I just came across the work of Like Minded Studio, based in Sydney, and was reminded of how severely I need to step up my lettering game! Also, although pinstriping doesn’t appear much in their work, it’s been applied really nicely in the image above.

UPDATE: You’ll find some of Like Minded Studio’s best work in their Flickr photostream!

I’m excited to share a handful of new pieces I’ve been working on over the last couple months. I’ve talked an awful lot about the Typeforce exhibit that I was invited to participate in, so I’m happy to finally be able to show what I created for it up close. That piece is called And Sometimes Y. There’s also a theatre poster with some aggressive pink language, a branding effort for NYC-based skin care clinic, lettering I created for announcements celebrating my engagement to Jessica Lynn White, and finally a better look at some of the photography I’ve been shooting with my Pentax Spotmatic.

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Enjoy the new stuff, and tell one person about it!

The work of Jon Contino is sweet. Consider yourself inspired.

I’ve been trying to hype up this show for the past couple weeks, and with all the talk, I could only hope that the opening would live up to expectations. Well I am proud to say that TYPEFORCE: The Annual Chicago Show of Emerging Typographic Allstars was a bigger success than I could have ever imagined! The turnout was staggering; with such a large space to fill, in a location so far out of everyone’s convenience, it was truly eye-opening how many people actually care about letter forms.

Hooray! It turns out designers aren’t just nerds after all.

Over the last couple weeks, I’ve sort of been keeping my contribution for the show a secret. But now that it’s out in the open, I thought I’d share a preview. In the image above you can see the first portion of the 5-part set of giclée prints titled, And Sometimes Y. I wanted to explore the authority of the vowels in the English language as some sort of quirky royalty. When I get my act together, I’ll prepare a more official presentation of this series. For now, teasers abound!

For those of you who couldn’t make it out Friday night, I’ve posted a set of photos from the opening on Flickr. Check them out here!

House Industries designs a wonderful type-based show poster for tomorrow night’s John Mayer show at Madison Square Garden! Printed in a limited edition of 300.

Read about it at the House Industries blog!

Jon and Kjell have done it again! Here are a couple screens from a handful of animated wallpapers they produced for Japanese mobile phone company, Iida. Other new work includes a Haiti benefit tshirt, and have you SEEN the Delphic album cover they did recently? If not, its certainly worth a look.

You can pretty much rest assured that anytime there’s a Non-Format update, you will reconsider your purpose as a designer.

TYPEFORCE : The Annual Chicago Show of Emerging Typographic Allstars

Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St in Bridgeport [Chicago]

Opening: Friday, February 26, 2010
Runs through: March 14, 2010

Allstars Include:
Jeremiah Chiu, Renata Graw, David Weik, Billy Baumann, Matthew Hoffman, Chris Eichenseer, Chad Kouri, Ryan Thurwell, Luke Williams, Tnop, Andy Luce, John Pobojewski, Darren McPherson, Lora Fosberg, Margot Harrington, Greg Calvert, Aaron Pedersen, Duncan MacKenzie, Will Miller, Nick Adam, Damian Abraham

Brought to you by Public Media Institute and Firebelly Design

Sponsored by AIGA Chicago, Graphic Arts Studio, Unisource Paper & I Shoot Rockstars

Hello, Vintage Collective! Yes, you are bookmark-worthy aren’t you?

My personal favorite sets are the ones featuring lettering, calligraphy, fonts… I’m such a nerd.

I’ve been on the lookout for old books on lettering and proper techniques lately. I like to read about what is traditionally considered fine practice, and recently stumbled upon the index of The New Spencerian Compendium of Penmanship, from 1879.

Wow!

The pages cover the craft of not only lettering, but also embellishment and pen drawing and shading. This might be more heavy lifting than the average lunch break permits, but I encourage book marking the index for later reading, if you’re at all interested in the foundation of drawing letters.

Seeing her new website, I am quite proud to say I graduated with Sara Frantzman! Under the surname, Maito Maito, her portfolio site shines with such well-crafted lettering and design. Featured above is a broad view of Sara’s undergrad thesis work: a custom doll house, with thematic letterforms covering (nearly) every square inch of the walls, the ceilings, and the rooftop! Out of all the work that I saw that year, this house was by far one of my top favorite pieces.

Check out the rest of Sara’s portfolio here!