Holstee Manifesto “This is your life”

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Michael

I cannot agree more to the Manifesto of Holstee, a small company designing and selling sustainable lifestyle goods.

You can buy the Holstee Manifesto as poster or greeting card as well as many other great products in the Holstee online shop.

Via Benjamin Wiederkehr

Cardboard Signage for the Spanish Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Michael

This signage system made of environment-friendly cardboard shows impressively, that sustainability and great design don’t contradict each other. It was created by Isidro Ferrer in collaboration with Paul Alabau and Versus for the Spanish Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

Via CreativeRoots, thanks Guido for sharing.

Contemporary Design and Calligraphy from the ArabWorld and Iran

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Michael

Arabesque 2 showcases contemporary work by young designers from the Arab world and Iran. Combining Arab type, calligraphy and modern graphic design, the presented artwork expresses the increasing cultural emancipation and modernization of the Middle East.

Supplemental texts and interviews by the editors Ben Wittner and Sascha Thoma from design studio Eps51 give background information and describe the environments in which the featured designers and artists work.

You can learn more about the book at arabesque-graphics.com and order in the Gestalten shop.

Via Page online.

Typography meets Beauftiful Women Photography

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Michael

Designer Anthony Neil Dart from South-Africa created this posters as contribution to the Barcelona SHOW US YOUR TYPE Exhibition 2010. He impressively combines typographic element and photography of beautiful women – who can resist that?

Be sure to check out all posters of this series and the complete portfolio of Anthony at his site.

Via The Inspiration Grid.

Typographic Map for Your Living Room Wall

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Michael

I love typographic maps! Here is another great example that you can actually order in form of wall stickers for your home or office.

“A Different World’ by Sunny Side Up is available in 175cm x 108cm and your chosen color on notonthehighstreet.com (unfortunately delivered only within the UK).

The Art and Craft of Letterpress Printing on your iPad

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Michael

Traditional letterpress printing as a contrast to the “perfect” look of today’s laser-printing enjoys a growing interest over the past decade. Unfortunately much of the letterpress’s traditional technology was lost over the last 30 years and what’s left fetches premium collector prices. LetterMpress is an interesting kickstarter project committed to recreate the experience of authentic-looking letterpress design and print in a virtual environment released first on the iPad.

Letterpress Typographic Design by Alan Kitching

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Michael

In a time where most typography is created digitally, designers, artists, and printmakers can draw a lot of inspiration from the handcrafted appearance of traditional letterpress printing. A real luminary in this field is Alan Kitching. Having worked as graphic designer, typographer, letterpress printmaker and teacher, Kitching is internationally renowned for his expressive use of letterpress type, process and materials in creating typographic designs for publishing, advertising and his own limited edition prints and ‘Broadside’ publications.

Find more of Kitching’s typographic designs at Debutart.

Photo: Celia Stothard

Identity Design: From Library Tradition towards New Digital Media

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Michael

Identity, promotional posters & editorial design for the upcoming new Deichmanske Library in Bjørvika, Oslo, by graphic design student Mikael Fløysand. The design makes beautiful use of paper, forms, typography and colors to integrate the old library tradition and the evolution towards the new digital media.

Geography meets Typography: Typographic Maps

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Michael

Typomaps is an experiment gone product by German designer Dirk Schächter. You can order the world map made of letters (Helvetica Neue Black Condensed to be exact) in 100 cm x 70 cm or download both versions in different resolutions for iPad, iPhone or computer screen.

Typographic Maps is a similar project by Andy Woodruff, Mark Harrower and Ben Sheesley of Axis Maps (Texas, USA). The maps of Chicago and Boston, which took nearly two years to finish, depict the streets and highways, parks, neighborhoods, coastlines, and physical features of the cities using nothing but type. From a distance they can appear as accurate reference maps, and as you get closer you notice the thousands of words they comprise. You can order the maps in different sizes at Zazzle.

Web Design in the Arab World

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Michael

Stretching from west coast of northern Africa across to Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East, the Arab World includes 25 countries and territories with a combined population of more than 358 million. With the Arabic language as connecting element, this expansive region features not only a deep and rich tradition of calligraphy but also in some aspects a different approach to web design.

Smashing Magazine published a very interesting article about Web Design in the Arab World including interviews with Arab web designers and an expansive showcase.