May 2012
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Hello Visuelt pt.1
We (Aasmund & me) jumped on a plane earlier today. The plane took us to Oslo. Thank you mister plane. We´re doing a mini talk and a sweet workshop at Visuelt tomorrow. Looking forward to it. Big time. So we better get some sleep.
But, before we take the train to dream town, we must finish our presentation. Aasmund is putting together the “this is Hello Typo⢔ presentation...
April 2012
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Blood Diamond by ABOVE
One of my favourite artists, ABOVE, just did this sweet, clean and to the point piece in Johannesburg (South Africa).
How did ABOVE get permission to do this wall piece. Well, here is what he did in his own words:
“I was able to get away with this diamond wall heist because I told the owners I would paint in big letters “Diamonds are a woman’s best friend” on the...
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Remi Juliebø playing with type
Our friend Remi just finished some amazing wall decorations for Carat. Remi states on his Behance account: “I was asked to help with the redecoration and decoration at the office of Carat, a large media-agency in Oslo. The project included decorating 5 walls, one large illustrative, two typography related, and two with a mix of typo and illustrations. The brief was rooted in the phrase...
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Sweeping Beauty
Previously, we have shown some nice calligraffi work by Niels Shoe Meulman, Which is a combination of calligraphy and graffiti.
In Sweeping Beauty, Niels Shoe Meulman experiments with water and asphalt. The result is beautiful typography!
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Sweet little stop motion spot for Petit H
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80 and still going strong
via Type for you
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Katachi Magazine typeface designed specifically...
Great showcase of the work with Katachi Typeface, designed specifically for iPad. I love how Katachi tries to make the best magazine experience for each issue, to explore the possibilities and push the boundaries for what touch interaction is. Great work by Andres Torresi and @katachimag.
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Steady as She Goes
Super sweet 3D Sculptural piece by Luca Ionescu from Like Minded Studio. Check out their site, they do fun things with typography. Meanwhile see the details from the lovely piece above, here:
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Hip hop lyrics posters
Very cool poster consept. Limited edition posters with hip hop lyrics printed on. Buy one. Franklin Gothic wood type all over your face.
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Hello Typo workshop at Visuelt
We´re sendeing three of our club members (Trond, Aasmund and Ståle) to hold an typography workshop at the design conferense Visuelt. So if you love to play with type, understand norwegian and are in Oslo the third of May, be sure to join in. It will be fun!
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Custom edding 850 type by Büro Destruct
Famous for their type work, Büro Destruct were contacted by Edding, the company behind the great markers. They wanted a font based on the thick adding 850. Great to see clients appreciating the power of custom typography!
Via Creative Applications.
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The Craftsman Luke Stockdale
Me and aussie Luke Stockdale went to university together at RMIT Mebourne. Stumbled upon his portfolio now six years later. He treasures the craft of vintage type and signage alongside with his design firm Whiskey Theatre Design Co. based in Nashville, Tennessee. Check out his work :-)
March 2012
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Sunbeam type
Clever. ©Ruslan Khasanov
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Stitched type
This wonderful blogpost about stiched lettering made me smile. Hope you´ll smile too. Enjoy.
(trust me, look through the whole thing. Nice pics.)
via Myfonts.
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Txaber
Stumbled upon this sweet project via Twitter. The project is made by Txaber, a designer based in Bilbao, Spain. He has experimented with angles to produce Cubist typography with a strong wood finish. Read more about the project over at Design Taxi.
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WatchTeaser for our next clubnight at Brukbar & SUPA Club.
Get in! » https://www.facebook.com/events/310414992356013/
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Nice handmade type animation
High eight to Tien-Min Liao for the exploration of upper/lower case lettering with the hands.
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Thousand ways to say one word
A fan video to the FontShop people :-) via FontShop
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February 2012
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What time is it?
Helvetica o’clock.
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The history of #type ----> NOW IN 3D
Stumbled upon this amazing alphabet london-based design studio johnson banks on Facebook. A lovely 3D alphabet that shows the history of type. Hello!
To really get in to the depth of this project, please go to Designboom. Thank you. Come again.
January 2012
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Upside down, left to right letterpress shortie
Nice little short film about letterpressing. Lovely titling at the end. Made by Danny Cooke.
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hand-lettering
Chalk this way.. © Dana Tanamachi.
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Nagging Doubt “The Pull” from Dana Tanamachi on Vimeo.
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The Comic Sans Project
The Comic Sans Project or The Comic Sans Defenders or The Group who belives Helvetica is sooo yesterdays news. Well… it made me laugh!
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Clean My Typo
“Clean Me” was one of the first self-promotional prints by lettering artist Alison Carmichael. At first sight you might think this is a painting. But Carmichael, together with art director Mark Denton and Photographers Sean & Ben projected the artwork on to the back of the van so Carmichael could trace it in the dirt with his finger. #Wow ❚
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Vernacular Typography
Molly Woodward from NYC is making this awesome project called Vernacular Typography
and has set the project up on Kickstarter. If you want to help her out and get som cool shit
Pledge this project on Kickstarter (http://kck.st/xIf4Uo).
About Vernacular Typography:
Vernacular Typography is a digital archive and community-based initiative dedicated to the documentation, preservation, and...
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December 2011
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The scent of Vasava
There must be something about Spain and great type-driven graphics. We´ve had visit here in Trondheim from fellow spanish designers Alex Trochut, Marta Cerdà Alimbau and Dvein. Hope we see these guys around as well.  Vasava is a multidisciplinary studio based in Barcelona doing Graphics, Interactive and Motion. Their clients range from Diesel, Adobe, Schweppes and Nike. Check them out!
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The making of Dirt Typography
This is a custom made alphabet made for an album cover. The tools used in this project are soil, home-made light table, paint brush, camera and photoshop.
After the photoshoot, the individual letters was put together in photoshop and adjusted on top of the font that was used as a template. Yes, I had a print out of the alphabet beside me when i formed the soil. I decided it was a safe thing to...