Archive for the 'typography' Category

Spainish Flyers

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Check out these Spanish pharmaceutical and healthcare ads on Flickr.

Originally published in magazines distributed to rural medical clinics or ‘Clínica Rural’ in the late sixties and early seventies, these vintage ads have just the right blend of Madison Avenue-inspired typography and psychedelic groovitude.

Via the ever great Veer.

Posted by Dom

Are you a Roadside Romeo?

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

‘Good-for-nothing guy’ is the English of India translation of the phrase ‘Roadside Romeo’

‘…Visitors to India are often surprised at the amount of English one encounters – in the street, peppered through Bollywood films and even in remote locales. Here, I used the colourful sign-writing tradition of India to capture the flavour of this localisation of the global spread of English.’

A typographic-based exhibition English of India from professor Meena Kadri of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India.

Good work.

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Syrup Helsinki

Thursday, April 27th, 2006


As always the update at Syrup helsinki brings cool typography and illustration to our attention :)

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Katja Gretzinger

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Katja Gretzinger is a graphic designer living and working in Zürich and Berlin.

Nice typography throughout her portfolio.

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Johnson Banks

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

I just noticed Graphic design studio Johnson Banks have updated their website. The site showcases a large archive of their ‘problem solving’ over the last decade or so. Cleanly presented with an intuitive interface, which resembles a mind map of sorts.

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Hot Graphics

Monday, February 27th, 2006

London based graphics studio New Future Graphic have updated their portfolio, I love (no pun intended!) the work they did for in collaboration with Mother for a Coke pitch. Check it!

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Unit C.M.A

Friday, February 24th, 2006


On browsing the big www for some samples of illustrator Piet Paris’s work (pictured to the left) I came across Unit C.M.A, a dutch collective with some hot talent on their books. At a quick glance l recognized illustrators such as Linn Olofsdotter and Seb Jarnot…

Lots to see here.

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Thats what its all about!

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006


I always wondered whilst on brick lane and nearby streets why some of the shop fronts had giant letters painted on them.

Well now I know, well maybe not exactly why they are there but I know that they are part of an alphabet by graffiti artist Eine.

One dedicated photographer in the shape of comic Dave Gorman has captured all 26 shop fronts and placed them on flickr for us.

Posted by Dom