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Simon Walker’s limited edition print is available now.  Hand-made with Plastalina and wood. Not many left so be quick.

Simon Walker’s limited edition print is available now. 

Hand-made with Plastalina and wood. Not many left so be quick.

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.

The changing face of Bowie I just spotted this typographic screen print produced exclusively for London’s V&A museum to coincide with it’s forthcoming David Bowie exhibition.  It features the lettering and bespoke typefaces from over 100 designers. Matt white ink has been printed over rainbow holographic paper which looks brilliant. Each print comes with a certificate naming the full list of contributors including, Jonathan Barnbrook, Ian Anderson and Anthony Burrill. I love the look of it but I think the overall effect is a little crowded and too much like a list of type specimens. I’d have preferred it to be bigger too. The print is 50x50cm.

The changing face of Bowie

I just spotted this typographic screen print produced exclusively for London’s V&A museum to coincide with it’s forthcoming David Bowie exhibition. 

It features the lettering and bespoke typefaces from over 100 designers. Matt white ink has been printed over rainbow holographic paper which looks brilliant. Each print comes with a certificate naming the full list of contributors including, Jonathan Barnbrook, Ian Anderson and Anthony Burrill.

I love the look of it but I think the overall effect is a little crowded and too much like a list of type specimens. I’d have preferred it to be bigger too. The print is 50x50cm.

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Valentine’s day idea? Not only is the lettering beautiful —  that split ‘Type’ — but I’m loving the soft indentation on the ‘spongy’ paper and the depth of colour from this scarlet ink. This limited edition letterpress print might make a nice gift… OK yes, I just convinced myself and bought one.  beautifultype: Beautiful lettering poster by Ken Barber, printed by The Aesthetic Union. You could buy a copy here and learn more about the process on Ken’s blog post.

Valentine’s day idea?

Not only is the lettering beautiful —  that split ‘Type’ — but I’m loving the soft indentation on the ‘spongy’ paper and the depth of colour from this scarlet ink.
This limited edition letterpress print might make a nice gift…

OK yes, I just convinced myself and bought one. 

beautifultype:

Beautiful lettering poster by Ken Barber, printed by The Aesthetic Union. You could buy a copy here and learn more about the process on Ken’s blog post.

Modern Wood Type

In a process moving from digital to manual, these beautiful woodblocks have been designed in Illustrator, laser cut and then printed by hand.

Produced by Nigel Bents, Paul Oakley and Jonny Holmes while at Chelsea College of Art & Design in London, the characters were based on a Bodoni poster typeface. The extreme stroke contrast has been used to house these playful decorative patterns.

The letters were cut from 3mm plywood then mounted on type-high blocks before letterpress printing at New North Press in Hoxton.

Even before inking, I love how the laser cutting has scorched a warm colour onto the wooden face of the letters.

Discretionary ligatures. A sneak peek of Áron Jancsó’s new typeface in progress. That’s a lot of ligatures!

Discretionary ligatures.

A sneak peek of Áron Jancsó’s new typeface in progress. That’s a lot of ligatures!

Love Story: ’80s Music Poster

I’m slightly abashed to admit it but I do love a good ’80s track. Even bands I wasn’t particularly into back then (I was barely in my teens) I now love; Human League, The Jam, Simple Minds, Ultravox, Depeche Mode…the list goes on and on.

Well this poster brings me right back. Designed by Patrick King who runs the Typography Shop, that also produces the Typographic tees that I’ve posted about before. The idea came to him after designing a spread for his high school reunion some years ago about music, which he later displayed in his home. After much appreciation and fascination by visiting friends he decided to explore the concept in poster form.

Using 1980’s song titles, the poster tells a love story, from hopeful beginning through to falling in love and the expression of its passion, the appearance of trouble and doubt, then the breakup and its lonely aftermath. Thankfully not representative of every love story! I had the chance to ask Patrick about the process:

“I spent a great deal of time choosing the songs to highlight, more for their ability to tell the story than its popularity or my tastes. To then create a well balanced typographic puzzle using only condensed sans serifs was quite a challenge. 

I count 114 songs and 37 fonts from 12 typeface families. A wild exercise for me as I rarely use more than two faces in client work, chosen from a palette of about 6 favorite choices.”

It’s available at 11x17” and there’s a larger screen printed version with black ink. Plus ’60s and ’70s music posters too.

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Proposal poster Beautifully styled lettering for a poster by Jessica Hische used by Stuart Lang to propose to his girlfriend. “He wrote at just the right moment in time—I was in a particularly lovey dovey mood and nearing the end of my own wedding preparations.” “I got the art framed for him and even schemed with the restaurant manager about how it would take place.” The proposal was successful! The full story behind this is delightful.  prettyclever: I love love. | Jessica Hische

Proposal poster

Beautifully styled lettering for a poster by Jessica Hische used by Stuart Lang to propose to his girlfriend.

“He wrote at just the right moment in time—I was in a particularly lovey dovey mood and nearing the end of my own wedding preparations.”

“I got the art framed for him and even schemed with the restaurant manager about how it would take place.”

The proposal was successful! The full story behind this is delightful. 

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This made me chuckle.One of many quick-fire slogan posters by Dubai based designer, Shahir Zag.  shahirzag: Sacrilege in Helvetica Bold.

This made me chuckle.
One of many quick-fire slogan posters by Dubai based designer, Shahir Zag. 

shahirzag:

Sacrilege in Helvetica Bold.

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“Everything you can imagine is real” New 8 Faces poster When I found out Simon Ålander was to create a poster as part of the 8 Faces series I was thrilled. Simon has supported the Type Worship blog since its very early days and by following his blog, ‘Coffeemademedoit’,  I’ve seen a steady stream of excellent design and lettering work. Based in Stockholm, Simon was fuelled with around 25 cups of Coffee (and a couple of beers) to create this piece.  99% of his projects start with a blank sheet of paper and a pencil exploring the interaction between the words and the letters themselves. Once a direction becomes clear the sketches are then developed and transfered into Photoshop and Illustrator for the “magic touches”. I had the opportunity to catch-up with Simon about this piece to find out more:  What is the significance of this particular phrase? “Everything you can imagine is real” is a wonderful quote from Pablo Picasso. To me it means that you can do exactly what you want as long as you’re open minded. And if you work hard and create good stuff - the ideas in your head will become real. Don’t let anyone else tell you what’s right or wrong. Believe in yourself and your ideas! Would you tell us what the process was to get here? The brief was to create an awesome poster and it was pretty much up to me what this poster should look like. That’s a lot of freedom, but that can sometimes be very frustrating since you can’t decide on which idea you wanna go for. Well, I can say I struggled a lot to come up with a phrase to draw. After a few emails back and forth, Elliot [8 Faces’ founder & editor] and I agreed to proceed with the Picasso quote. Then I spent many late nights to draw this. Everything is hand-drawn so it took some time to finish but when you see the end result it’s worth every damn minute!  Thanks Simon A limited edition of 100, individually-numbered, A3 (297mm x 420mm) prints. Clear foiling on uncoated stock. 50 posters will be available from 4pm BST. Get in quick!

“Everything you can imagine is real” New 8 Faces poster

When I found out Simon Ålander was to create a poster as part of the 8 Faces series I was thrilled.

Simon has supported the Type Worship blog since its very early days and by following his blog, ‘Coffeemademedoit’,  I’ve seen a steady stream of excellent design and lettering work.

Based in Stockholm, Simon was fuelled with around 25 cups of Coffee (and a couple of beers) to create this piece.  99% of his projects start with a blank sheet of paper and a pencil exploring the interaction between the words and the letters themselves. Once a direction becomes clear the sketches are then developed and transfered into Photoshop and Illustrator for the “magic touches”.

I had the opportunity to catch-up with Simon about this piece to find out more: 

What is the significance of this particular phrase?

“Everything you can imagine is real” is a wonderful quote from Pablo Picasso. To me it means that you can do exactly what you want as long as you’re open minded. And if you work hard and create good stuff - the ideas in your head will become real. Don’t let anyone else tell you what’s right or wrong. Believe in yourself and your ideas!

Would you tell us what the process was to get here?

The brief was to create an awesome poster and it was pretty much up to me what this poster should look like. That’s a lot of freedom, but that can sometimes be very frustrating since you can’t decide on which idea you wanna go for.
Well, I can say I struggled a lot to come up with a phrase to draw. After a few emails back and forth, Elliot [8 Faces’ founder & editor] and I agreed to proceed with the Picasso quote.

Then I spent many late nights to draw this. Everything is hand-drawn so it took some time to finish but when you see the end result it’s worth every damn minute! 

Thanks Simon

A limited edition of 100, individually-numbered, A3 (297mm x 420mm) prints. Clear foiling on uncoated stock.

50 posters will be available from 4pm BST. Get in quick!

“Design for Everyone” This poster could have been designed yesterday, yet it’s almost 30 years old. “Formgebung für Jedermann” Offset lithograph, 1983. By Swiss designer Jörg Hamburger (b. 1935). Jörg apparently worked under Josef Müller-Brockman, leading light of the ‘Swiss Style’. I love the type accentuating the 3D facets of the ‘D’. In English it reads: “Types and prototypes. Exhibition at the museum of arts and crafts. Zurich, Museum of Design”.

“Design for Everyone”

This poster could have been designed yesterday, yet it’s almost 30 years old.

“Formgebung für Jedermann” Offset lithograph, 1983. By Swiss designer Jörg Hamburger (b. 1935). Jörg apparently worked under Josef Müller-Brockman, leading light of the ‘Swiss Style’.

I love the type accentuating the 3D facets of the ‘D’.
In English it reads: “Types and prototypes. Exhibition at the museum of arts and crafts. Zurich, Museum of Design”.

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“Easy on the Ligatures”, New 8 Faces poster The creator of the hugely successful ‘Phraseology Project’, Drew Melton, has created this beautiful limited edition poster, released today. Drew dropped out of art school to pursue an early freelance career but found that his passion for typography work opened up far more opportunities for him (see his work here). He has recently moved to Los Angeles to work at Sevenly as their lead apparel designer but also keeps busy drawing type and lettering for wine and whiskey labels, which he loves. Drew said that this design is one he is most proud of—though admits that to get the concept right it also proved his most challenging. A comment on the ‘clever’ or ‘stylish’ work that he and some of his contemporaries have produced while still exploring the medium, it is a call for a return to the basics. “I have really been trying to scale my work back to the fundamentals. So instead of relying on “fancy tricks” (like fancy ligatures and ornaments) I have been going back to the fundamentals of great design and lettering. Ligatures are the desert in my mind and they only work well if you have a great concept and great execution as a base. No amount of distracting ornaments can cover up poor execution.” It’s taken a full redesign and 75 sheets of paper, full of sketches, to get here but I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s been worth it. A limited edition of 100, individually-numbered, A3 (297mm x 420mm) prints. Clear foiling on uncoated stock. 50 posters will be available from 4pm BST. Get in quick!

“Easy on the Ligatures”, New 8 Faces poster

The creator of the hugely successful ‘Phraseology Project’, Drew Melton, has created this beautiful limited edition poster, released today.

Drew dropped out of art school to pursue an early freelance career but found that his passion for typography work opened up far more opportunities for him (see his work here). He has recently moved to Los Angeles to work at Sevenly as their lead apparel designer but also keeps busy drawing type and lettering for wine and whiskey labels, which he loves.

Drew said that this design is one he is most proud of—though admits that to get the concept right it also proved his most challenging. A comment on the ‘clever’ or ‘stylish’ work that he and some of his contemporaries have produced while still exploring the medium, it is a call for a return to the basics.

“I have really been trying to scale my work back to the fundamentals. So instead of relying on “fancy tricks” (like fancy ligatures and ornaments) I have been going back to the fundamentals of great design and lettering. Ligatures are the desert in my mind and they only work well if you have a great concept and great execution as a base. No amount of distracting ornaments can cover up poor execution.”

It’s taken a full redesign and 75 sheets of paper, full of sketches, to get here but I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s been worth it.

A limited edition of 100, individually-numbered, A3 (297mm x 420mm) prints. Clear foiling on uncoated stock. 50 posters will be available from 4pm BST. Get in quick!

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