Objectified
If you are in Baltimore tonight, be sure to attend Shag’s screening of Gary Hustwit’s Objectified. Gary, the director of Helvetica, covers the world of industrial design in this feature-length documentary. ande www.orange-element.com
Clothbound Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics has created a series of clothbound novels, designed by Illustrator Coralie Bickford-Smith. Each book in the series is a true work of art, and is bound in an elegant colored bookcloth and stamped with a one-color foil stamp of a pattern inspired by the work within. Penguin is already on it’s second series [...]
And The Ultimate Font Hour Champion Is……
Well, it’s the moment you have all been waiting for. After much deliberation and some help from our good friend Dave Stock, the winner of last Friday’s Font Hour was “Chunk” submitted by Neal Shaffer via twitter. This ultra-bold slab serif from the League of Movable Type caught everyone’s eye for its old American Western woodcut feel. [...]
Font Hour Freebie Friday
Thanks everyone for the great Font Hour submissions! We had a lot of fun looking through them all. Results will be in on Monday! Until then, enjoy a Font Hour themed Freebie! 1024×768 (standard) 1680×1050 (widescreen)
Fire Graphics
As a kid I remember asking my mom why the lettering on the front of an ambulance was backward. Perhaps the sign of an early graphic designer, but it definitely sparked an affinity for vehicle signage. With the recent news of Baltimore area fire station closures and job relocations, I’ve been thinking about the art [...]
Font Hour :: We Want Your Favorite Fonts!
It’s time for our favorite hour of the week again… Font Hour!!! This time we will be opening font hour to all our friends and followers for a chance to win a limited edition print designed with the winning typeface. Here is how Font Hour will work: Send us the name of one font you [...]
Fine Art, Handmade Gifts & Unusual Objects
MICA’s Art Market is here! The MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) Art Market is a venue for the sale of original artwork and handcrafted pieces created by more then 250 students, faculty, staff and alumni. The event, which lasts for four days, is a perfect opportunity for holiday shoppers and helps to provide funding [...]
Water with Pulp
Everyone knows that the energy and resources associated with producing plastic water bottles is a taxing process on the environment. According to the Huffington Post, 60 million plastic bottles are thrown out everyday in the U.S. While refillable bottles are the preferred environmentally friendly choice, I still don’t know anyone who carries one at all [...]
Nonsek Machine
Like cool t-shirts? Nonsek Machine is a fun and interactive way to create your own custom one-of-a-kind t-shirts based on art from popular artists and designers, such as Jesse Ledoux, Aesthetic Apparatus, Art Chantry, and more. Load an artist’s channel, select your shirt color, and then create your own re-mixes of their illustrations! This is [...]
