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This ‘Effing Typeface’ Is the Dirtiest Font You’ll Ever See [NSFW]

By Judy Berman on

Now that everyone under 40 is an amateur graphic designer who can use “kern” in a sentence, the Internet is bursting with what you might call “typography porn.” Brooklyn-based designer Alex Merto makes that figurative term literal with his Effing Typeface, an alphabet where A is for anus, B looks like a pair of breasts, and so on. The font isn’t for the delicate design geeks among us, but those who don’t mind mixing their chaste love for typography with dirtier proclivities can page through Merto’s NSFW ABCs, which we discovered via HuffPost, below. … Read More

Design

15 Fascinating Foreign Posters for Classic Oscar Winners

By Emily Temple on

The Oscars are upon us yet again, and being the fans of both movies and foreign poster design that we are, we thought we’d take the opportunity to take a look at the foreign posters for past Best Picture winners. Sometimes weird, sometimes wonderful, and sometimes downright bizarre as they can be, it’s fascinating to get a peek at the way the world views the films America loves. After the jump, check out 15 posters for the Oscar Best Picture winners of yore that papered walls from Japan to Germany, and let us know which one you like the best in the comments. … Read More

Design

Are These Fan-made ‘Harry Potter’ Covers Better Than the New Redesign?

By Alison Herman on

This week, Scholastic unveiled a brand-new cover for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone from illustrator Kazu Kabuishi, and it’s definitely a departure from Mary GrandPré’s colorful mashup of multiple scenes. Kabuishi’s rendition depicts Harry and Hagrid strolling through Diagon Alley in cool grays and blues. The makeover is only the first in a redesign of all seven Harry Potter book covers, with the rest yet to be unveiled. Although Kabuishi’s work may be the first officially sanctioned redo of the beloved children’s series, it’s certainly not the first attempt to improve on the original. Here are the best of fans’ own renditions of the covers, from minimalist graphic versions to inventive illustrations. … Read More

Design

Adorable Valentine’s Day Cards for Typography Geeks

By Emily Temple on

Here at Flavorpill, we’d like to wish a very Happy Valentine’s Day to all the typography geeks and those who love them. If you’d like to send a note to that special nerdy someone, might we suggest these adorably tech-y valentines created by graphic designer Joanna Behar, which we spotted over at Wave Avenue? After the jump, check out a few of our favorites from the series, head here for more valentines, and then be sure to mosey on over to Behar’s website to check out more of her work. … Read More

Fashion

11 Artful Fashion Shoots Inspired by Famous Paintings

By Raquel Laneri on

Fashion month is in full swing! To capitalize on the runway spectacles that are happening in New York, London, Milan, and Paris, tons of museums — from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to the Allentown Art Museum in Pennsylvania — are opening exhibitions related to la mode. Art and fashion have had a long relationship, with major glossies inviting artists from Salvador Dalí to Barbara Kruger to direct or shoot their editorial content. But by far the most fun art-fashion fusions are the dozens of photo shoots replicating famous paintings by the likes of Klimt, Vermeer, and Lichtenstein. Here are 11 hilarious, odd, and sometimes even magical examples of fashion editorials inspired by art. … Read More

Design

Gorgeous Prints Inspired By This Year’s Best Picture Nominees

By Alison Herman on

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have teamed up with our pals at Gallery1988 to release a series of screenprints inspired by this year’s Best Picture nominees. Created by nine different artists, illustrators, and graphic designers, the images range from a sprawling Western landscape (Django Unchained) to a take on religious iconography (Life of Pi). Moonrise Kingdom may still be conspicuously absent, but the prints are enough to make you forget about this year’s controversial snubs, if only for a few minutes. … Read More

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Fantastic Film Noir-Inspired Superhero Posters

By Caroline Stanley on

These dramatic superhero silhouettes by Macedonia-based illustrator and graphic designer Marko Manev aren’t just lovely to look at, they also capture the mystery of beloved vigilantes like Batman and Wolverine. Clearly Manev — whose minimalist Marvel posters we previously featured — has a real knack for this; someone should introduce him to the Man of Steel marketing team, stat. … Read More

Design

20 Unusual and Adorable Valentine’s Day Cards

By Julia Pugachevsky on

Valentine’s Day can be the source of frustration even for those celebrating, as finding a card that isn’t sub-par can become a life-or-death mission. After all, once the flowers prove more temporary than desired (sorry!) and the chocolate’s been eaten, the only physical reminder your significant other will have of the occasion may very well be the card, and no one wants to gift their hip/awesome/perfect guy or girlfriend with another sparkly cherub disaster. Luckily, the Internet is a great source for truly imaginative cards that don’t skimp out on the cute. Here are 20 choices that are downright frame-worthy. … Read More

Architecture

Fascinating Photos of Repurposed Churches Around the World

By Jennifer Lewis on

When a church is no longer used as a place of worship, a desanctification ritual is performed to render the space a “regular” building. Then, the building is sold and transformed into whatever the owner wants — a home, a bookstore, a Dunkin Donuts, anything. Despite this de-churching process, a church will always feel like a church, so it’s an odd thrill to walk into a “bar,” order a beer, and realize you’re surrounded by gorgeous stained glass windows and vaulted ceilings. After the jump, we’ve gathered photos of eight repurposed churches around the world. Check ‘em out, and hit the comments to let us know what you think. … Read More

Design

‘Panto’N'Roll’: Rock’s Most Colorful Songs Illustrated With Pantone Swatches

By Judy Berman on

“You know you enthrall me and yet you don’t call me / It’s making me blue, Pantone 292,” sing The Magnetic Fields on “Reno Dakota.” Of course, the relationship between music and Pantone’s increasingly fetishized pigments isn’t usually that literal. But Paris-based creative studio Chic & Artistic has united the two worlds once again, in a series called Panto’N'Roll, which uses Pantone swatches to represent classic songs like “Purple Rain” and “Yellow Submarine.” Click through to see the designs, which we discovered via It’s Nice That, and visit Chic & Artistic‘s website to learn more about their work. … Read More