city school, by the lake

northern france, last weekend

Uppercase Gallery TYPE BLOCK project

I meant to post this earlier (but I forgot). I think everyone on Villatype should submit something, it's an amazing idea and project.

Here are the links and info:

Project instructions on Typophile
The Flickr group to upload and view submissions
Uppercase Gallery (curating the project)

(Thanks to Nick Shinn for the tip)

Randoms from Toronto

I love these giant house numbers and I love this house. At the corner of Richmond and Palmerston


Taken on Toronto's first snow day, it was pretty grey and gloomy out and I was drawn to all the colour and chaos of this place.


Wicked says it all


Pretty apartment building in Roncesvalles


Cool gallery and type on Queen street


Also in Roncesvalles, "Aspen" set in this font reminds me of all those 80s teen ski movies.

Carved, Painted & Embedded

Type on Prince Arthur Ave
(apologies for the insensitive cropping of the women's art association pic.)

Chicago type

can't remember if this has been posted already or not, but here is some found type from Chicago

The relationship between type and advertising

This weekend I read an article about Sao Paulo's ban on advertising in the city, including eliminating things like the golden arches from the McDonald's sign, so that the only thing remaining were the letters in the sign. As an unanticipated public policy effect, it made me wonder if the long term effect of not allowing advertising (including logos) would cause businesses to invest more in typography as a means to identify their brand.

If more major cities followed Sao Paulo's lead, would more businesses reevaluate the typography chosen for their business? Major corporations can often be identified by their fonts without their logo, so they may not be bothered with a rebranding campaign of their font. However, smaller businesses may look to unique fonts to separate themselves from their competition. Could banning ads produce a new renaissance in typography?



Sao Paulo: A City Without Ads

a load of rubbish from amsterdam

Enter/No Parking

A few weeks ago they repainted the lines for the laundromat across the street from me in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Gotta love the backwards "N". Also the "NOP A RKING" letter spacing.

södermalm stockholm

goteborg station and around

scary swimming pool on top of hotel.

typeworkshop

I just came across the stunning work of typeworkshop.com on ffffound! and am amazed by the nature of their workshops, seemingly catering to casual spotters and hardened typesetters alike, creating stunning public type experiences. Their workshops are very well documented, eliciting a great visceral 'I really wish I could be there' feeling in my design-bone.

folk typography

nice flickr found type pool here http://www.flickr.com/groups/folktype/pool/

small town type

a bunch of photos from...umm.. i want to say Fergus ontario, but it could be from another part of Ontario. lets just say we had wrong directions and ended up in a small town that has a time capsule.

super-script

This site is insanely cool, especially this project. I love using pixely grids in unexpected ways to create imagery (usually in stitching and knitting) and the painting on the sewer grates and on the house is an amazing inspiration!

Tip: typeforyou.org

Paula Scher — Type is Image

Here is the link (blogger isn't letting me embed video today) http://youtube.com/watch?v=TdzzVeIdwpQ

Here is a great little video on youtube of Paula Scher talking about her design process and how she uses type. I thought I should post it since it shows many examples of her work in New York city, particularly the Public Theatre identity she create which has sinced become a very popularized and copied style that can be seen on many street corners. Also, her paintings shown at the end are very intense, a good insight into her brain.

A few randoms

Good old cooper black. However, it should say "please wait hours to eat and just eat whatever we serve you"... bad brunch experience



This little subway sign is in Toronto outside Bloor station, it doesn't look like any of the TTC signage and the blue is confusing. Maybe it's one of a kind. BTW, I missed the TTC typewalk because brunch took many hours (see above). Hopefully I will catch the next one.



This is more like it (found underground at entrance to Bloor station)



So long sweet summer (sigh). Taken at the foot of Spadina on Queens Quay