Alphabetical

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The project Alphabetical started in several years ago when Creative Review commissioned Dan Tobin Smith to create "a Letter A" for their Annual. "Each Letter has a different approach but uses Helvetica as the base typography. Most are temporary installations, some use landscape and some were conceived as primarily moving image (such as Letter T).

http://vimeo.com/32911741

New Letters will be added as they are finished and supporting material including work in progress will be added from time to time."

http://vimeo.com/26109378

http://vimeo.com/24924541

Two Arms Inc

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Two Arms Inc. is Michael Tabie and Karen Goheen, an illustration and design team from Brooklyn. They have a diverse portfolio but they excel at custom lettering and illustration. Their blog is well worth checking out and if you’re a big fan you can purchase some of their prints. via FFF

Sony Music Timeline

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The history of Sony Music is charted in a typographic timeline installed in the company's London HQ, created by designer Alex Fowkes. The huge wall graphic features the names of nearly 1,000 artists signed to the major label and its affiliates, beginning with the foundation of Columbia Phonograph Company in 1887, to recent signings Post War Years and A$AP Rocky. The Sony Music Timeline celebrates 125 years of musical history covering almost 150 square meters of wall space in Sony’s Derry Street headquarters. Using just CNC cut vinyl as the sole medium, 54 columns measuring over 2 meters tall cover feature nearly 1000 of Sony Music's signed artists from 1887 to the present day.

Emma Pike, VP Industry Relations, who commissioned the piece said, “The brief was to bring the inspiration of our music into the heart of our building and make our office space live and breathe our incredible musical legacy. Alex’s beautiful graphics and illustrations do exactly that.”

More images on http://www.behance.net/gallery/Sony-Music-Timeline/5555472

http://vimeo.com/51460511

http://vimeo.com/51451449

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Jordan Metcalf Typography

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Cape Town based graphic designer and artist Jordan Metcalf was asked by Boston Magazine to create a toolkit for their 2012 ‘Best of Boston’ issue. The work includes a lock-up for the table of contents, an opening DPS for the section, and various sub-section headers. via Trendland

Josip Kelava

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"As a Croatian born designer, I have lived most of my life in Australia’s design capital, Melbourne. My direction towards the design world connects with my passion for photography, my lust for typography and the thrill of creating something from nothing. When I think about Graphic Design, I feel as though it is everywhere. It is a mix of storytelling, craft, science and philosophy. The world is constantly changing and as a designer, I believe I need to adapt. Learning new techniques and stepping outside my comfort zone is how I want to grow as a designer." - Josip Kelava

Bob Dylan's Hand Lettering

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Inspired by Bob Dylan´s Subterranean Homesick Blues video, where he flips cards with the lyrics as the song plays, Leandro Senna decided to recreate those cards with handmade type. He ended up doing all the lyrics, and not just some of the words, as Dylan did.

http://vimeo.com/49556689

Erik Marinovich

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Erik Marinovich is a letterer and designer based in San Francisco. He is a co-founder of Friends of Type and has worked for clients such as New York Times, New York Magazine, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, Wired, Metropolis magazine, GAP, Diageo, Nike; while also freelancing for various studios such as: Landor, Brand Union, Greatworks, Anomaly in New York.

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Quote Illustrations by Evan Robertson

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New York-based graphic designer Evan Robertson takes the cleverest lines written by his favorite writers such as Oscar Wilde and Ernest Hemingway and turns them into brilliant literary posters. “I took little snippets of text and ideas from some of my favorite authors (with some notable exceptions that I’m saving), and let the words be a springboard for an illustration. The illustrations incorporate and interact with the text and hopefully add up to something that engages the mind as much as the eye.”

Evan has a plan to complete around 50 illustrations in a year. He has already completed 24, which you can see in his Etsy shop. via Demilked

Denim Pavilion identity by Pavel Emelyanov

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I think we become addicted by identity works of Pavel Emelyanov and his büro "Eskimo". This time the luck came to unknown but brave Moscovian jeans store "Denim Pavilion" and they get this awesome set of branding as a reward for taking a good challenge with awesome designers.