Month: March 2012

Searching through books in the library, one in particular caught my attention. 3D Typography by Mark Batty Publisher http://www.3dtypographybook.com/ For me, this is typography at it’s best. Comparing experimental type to that of digital; it’s the unique quality each physical type project embodies that really makes them stand out and make a statement. It’s the […]

Absolutely brilliant. Using ideas and experimenting with them, Masumi Kobayashi has created an ever changing typeface. It’s having these sort of ideas that are far from traditional methods of creating type that inspire me to experiment with ideas of my own. Masumi Kobayashi’s Seed Letters In 1999, Masumi Kobayashi created “Seed Letters” which helped her […]

What a great idea, bringing fun back into ‘Playtime’ for kids. ‘Paper Punk’ Packed flat, with a few folds the paper kits transform into 3D geometric blocks, which you can then use to build toys spanning snakes to birthday cakes. Starting with just a handful of designs called Singles, Hawthorne aims to expand this simple […]

twinandtwin: ABC 3D by Marion Bataille. Reblogged: A video created of the book’s alphabet. I remember picking this up once and found it facinating. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Marian Bantjes Of all the typographers from the list I’ve listened to on Typeradio.org, there were three that stood out from the others. Marian Bantjes was one of them. A little bit of background:Marian Bantjes was born in 1963 and is a Canadian designer, artist, illustrator, typographer and writer.  She attended Arts school from one […]

Power of Imagination, Yulia Brodskaya Papergraphic Illustration for the Imaginary Foundation

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