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Parallel Strokes

Newish book on graffiti and type design. Title lettering by Underware. Unpublished work by Barry McGee, Ed Fella, Delta, and more.

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Graffiti + Typography

Still new: Parallel Strokes by Ian Lynam. A book about the intersection of type & graff with Ed Fella, Underware, Twist, & more...

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Parallel Strokes

Parallel Strokes is a collection of interviews with twenty-plus contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world. The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider context of lettering.

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Underware on Neojaponisme

Lengthy interview with Underware type foundry on Neojp. Icludes massive image gallery.

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Nice films about coffee

Nice films by Trevor Fife about where your coffee is grown and who grows it. A really nice example of interesting work supported by a business that falls outside of the typical ad spectrum.

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Pecha Kucha Tokyo

A wonderful overview of the largest ever event of the Pecha Kucha Night lecture series in Tokyo (3000 people!) and a rare view inside Klein Dytham Architecture- Tokyo's leading architecture and interior design firm by Jeremy Lanig.

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1/2 of Ratatat

Super-duper limited 7" record by E#Vax, Ratatat's beatmaker and designer with vocals by Shudder To Think's vocalist Craig Wedren.

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Nu graphix

New downloadable over at Neojp.

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Jens Gehlhaar interview

Interview with Brand New School Creative Director/type design powerhouse Jens Gehlhaar just posted on Neojaponisme, a new online design + culture publication from Tokyo.

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Oh goody!

Just what the world needs: another pretentious blog.

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Graffiti + Typography

Where the elite meet to excrete defeat.

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Inaugural vinyl release

One-sided 7" record with etched B-side, marbled green vinyl. Released in a clear mylar sleeve with a screen-printed insert on fine Japanese paper. Numbered edition of 300. The first collaboration between Ratatat beatmaker E#Vax and Shudder To Think vocalist Craig Wedren.

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What happens to that computer when you're done with it?

Quick PSA for GOOD Magazine.

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New PingMag article

David D'Andrea is a ripping illustrator from Portland/Oakland. He's been doing work lately for High on Fire and other new-ish metal bands.

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Sake bottles and traditional calligraphic styles of Japan

Neat new article on PingMag about assorted calligraphic styles on sake bottles.

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New PingMag article

Just posted a new article on design literacy over at PingMag

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Harmen Liemburg

I just posted this new article/interview with Dutch design rocker and all-around good guy Harmen Liemburg on PingMag.

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Tee Shirt Design Awards

$$$ for spec work, basically.

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MADE WITH FONTFONT: THE BOOK

“Made with FontFont”, edited by FontShop co-founder Erik Spiekermann and Dutch writer-designer Jan Middendorp, showcases the history and influence of the award-winning foundry.
“Made with FontFont” includes art and articles by Strange Attractors, John D. Berry, Peter Bilak, Neville Brody, Susanna Dulkinys, Eboy, Rian Hughes, Max Kisman, Akira Kobayashi, LettError, Ellen Lupton, Ian Lynam, Martin Majoor, Albert-Jan Pool, Paula Scher, Christian Schwartz, Nick Shinn, Fred Smeijers, Studio Dumbar, and xplicit.
“Made with FontFont” is a companion to “FiFFteen”, an exhibition celebrating FontFont and FUSE. The show has been traveling internationally, with previous stops including Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, London, and New York. “FiFFteen” will open in Los Angeles in the spring.

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CRAPHOUND ZINE

An interview I just finished with Sean Tejaratchi, visual author of Craphound zine and designer for Feral House Publishing. Craphound is a great collection of line art from history. Sean's views on copyright and fair use are interesting, as well.

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