Alphabets by Tim Fishlock

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Shapeset alphabet. Overlapping colour compositions. Giclee print on 305g stock. Hand-embossed, numbered and signed. A limited edition.

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Typeseat alphabet: Screen print. A limited edition of 300. (I beleive the text at the bottom names all of the chairs used).

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A to Z : A print commissioned by the London Transport Museum for their ‘Mind the Map’ exhibition. Based on the iconic London Underground map.

Christian Louboutin Neon letters

I wrote about this Vegas inspired, neon installation for Christian Louboutin while it was on show at the Design Museum in Butlers Wharf, London.
This version feels quite at home in their flagship store in Mount Street and a smaller version in Paris. The mix of colours and shapes is enough to make you want to smash ‘n’ grab them.

Sparkling photography by Susie Rea

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Christian Louboutin Neon Graveyard

We collaborated with the team at Christian Louboutin to create an amazing Vegas-inspired typographical installation. Each letter has it’s own story to tell and can be traced back to original Vegas signage. The stainless steel shells house a mix of Pygmy and Golfball bulbs, 4 different colours of neon, backlit perspex and crystal Cabochon. To make sure the window all came together beautifully each letter was powder coated in a rich, bright and glossy colour to match a shoe or a bag in Christian Louboutin’s current collection.

The window was such a success in Mount St that we recreated a smaller version for the flagship Paris store.

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More beautiful lettering work by graffiti writer and artist, Roid. 

Roid: The future isn’t what it used to be

Starting as a graffiti writer in ‘99, Roid is now widely regarded as one of the most influential graffiti artists from the UK. He has strived to create his own unique style and advocates only looking outside the graffiti work for inspiration.

A prolific artist producing hundreds of pieces world-wide, Roid is treading a now familiar path, from buildings and walls to a studio and prints. The popularity of his illustration and artwork, as seen online and in a number of shows, has exploded.

Not only do I love the colour, composition,and the detail that goes into his work, I’m just astonished at the sheer variety of lettering and styles incorporated. You can see a a number of mediums being used alongside spay paint, including airbrushing and screen printing.

Take a look at more of his work on Instagram

Thanks to Jack Ramsay for putting me onto this work.

Arabic inspired Latin

There’s something really intriguing here between the combination of forms and shading, the letters almost look like they are made from metal sheeting.
More on Loris Olivier’s website here.

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JPO Project

Starting from roman letters, drawn by hand, I took the inspiration of arabic and persian calligraphy to create the letters through the defined borders of the roman letters. The rigor of the roman letters are nicely seduced by the curves of the calligraphic pen.

- Loris Olivier

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Kama-Sutra

By Malika Favre
I saw this screen printed alphabet today at the ‘Pick Me Up’ graphics and illustration exhibition currently on show in London.
Malika believes in distilling her work down and conveying the concept using the minimum of shapes and lines possible. “Less is definitely more” she says.
This alphabet leaves just the right of amount detail to the viewers imagination without being overly explicit.

Shadow Lettering

Wire, light and shadow messages by Belgian artist Fred Eerdekens.

3D artwork print from 8 Faces

Tomorrow sees the release of our 7th and penultimate artwork print, by Simon Walker.

Above (top) is a teaser of Simon’s unique artwork, with a sneak peek of his work in progress below. The type is made out of mouldable clay, Simon took us through his process for the forthcoming edition of 8 Faces magazine, here are some extracts:

“I’d been toying with the idea of making physical, three-dimensional type for a long time, but had never found the time — or more specifically the right project — to push it forward. I knew I wanted to make big, heavy letters out of something like clay, thinking the result would mimic the kind of roughened, hand-rendered lettering I produce on the computer, even though I’d never actually worked with clay before.

Plastalina is pretty hard straight out of the wrapper, and has to be vigorously massaged between your fingers in order to get it to play nice. Then there were all the unavoidable grease-stains from the clay that kept getting smudged onto my nice clean backboard. I’d rested in the idea that I’d photoshop out any particularly conspicuous stains, as well as my penciled guidelines, but found in the end that a lot of the stray marks actually reinforced the handmade aspect of the piece, so I left most of them in.”

And we’re very pleased he did, the work looks fantastic. We have less than 50 on offer, so be quick! Visit 8faces.com this Wednesday (17th April) at 4pm BST.

The full interview with Simon Walker will appear in 8 Faces magazine #6, due out soon.

DIY SolidType

These 3D letters have been designed and put into production by Denver based studio, MATTER. The self assembly type can then be painted, inked or etched to build words for signage or decoration.

This first series are uppercase only and are based on H&FJ’s Gotham Typeface. There are three sizes available, 2” (push-out puzzle-style boards) and 4” (parts in a bag) and 8” (flat packed). 

Each month, they will release a new custom letterform and so far there are already some nice ampersands, one at 10.5”.

MATTER Design Director Rick Griffith was quoted as saying: “These letterform puzzles are a hearkening back, and yearning for a time when people used to make their own toys and take pride in solving interactive physical puzzles. People can piece together individual letters, compose 3D words, or experiment with gravity, balance, and their own personal design.”