Typefight is like Mark Zuckerberg’s Facemash, but for decorative caps. Every week, designers Ryan Paule and Drew Roper design their own versions of the same character and let the audience decide which one is better. They’ve even implemented guest fights, pitting pairs of designers against each other in a battle for superior stroke, swash, and spur.
Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day card for your loved one? Well grab your closest paper cutter and make your Valentine one of these pixel heart cards. Perfect for showing your loved one you care and… you know… all the romantic jazz. Get their pixel heart pumping and download the cutting files and all the instructions here. If you’ve somehow misplaced your paper cutter, the instructions also explain it the old fashioned way.
P.S. We started convoke in February 2009 with a post about left 4 dead Valentine’s Cards, if you’re feeling nostalgic.
I’ve shown off some of Michael Freimuth’s work here before, but I recently rediscovered some design work he did for the Chicago art-journal Proximity while delving into the annals of a tumblr account from yesteryear. The logo itself is really sharp; it’s simple, geometric, and bold, which is a holy trinity as far as I’m concerned. Not to mention it’s vaguely reminiscent of the NFPA hazmat warning stickers that you see in science labs, which gives it extra geek appeal in my books. Read More »
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s been ages since you’ve gotten a post out of us. We’re sorry; sometimes life gets in the way of living. Or blogging. Or whatever. Maybe we’re just lazy. But none of that matters. What matters is, I’m back and I’ve brought a peace offering to show just how much I care.
That offering, my friends, is a freakin’ geodesic dome made out of fluorescent lights. B. Fuller is probably looking down on this and saying, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
Michal Maciej Bartosik made this and some other pretty awesome light installations, but there’s more. After this, Bartosik went right to work outfitting another dome with tesla coils. That’s right: TESLA COILS.
And that is what we call critical success.
I compiled a grid that includes every unique hero that has been picked at the tournament so far. Let me know if I’m missing anyone.
These were screenshotted from the MYM v M5 game hero selection. The spectator had his cursor over the Dire portrait the whole time, so sorry for that. I’ll be grabbing more as the games go on.
“Typography is known for two-dimensional architecture & requires extra zeal within every job.”
Ever wonder what each and every part of every character is called? This poster was put together by Scott Boms & Grant Hutchinson, two typographic industry veterans, explains just that. If they manage to do another run you can get them here, otherwise you’ll be left drooling over your computer screen wishing they would.
Scope the images after the break to check the quality of this print; spoiler: it’s letterpress.
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While EVOL might not have the same recognition as an artist like Banksy, he wields the stencil with just as much flair. His work falls into two categories: incredibly simple, or exceedingly complex. While the latter is interesting in its own right, using no less than six stencils to produce the piece illustrated above (on cardboard!!!), it’s his simple ideas that really shine.
See what I mean after the break.
Kudos to the marketing guy (or girl!) that came up with this concept. Apparently, these vintage Twitter boxes were given away at a recent web development conference in Sweden. They contained 500 Post-It notes and a pencil, which is all you really need to get started. Now you can make inane, 140-character messages about what you’re having for lunch offline!
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Jessica Hische is a Brooklyn based designer with a penchant for typography. Even the design and illustration sections of her portfolio are pretty type heavy. And why not? She obviously gets it, and her letterforms are interesting enough to warrant that kind of emphasis. Plus, she’s a fan of sriracha, so you know she’s got her head in the right place. If you’re still skeptical of her dedication to lettering, Hische is also running a sweet project called Daily Drop Cap.
This picture (which is destined to be turned into a print, I’m sure) was one of five she created for Friends of Type, which is home to some pretty sweet design in its own right.
