Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
All from New York... I've been trying to catch stuff on my cellphone camera. These are all from the past month or so.
The New Yorker sign, as seen though a stairwell at Hunter College's MFA studios.
Some washroom graffiti at Doc Holiday's in the East Village.
Closet hipster.
I love the word DeKalb.
From the Volta Art Fair show. Forgot the artist's name, sorry.
23rd Street 6 station.
The New Yorker sign, as seen though a stairwell at Hunter College's MFA studios.
Some washroom graffiti at Doc Holiday's in the East Village.
Closet hipster.
I love the word DeKalb.
From the Volta Art Fair show. Forgot the artist's name, sorry.
23rd Street 6 station.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Sagmeister book launch in NYC
Here are some photos (all taken by Anthony) from opening night of Things I have learned in my life so far:
Outside the show, amazing entrance
Inside the back room, a nice bookend to the entrance of the show
Amazing giant wall of bananas (and Jenn's head)
Massimo Vignelli in the steam room, how cool is that.
Here are some more photos from the event, and check out Joe with Vignelli!!! (2nd row down)
Outside the show, amazing entrance
Inside the back room, a nice bookend to the entrance of the show
Amazing giant wall of bananas (and Jenn's head)
Massimo Vignelli in the steam room, how cool is that.
Here are some more photos from the event, and check out Joe with Vignelli!!! (2nd row down)
Sunday, January 27, 2008
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
So admittedly not strictly type, but I couldn't help share this little beauty from the brand-spanking new L-trains in NYC.
We've now got digital route information signs giving riders information about 'next stop', 'connecting routes' etc...
What I love is the legend at the bottom right that shows you the little digitized wheelchair icon, and how it equals the drawn wheelchair icon, and then how that equals "Accessible Stations". Isn't an icon an inherent failure when we need a legend to show a more clear picture of the exact same icon and then to also actually spell out what that icon means as well?
(ontop of that the LED wheelchair is red while the picture of the LED wheelchair is orange...)
(unofficial) NYC Villatype Challenge
So you know those beautiful punched-tin prism letters? These beautiful pics are taken a 10 minute walk from my house.
Help prevent a type-crime from being committed, you know then that building is rented out that sign will be trashed immediately.
I see the initials of many villatypers in there...
(ps they're held in by philips screws)
(pps of course I would never condone any illegal activity)
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Helvetica... sort of...
An 'official' entrance to the Times Sq. subway. Love how someone tried their best to make their hand-cut subway sign look as close to Helvetica as they could.
Drive-In Diner
From Hell's Kitchen NYC. Just love the exposed neon tubing, especially in the large "D". Also had to take a picture of the huge, broken neon arrow. Something beautiful about the era that this sign evokes. The old drive in diner was still there closed down and fenced up. Could just imagine going to get a soda with your main squeeze in your parent's car.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYC Type Walk
I was one of the lucky 22 that managed to snag a ticket to the AIGA sponsored type walk on the weekend lead by Tobias Frere-Jones of Hoefler & Frere-Jones and who some of you may recognize from the helvetica film. His typographic expertise and the fact that he was born and raised in NYC helped to make this a great event!
The title link will bring you to many more tagged pics at flickr from the walk (likely some damn good ones as quite a few people had telephoto lenses. Here are my fantastic point-and-shoot pics, and some of the points made by Tobias during the talk/walk...
AMERICAN LEGION
This old American Legion sign shows off "Aluminum Channel Letters". Around the 1920s neon lettering began being introduced from France. For a while it was all the rage as it was fresh and new. Pretty soon neon filled streets were seen as an eyesore and some areas started banning it and generally people started using it less, while simultaneously it began be be seen as tacky and seedy. This can be seen today as neon lettering is common for liquor stores and XXX porn shops.
Also of interest in the lettering is the quite rare extended geometric sans... and the curiously non-extended "c".
ANNA ESPOSITO
Around the turn of the century many buildings were commemorated to wives and daughters and their names were incorporated into the buildings. These were done by bending tin over wood cut letters. The technique obviously affected the detail and shape of the letters/serifs. The molding of the overhang was also created in the same manner and truely integrated the type into the architecture.
BOWERY SAVINGS BANK
The first pic shows old-school casting of individual letters above the more recent casting of an entire plaque.
The second shot shows up high the location where cast letters had once been placed up high on the building. Seems ridiculous to place detailed type this high up until you realize that there used to be an elevated train that ran down Bowery street, and the train would have stopped right infront of this bank.
CUP AND SAUCER
An example of perhaps the last remaining punched/embossed stell with prism surface in lower Manhattan.
ABC
One of the first forays into plastic molded letters. On the north side of the street and incredibly faded. This fading has made the brush stroked in the black 'ELE'ctrical type visible. Even the extra strokes done to cleaning finish the edges of the letters.
GERTELS BAKERY
"Gaspipe" lettering which are characterized by curving of any possible strokes and rounded ends. Easier to do with a brush.
IDEAL HOSIERY
The corner shot shows the fading which occurs with the east facing side vs the north facing side.
Sign painters would more often paint a drop shadow dropping off to the left rather than the right to make it easier and quicker. In the set of capitals there are 12 letters with a straight edge on the left and only 4 with a straight edge on the right.
LIQUOR
Why the crazy width on the vertical strokes in the liquor store sign you ask? So you can still read the sign from waaaaaaaay down the block.
GOTHAM
And now I leave you with three of Gotham's direct relatives,
See more images and read about the birth of Gotham at the Hoefler & Frere-Jones site.
The title link will bring you to many more tagged pics at flickr from the walk (likely some damn good ones as quite a few people had telephoto lenses. Here are my fantastic point-and-shoot pics, and some of the points made by Tobias during the talk/walk...
AMERICAN LEGION
This old American Legion sign shows off "Aluminum Channel Letters". Around the 1920s neon lettering began being introduced from France. For a while it was all the rage as it was fresh and new. Pretty soon neon filled streets were seen as an eyesore and some areas started banning it and generally people started using it less, while simultaneously it began be be seen as tacky and seedy. This can be seen today as neon lettering is common for liquor stores and XXX porn shops.
Also of interest in the lettering is the quite rare extended geometric sans... and the curiously non-extended "c".
ANNA ESPOSITO
Around the turn of the century many buildings were commemorated to wives and daughters and their names were incorporated into the buildings. These were done by bending tin over wood cut letters. The technique obviously affected the detail and shape of the letters/serifs. The molding of the overhang was also created in the same manner and truely integrated the type into the architecture.
BOWERY SAVINGS BANK
The first pic shows old-school casting of individual letters above the more recent casting of an entire plaque.
The second shot shows up high the location where cast letters had once been placed up high on the building. Seems ridiculous to place detailed type this high up until you realize that there used to be an elevated train that ran down Bowery street, and the train would have stopped right infront of this bank.
CUP AND SAUCER
An example of perhaps the last remaining punched/embossed stell with prism surface in lower Manhattan.
ABC
One of the first forays into plastic molded letters. On the north side of the street and incredibly faded. This fading has made the brush stroked in the black 'ELE'ctrical type visible. Even the extra strokes done to cleaning finish the edges of the letters.
GERTELS BAKERY
"Gaspipe" lettering which are characterized by curving of any possible strokes and rounded ends. Easier to do with a brush.
IDEAL HOSIERY
The corner shot shows the fading which occurs with the east facing side vs the north facing side.
Sign painters would more often paint a drop shadow dropping off to the left rather than the right to make it easier and quicker. In the set of capitals there are 12 letters with a straight edge on the left and only 4 with a straight edge on the right.
LIQUOR
Why the crazy width on the vertical strokes in the liquor store sign you ask? So you can still read the sign from waaaaaaaay down the block.
GOTHAM
And now I leave you with three of Gotham's direct relatives,
See more images and read about the birth of Gotham at the Hoefler & Frere-Jones site.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
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