Typography That’s Just A Sin

August 16th, 2010

Created by Utah typography instructor & graphic designer, Jim Godfrey has created this informative poster enumerating the 34 most typical typographic sins committed by the average print and web designer.



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Organic Woodblock Prints

July 1st, 2010

New England artist Bryan Nash Gill creates literal and organic woodblock prints by using discarded tree trunks. His work is simplistic yet haunting, and he puts in a massive amount of time preparing each trunk for printing and rubbing each print.


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It’s A Blackletter Day

November 18th, 2009

Based in Perugia, Italy, Philippe Nicolas is a French graphic designer with a real talent for typography and hand-lettering. His hand-lettered examples shown here, “fraktur minuscule,” represent his latest works.

See more of his work after the jump, or visit his site.

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Daily Drop Cap

October 21st, 2009

If you’re a fan of delicious hand-crafted typography, or just a fan of ways to make your blog unique, be sure to check out The Daily Drop Cap.

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The Beauty of Parasites

October 1st, 2009

Sublime and reminiscent of botanical prints, the plates from Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur (Artforms of nature) (1904) are a treasure trove of color and design.

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When Typography Meets Clay

August 12th, 2009

An odd combination, if you think about – typography used on bowls, cups and plates. But then you see the works of Asya Palatova of gleena ceramics and see the natural combination.

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