I am a big fan of printing processes and experimenting with them, I’ve done research on their associated psychological response and I believe each process should be chosen in response to the brief. With the same concept, Underware, the design collective author of fabulous typefaces, managed to ‘manufacture’ blood offset ink. For the sampler of [...]

Posted on: 12 June 2010, 20:36
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I have heard about it the first time in a FontShop newsletter I think, and now came across a site actually using it. Typekit lets you use designer typeface online on your website, so you don’t have to stick to the classics Georgia or Verdana and others anymore! It uses Javascript to substitute the fonts [...]

Posted on: 9 March 2010, 22:58
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Another parcel from House Industries, this one I was impatient about. A couple of weeks ago, House Industries got some new men Ampersand Tee printed and I finally been able to order one! The Tee features a big bright yellow ligature Ampersand, House Industries’ ‘landmark’ glyph, all nicely printed on a black (cotton) t-shirt. In [...]

Posted on: 18 November 2009, 0:19
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Today was one of those days, when today’s mail is dropped on your desk and you see this great piece of print design you just can’t wait to open and look. I love this, and makes my day start on the right foot. In today’s mail was the new House Industries‘ typeface catalogue or ‘typographical [...]

Posted on: 10 November 2009, 0:26
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