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Awesome Infographic: Typography Mustache

By Lee Frank on

We can’t believe that no one though of uniting these hipster obsessions before: mustaches and typography. Brilliant. Also we enjoy the fact that this makes clear something that we already knew: Never trust a guy with the didot. Click through to view it as a larger image. [via Buzzfeed]

Design

Classified Ads Get a Makeover Courtesy of the Type Directors Club

By Caroline Stanley on

Earlier this morning Jason Kottke tipped us off to Beautifully Banal, a series of one-of-a-kind, collectible posters commissioned by the Type Directors Club, who have asked a handful of designers to take a classified or personal ad from their local paper and “hijack” it typographically. The resulting works will be auctioned off next month, with proceeds to benefit the TDC Scholarship Fund. Click through to peep a few of our favorites, along with the ugly ads that inspired them. … Read More

Design

The Best Custom Letters of 2009

By Caroline Stanley on

By now, you know that we have a small obsession with unique typography, so when we stumbled upon LetterCult’s exhaustive roundup of the year in custom letters, we were totally transfixed. These are the kinds of letters you want to doodle your name in, over and over. After the jump we’ve dropped ten of our favorite custom fonts from their vast pool; check out LetterCult tomorrow for their personal top 10. … Read More

Daily Dose

Daily Dose Pick: Served

By Kelsey Keith on

The latest web effort from creative hub Behance, Served aggregates the best emerging design in five categories.

The site streams fresh projects and portfolios culled from the most promising teams working today in industrial design, motion graphics, typography, photography, and fashion. The archive is curated by graphic designer Oscar Ramos Orozco, and each featured profile links directly to its creator, allowing creative control and snipping out the middleman. … Read More

Art

Exclusive: The A-B-Cs of S-e-x-y

By Kelsey Keith on

British photographer Julian Hibbard pairs his signature dark images with the twenty-six letters of the alphabet in his racy new abecedary The Noir A-Z. The collection is a shadowy, voyeuristic look at the noir side of life, tapping into childhood memories, cinematic recollections and strong cultural references like fairytales. We’ve got an exclusive look at the new volume, underscored by commentary from Hibbard himself on selection of images representing U, C, G, K, E, S, and Q. Play along with us after the… Read More

Design

Human Font: The Most Sexual Alphabet in the World

By Caroline Stanley on

Looking for a typography that’s as sexy as you are? BodyType, a joint collaboration between design studios Smart Head and Red Keds, is a font made out of naked people doing explicit things. The project nods at the work of Dutch designer Anthon Beeke, who created photographed an alphabet of naked ladies back in 1969. To experience the fun firsthand, visit the website and type in a message; this will an “interactive” e-card using the BodyType font that you can send to your non-prudish friends. Writing something that makes sense is a little impossible — unless you know Russian — but it’s still fun to type and watch your virtual people do dirty things.… Read More

Design

Playing Against Type: Pop-Up Exhibition Has Fun with Fonts

By Kelsey Keith on

Font nerds, put your glasses on, because this comprehensive display of three-dimensional type has exited your computer screens and entered the real world. House Industries, a graphic design firm dedicated to creating a “tangible experience” around its digital type, is unleashing some of its most lauded products onto the public in a month-long exhibition at Type Directors Club in Manhattan. The show will comprise the striking prints, patterns, installations and sculptures based on House’s 16-year love affair with alphabetical… Read More

Design

Bela Borsodi’s Unlikely Alphabet of Everyday Objects

By Caroline Stanley on

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? … Read More

Design

Aerial Typography: Rachel Young’s New York State Alphabet

By Heather Schwedel on

British researcher Rachel Young compiled a New York alphabet using Google maps, the New York Post reports. She’s never even been to New York, if you can believe it! We think Sesame Street should sponsor her on a stateside diplomatic voyage. After the jump, we test the burgeoning font’s ransom note… Read More