Roses Are Red Violets Are Easy

Posted on February 1, 2008February 1, 2008 Posted in Design, Life, TypographyTagged graphic design, helvetica, letterspacing, office, typeface, Typography

Some text I threw up on my office wall that I share with my copywriter partner. He came up with the line and I printed out each letter, set in Helvetica, on an 8.5×11 paper. The letterspacing isn’t so great, it was time consuming and I was in a rush since I had to get back to work, but I’m pretty happy how it turned out. It was definitely a fun little project.

Check out some more photos on my Flickr Page.

Ivan Mato

Posted on January 29, 2008January 29, 2008 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, TypographyTagged Design, dutch, graphic, grid, helvetica, modernism, Swiss, type, typographic style, Typography1 Comment

Outstanding work by designer Ivan Mato. Every aspect of his portfolio is visual perfection.

Kinder Riegel

Posted on January 28, 2008January 28, 2008 Posted in Design, TypographyTagged branding, candy, chocolate, Design, graphic, helvetica, kinder, logo7 Comments

Not only does Kinder chocolate taste so damn good, but the logo is also really sweet. If anyone knows who’s responsible for the KInder logos, I would love to know.

Extra credit: Name that typeface.

Post Expose

Posted on January 28, 2008January 28, 2008 Posted in Art, Design, Grid Systems, TypographyTagged Art, avant garde, Design, graphic, helvetica, print, queens, screen printing, typeface, Typography, urban inks

Post Expose is a screen printing and design collective in Long Island City, NY that offers screen printing services, classes, lectures, rentals and also hosts some great exhibits. What’s really interesting about Post Expose is that it allows artists and designers to share tools, space and knowledge.

It’s was started by graphic artist Sarah Mead who I had the pleasure to met this weekend. She’s awesome and knows a ton about screen printing and typography. I passed by on Saturday to go over some project details with Sarah and I ended up staying for 3 hours. We just chatted about design, printing and typography the entire time and I quickly found out that Sarah is just as obsessed with the grid system as I am. If you are in the area definitely stop by to check the place out and say hello. It’s worth it.