ARLO VANCE

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The Sub/Conscious Meanderings of a Design Philandros

Swipe Saturday Catch-up

Vinyl toys are a particular love of mine (if that’s not a hint for Christmas I don’t know what is) and these are an amazing interpretation of curling players. Fabrice Le Nezet had these 3D printed and then completed a limited edition set.

Curling Toy Group
Curling Toy 1
Curling Toy 2
Curling Toy 3
Curling Stone Toy
Curling Toy Parts

toys representing the most exciting sport ever, except golf

Type (and Lettering) Thursday 15: State Mottos

Thanks to twitter, I stumbled on these excellent renditions of state mottos. Here are a few of my faves.

Utah Motto Cardon
North Carolina Motto Matt Stevens
Delaware Motto Ken Barber
Hawaii Motto Berton Hasebe
South Carolina Fuzzco
Tennessee Matt Lehman
Connecticut Motto Meg Hunt
Louisiana Motto Micah Smith
Massachusetts Motto Mark Weaver

50 and 50 State Mottos

Swipe Saturday 12: Echoism

After a discussion at work about perfect symmetry in the face, I stumbled across this project by Julian Wolkenstein. Two portraits of the same person mirroring each side of their face—remarkable how different the two can be.

Mirrored portrait
Mirrored portrait
Mirrored portrait
Mirrored portrait
Mirrored portrait

Echosim

Type Thursday 14: Uncanny Chronicle

Here’s some custom type I did for a friend’s ‘zine. So much fun!

Uncanny Chronicle Masthead

Quirky ‘Zine masthead

Type Thursday 14: Holger Königsdörfer

When I was thinking of what to post this week, I realized that I hadn’t featured any of the work of Holger Königsdörfer—from whom many wonderful things have come. Without ever having met him it seems that we share similar sentiments (or at least aesthetics) regarding type design. Here follows a smattering of his designs.

There’s also a lovely synopsis here about his graduating class from the Type Design program at KABK.

Acon

Acon - pointed nib for text
Acon - pointed nib for text

Lex

Lex
Lex

Romanée Revival

Romanee
Romanee
Romanee

excellent design in a great range

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