Archive for December, 2008

Der Master

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Cool exhibit from 2006 in Stuttgart. One of the great identity designers, Anton Stankowski (1906-1998). The site showcases a lot of great work, both commercial and personal. There’s also a really thorough overview of his logo work available as a PDF on this page.

Lettermade

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

This person is making my humble efforts at Chicagotype look like kids’ stuff. Not only has he/she (there’s not biographical info) been doing this for 10 years, but he/she took a road trip across the US expressly to capture these amazing images. While they are ostensibly about “documenting” vernacular typography, I think they’re equally or [...]