I dig when creatives use their talents to help causes, and I dig Jon Contino. This T-shirt to help hurricane victims all across the great state of New York is not only amazing, but you couldn’t spend your money a better way. |
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Back in my hometown there is a giant brick wall stamped with a barely visible, hand-painted Wrigley’s Gum ad—done decades ago, before papyrus-covered vinyl existed. A steady hand and days of patience made for incredible work that is unfortunately a dying breed. However, some incredibly talented folk like Colt Bowden are keeping the tradition alive. |
If you made me boil my design envy down to one project over the past year, there’s only one that comes to mind… Physical Fiction! Samuel Cox and Justin LaRosa have taken my favorite thing as a grown-up (letterpress) and combined it with my favorite thing as a child (legos) to make the coolest letterpress idea this century. |
Nice hand-drawn type is hard to find these days. Most bore us with repeating letterforms and textures that totally suck the charm out of their human characteristics. I have been exhausted by the overuse of these through student projects and amateur work. I recently rediscovered YouWorkForThem and their library of beautifully designed hand-drawn type—and one in particular. Meet Jeff Rogers’ son, Owen, the font. |
























