Typographic Week 23—Vintage, Poems & Paintings

Poem Script from Sudtipos Poem Script by Ale Paul is a mixed collection of interpretations conjuring a late nineteenth century American pen script style. Though not an actual Italian letterform, this style was called “Italian Alphabet” stemming from... 

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A Sourcebook of Scripts

I’ve been sent a book by Thames & Hudson that I think is worth putting on here. The (slightly contentious) title is Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design’s Golden Age *, and shows the collection by the authors, Steven Heller and Louise... 

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Milan Design Week 2011

Rossana Orlandi Via Matteo Bandello 14/16 Naoto Fukasawa, Jasper Morrison, Restart, Jack Brandsma 12 Open 9:00/20:00 Guarda la Mappa Guarda il Sito Spaghetti Vespa Typography Via Andreoli Very Italian Poster Exhibition 14 Open 19.00 Guarda la Mappa Guarda... 

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So, who did design our favourite logo?

Our current issue features CR’s top 20 logos of all time. Our current issue features CR’s top 20 logos of all time. The Woolmark is our number one, but mystery surrounds the identity of its designer     In 1963, the International Wool... 

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Summer Camp for Designers? SVA’s Masters Workshop in Italy

Postcard Design: Louise Fili Ltd. Postcard Design: Louise Fili Ltd. Ready for a little Roman Holiday? SVA has two unique opportunities to study design this summer in Italy. Led by Lita Talarico and Steven Heller, co-chairs of SVA’s MFA Design... 

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Favourite logos: Brand New readers’ votes

Last week we revealed the results of our poll to discover your favourite logos . We also asked the Brand New blog in the US to take part in the survey and post the same question on their site. Here are the most popular 15 logos as voted by its readers…... 

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FNG Photo Issue 2010 Exhibition | Preview

In agenda : domani sera dalle 18,30 i cugini di FNG inaugurano c/o la “ Four Roses Gallery ” di MAD la prima mostra del Photo Issue 2010 . 3 scatti per 12 fotografi italiani tra amateur e pro In agenda: domani sera dalle 18,30 i cugini di FNG inaugurano... 

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The two Kenwoods

With shamefully similar logos and like hi-tech aesthetics, you could be forgiven for assuming Kenwood the kitchen appliance company and Kenwood the audio device company are one and the same. After reading this article about the original Kenwood Chef... 

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Favourite logos: looking past the obvious

When we asked readers to nominate their favourite logos last week we received a lot of votes for the classics of the genre. But the exercise also threw up some less celebrated but still worthy contenders For a special issue in April, we are putting together... 

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Typefoundry 2006 to 2011: a list of contents

This blog is five years old and it has reached a total of 35 posts: not a large number, but some of them are quite substantial essays. Some may be too long, as a correspondent once told me. Anyone who has found the blog useful may wish to have this list... 

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