Michael Doret

I enjoyed this compelling interview on MyFonts.com with master of illustration, graphic art and typography Michael Doret.

House Industries gets moving

I've been a fan of the Type Foundry House Industries since my buddies Rob Dennis and Ash Ringrose introduced me to their typefaces through this book. House have always done self-promotion really well and this video is no exception.

From House: a kaleidoscope of House Industries techniques, substrates, disciplines and muscle memory compressed into high-definition pixels and actively matrixed through modulated electroluminescence with an audio lesson from The Bird and The Bee. Many thanks to Inara George and Greg Kurstin for loaning us their Polite Dance Song (under license from EMI). The House Industries trailer is directed by Andy Cruz and filmed by Carlos Alejandro.

I was disapointed I couldn't embed the video so I emailed House with a WTF? I got a prompt reply from Rich Roat himself telling me the embed was unavailable due to licensing restrictions of the track in the vid. Rich thought it was worth the trade-off... I agree.

GARAGE

I spotted this hand painted sign above a garage on the road to the Château d'Ussé in France.

Here's the Chateau:

It's located here

Hand carved alphabet on lead pencils

Michael Hacker

I was searching for reference for computer hacker's for a project at work and found Michael Hacker.

hand drawn type body art

I can't remember where I found this originally, it was floating around in my 'pictures' folder. If you know – let me know so I can credit it.

It reminds me of a poster by Stefan Sagmeister's an Austrian graphic designer and typographer. His poster came about after he had been invited by AIGA to give a lecture in Detroit. An assistant carved the poster details onto Sagmeister's body with a craft knife.

Din Rounded

I'm a self proclaimed Vag Rounded slut. So when I received an email from the font shop announcing FontFont's Albert-Jan Pool has shaved the corners off the essential designers typeface Din, I got a little shiver. 5 weights and no italic as yet. The black weight is nice and juicy. Buy here.