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February 27, 2017
Large typographic project by Gordon Young and Andy Altman
Large typographic project by Gordon Young and Andy Altman

The Comedy Carpet is one of the nicest large scale typographic project you’ll see in a while. You can find it in front of the Blackpool tower in Lancashire, UK, and there is no way you’ll miss this 2’200 square meter piece of work by Gordon Young and Why Not Associate.

February 17, 2017
Illustrations that explain Arabic words’ meaning
Illustrations that explain Arabic words’ meaning

Westerners like myself often like Arabic characters for the simple reason that they look graphically pleasing. Mahmoud El Sayed, a graphic designer from Egypt, played with this and created a collection of educational illustrations that take the meaning of Arabic words litterally. By distorting each character, El Sayed makes the word look like its meaning. […]

February 15, 2017
8 ways to decorate your home with typography
8 ways to decorate your home with typography

Type experts are not the only ones who enjoy the beauty of letters. Of course, regular people will not be obsessed with an ampersand’s curves, but they’ll be able to enjoy nice typographic decoration. 1. The type chess set How about a more conceptual chess set that will look great on any table? Created by […]

February 2, 2017
A typeface dedicated to the dual personality of the city of Trieste
A typeface dedicated to the dual personality of the city of Trieste

Astrid Stavro, the artistic director of Atlas Design, worked on a typeface about the city where she lives and works: Trieste. The Italian city has a dual personality, with architecture inspired by Austria (the closest neighbor) and a very Italian lifestyle. The designer worked on a typeface that reflects this and uses type features to […]

January 27, 2017
With Fontself, you can now create fonts directly from Photoshop
With Fontself, you can now create fonts directly from Photoshop

On Designer Daily, we already mentionned Fontself when they were looking to fund their first iteration of the project. At the time, they were looking to create an add-on for Photoshop and Illustrator, starting with the latter. The Illustrator plugin was released months ago already and was a great success. Recently, Fontself launched the Photoshop […]

January 20, 2017
A typeface inspired by an orchestra conductor for LSO’s identity
A typeface inspired by an orchestra conductor for LSO’s identity

The London Symphony Orchestra new logo and identity was reveiled recently by The Partners, the agency behind this new creation. In a creative twist, the designers took the type at the core of the logo and tweaked it to follow the movements of the orchestra’s conductor.

December 21, 2016
A topographical identity for Gavth Studio by Tugba Ozcan
A topographical identity for Gavth Studio by Tugba Ozcan

For this corporate identity, London based graphic design and art director Tugba Ozcan took her inspiration from topographical maps to give a sense of depth to the logo. The word Gavth meaning deep pit in old language, the choice of the topographical features makes a lot of sense.

December 14, 2016
This masking tape can turn any page into a calendar
This masking tape can turn any page into a calendar

Some ideas look very simple, yet borderline genius. This calendar masking tape sold by Japanese design shop icco nico is one of those. The idea seems obvious, it’s very simple to use or design, but they are the only ones who did it. Two rolls of tape are sold separately, one with the dates, the […]

A corporate identity created with blocks for Monetize
A corporate identity created with blocks for Monetize

To better suit their activity, Monetize decided to change name and become Froda. With that, the company had to find someone to design a new logo. They called Snask, a Swedish design studio. The designers took the option to work with building blocks, but litterally. They used blocks with three different colors to create a […]

December 12, 2016
Design deals for the week
Design deals for the week

Every week, we’ll give you an overview of the best deals for designers, make sure you don’t miss any by subscribing to our deals feed. You can also follow the recently launched website Type Deals if you are looking for free fonts or font deals. The Immense Typography Collection of 120+ Fonts & Logos Two great tastes that taste […]

December 7, 2016
An impressive 3D movable book about type
An impressive 3D movable book about type

I’ve always wondered why books with paper gimmicks were mostly designed for children books, but now there is a great example that targets type lovers and graphic designers. This Movable book of letterforms was designed by Kevin Steele to serve as an example to show how pop-up books can be used to educate people. In […]

December 2, 2016
Type Hike: typographic posters that celebrate American national parks
Type Hike: typographic posters that celebrate American national parks

Type Hike is a collaborative design project that take a look at the US national parks from a typographic perspective. 60 designers have each created a poster about a national park, type being the main graphic tool used for each poster. Time to take a walk on the type side…

November 15, 2016
Lucas Gil-Turner creates clever logos for every day words
Lucas Gil-Turner creates clever logos for every day words

50 Words is a logo collection created by Lucas Gil-Turner during a workshop. The graphic designer took common words and designed a logo for each, each logo being a brand that reveals something about the word. Black & white was used to focus on the form, the words chosen are the 50 most commonly used […]

October 29, 2016
2D letters bent into the 3D dimension by this creative artist
2D letters bent into the 3D dimension by this creative artist

No, creating 3D typography doesn’t always involve using 3D software of extruding your letters in real life. Cyril Vouilloz, who goes by the name Ryslee, brought the third dimension by distorting his letters, and while he was at it, everything that was surrounding it.

October 15, 2016
Depero Futurista: The Bolted Book
Depero Futurista: The Bolted Book

Some famous books shape the world for the unique influence they have on people’s ideas and actions. Some other, less famous, books also have a tremendous influence in their field, but just don’t get the same global recognition and stay in the shadow. Depero Futurista is one of those. This design book, considered by some […]