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Bela Borsodi’s Unlikely Alphabet of Everyday Objects
3:57 pm Wednesday Aug 5, 2009 by Caroline Stanley

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We’ve been a bit alphabet obsessed at Flavorpill as of late, but for good reason. First we came across Rachel Young’s New York state alphabet which she created using Google Maps, an intrepid eye, and an insane amount of patience. Then artist Mark Andrew Webber’s handcarved typographical map of Paris caught our eye. But this latest, courtesy of Austrian stylist/photographer Bela Borsodi for Wad Magazine’s “Dictionary” issue takes the cake, don’t you think?

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Lee • August 5th, 2009 at 8:16 pm

I love the alphabet. Could this be the beginning of a Flavorpill side-blog about letters?

lauren • August 5th, 2009 at 8:30 pm

wow, those are completely amazing. it's incredible how intricate they are once you start looking

heather • August 6th, 2009 at 3:20 am

This is the first one of these alphabet thingies to incorporate serifs! On some of the letters anyway.

Ugmonk » Blog Archive » Unlikely Alphabet of Everyday Objects • August 10th, 2009 at 8:28 pm

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