http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/211966/december-01-2008/operation-humble-kanye

Courier; The working man’s font!

Let’s start with something a little obvious: Steven Heller. If you don’t get the Daily Heller by email daily, do so. NOW. http://blog.printmag.com/dailyheller/ Trust me. If you do nothing but read the Daily Heller as your minimum GD intake, you could survive. I, of course, suggest a surplus, it IS almost Thanksgiving ‘n’ all.

In the theme of sharing, go download Anivers, it’s free.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/exljbris/anivers/

It’s slick, right? Almost like a fat marker…

More Tuesday.

As we enter the 21st century, you could argue that Meggs should contain a new chapter. Some might argue that this chapter would be filled with a return to the ornate; a homage to Art Deco of sorts. Aside from being an amazing Typographer and Designer, Tauba Auerbach is a prime example of this movement.

Born in 1981 in San Francisco, Tauba has been featured in more shows, solo and group, than many designers her age. Both global and local, her work has been seen by many via Print and ArtReview. Throughout her portfolio are true gems of typographic prowess and wit.

Now that you’re utterly dazzled, check out her site, which is crafty itself, and be truly wowed. (Not recommended for those prone to seizures.)

http://www.taubaauerbach.com/toc.html

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last month, the band Flobots has been jamming the airwaves with “Handlebars” off of their album, Fight with Tools. With them hitting Last Call with Carson Daly on Monday I thought I should educate the masses a bit. To start, check out the single’s original video which probably has the best acting in a music video I’ve seen in a while.

Oh yeah, that’s violin plucking in the beginning. Universal brought in Dirty UK and Phil Tidy to put together a Sin City esque 3D version of the same single. Both are good. Watch:

If you’re still unconvinced, listen to their whole album on Purevolume. I assure you, Flobots will be your new street-bombing soundtrack.

http://www.purevolume.com/flobots

Today on ilovetypography, they have an interview with typographer, Jos Buivenga. I found the article particularly intruiging because it really gets into how he started ”doing type.”

“I started my first typeface Delicious in 1994 just out of admiration for type design(ers) and I was fascinated by how it would be to set a text with your own typeface. I can’t remember if I made sketches or not, but I do remember sitting behind my first Mac — an LC pizza box with a 12″ display — staring countless hours at non-aliased contours.” -Buivenga, 2008

 Here’s the link to the full interview on ilovetypography:

http://ilovetypography.com/2008/04/16/face-to-face-an-interview-with-jos-buivenga/

Edit:

HILARIOUS. ODG Baby.

Oded Ezer is an everyman when it comes to Type. Not only does he create amazing works of typographic art, but he designs his own typefaces and uses these type principles in his identity and publication design. Based in Givatayim, Israel, his independent studio is incredibly successful and his work is scheduled to be shown at the MoMa. Here’s some examples and his site.

http://www.odedezer.com/index.html

And check out his exhibit, Typosperma, at the MoMa in February:

http://www.odedezer.com/typosperma.html

-Bill out

Make sure you check out Chino and Futura. Brilliant cats.

Check it out:

Typoopgraphy

Type+Graffiti=Cool

Type+Poop=Gross

Anything+Poop=Gross

Enjoy!

Just a quick post with a stencil of the Republican Liar Candidate for ‘08.

God Bless the GOP,

-Bill

I did for the University of Bridgeport’s annual literary magazine, Groundswell. It collects not only poetry and prose, but illustrations and photography as well. I started with this:

Original Groundswell Cover

After finding out it would be too difficult to print consistently with it being so dense, I had to change it. Originally, it was intended to illustrate a giant flourishing of information from, seemingly, the ground. Pretty witty, huh? With some insight from the Editor and my professor, I reduced it and came up with this:

Groundswell Cover Reduced

And?