really comment on the experience or content as yet… ‘unit editions’ have also recently interviewed hamish