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Typographic inspiration for the week-end
Design books of the month: March 2014 edition
Paper Sculptures by Barbara Wildernboer

Typographic inspiration for the week-end

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 08:01 AM PDT

To relax a little on the week-end, lay back and check out a little typographic inspiration. If you like typography, make sure to check our Typography Daily blog.

Font of the week: Emily Austin

A complete character set based on the handwriting of Emily Austin.

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Letters

A full alphabet with letters that look like stuff, by Andrea Dalla Val.

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Ethnodrama

Ethnodrama is a people-oriented drama education program which using three different theatrical techniques to produce three performances.

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3D printable type

This alphabet by Loren Kulesus was designed to be printable in 3D.

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Abracadabra

Great typographic work by Eva Markova and Yalokin Vortep.

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There be monsters

A typeface illustration project inspired by medieval maps featuring fantastical creatures of the sea.

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Pecha Kucha night

Great poster with nice typographic rythm for Pecha Kucha night.

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Design books of the month: March 2014 edition

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 01:53 AM PDT

Every month hundreds of books are released on design-related topics. In this post you can find the books released in May that I found worth sharing.

Show Your Work!

Ten ways to share your creativity and get discovered.

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Adventures in Letterpress

Adventures in Letterpress features over 200 examples of the resulting work: elegant cards, edgy broadsheets, and everything in between. Beautiful, humorous and sometimes just plain weird, the projects featured in the book perfectly illustrate the vibrant future of this once-endangered medium.

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Philographics

Big ideas in simple shapes.

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Hand lettering ledger

A practical guide to creating serif, script, illustrated, ornate, and other totally original hand-drawn styles.

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Type Object

Type Object is an intriguing collection of letters, but not as we know them; this collection takes letters into the third dimension using three dimensional design to re-define and re-interpret the meaning of letters that create words.

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Paper Sculptures by Barbara Wildernboer

Posted: 29 Mar 2014 10:18 PM PDT

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BarbaraWildernboer creates spectacular paper sculptures from books and other paper elements. The South African artist’s work is quite impressive and jumps to your face.

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