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Powerstation in Three Colors

Powerstation in Three Colors

Michael Doret’s layered face Powerstation – originally designed to be set in two different colors – was recently (and accidentally) found to be well-suited for three-color setting as well. What a happy accident! I find these sorts of... 

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Iran threatens 2012 boycott over logo

Iran threatens 2012 boycott over logo

According to an article on the Guardian website, Iran has threatened to boycott the London Olympics because, it claims, the logo spells out the word ‘Zion’ There may be a number of reasons to take issue with Wolff Olins’ 2012 logo but,... 

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Jason Naylor Beauty Manipulation

Jason Naylor Beauty Manipulation

American artist/illustrator Jason Naylor would call himself a ‘creator’ – His works employs a lot of both illustrations and typography, working a lot on beauty trend illustrations, especially for Mac Cosmetics and their beautiful Trend... 

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Design Indaba: Day 3

Design Indaba: Day 3

Still from Typembrya, a film by Oded Ezer inspired by Herb Lubalin’s Mother & Child logo Highlights from Design Indaba’s third and final day of conference include talks by Israeli type designer Oded Ezer, American data-visualiser extrordinaire... 

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Siriusly Lame

Siriusly Lame

In 2008 the two leading satellite radio companies — and as I understand it, the only ones granted a license to do so by U.S. Federal Communications Commission — merged to create SiriusXM , a powerhouse with 135 channels of commercial free... 

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iType

iType

The Week in Type Before I dive into this week’s the week in type , I’d like to tell you a little more about Codex, the journal of typography . First, I’d like to introduce the Codex team: the Editor in Chief, Carolyn Wood and my Assistant Editor,... 

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Brogen Averill

Brogen Averill

http://thingwebsite.com Nice selection of idenity, print and products works designed by Brogen Averill. http://thingwebsite.com Nice selection of idenity, print and products works designed by Brogen Averill. Read more: Brogen Averill ... 

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Middleweight Designer – Retail/FMCG

Middleweight Designer – Retail/FMCG

Salary: up to £32,000 We are looking for a talented middleweight designer to join the creative team of one of the world’s leading, award winning shopper marketing agencies. This creative should have a passion for design and typography, be strong in... 

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Éditions 205

Éditions 205

Stumbled on this very cool publisher/font bureau (of sorts) from France, called Éditions 205 . It took some effort to dissect who’s behind this, but after a little digging around sources point to Damien Gautier and likely a few other writers/designers.... 

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Blu Dot Swap Meet — Talent for Furniture

Blu Dot Swap Meet — Talent for Furniture

Join Har Mar Superstar for this year’s Blu Dot Swap Meet — free furniture in exchange for your creative talent (taxidermy and oddities accepted!). Join Har Mar Superstar for this year’s Blu Dot Swap Meet — free furniture in... 

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