Sex and Bikes

Sometimes there are videos with hand made type and sometimes they’re over-sexualized hand done type videos about fixing your bike. These videos are the ladder. With a witty, interesting take on the tutorial, these videos are a unique perspective on how to take care of your bike with some really beautiful typography as well as interesting imagery. The [...]

Type Strong

From tragedy, we often seek strength and wisdom. With the recent Boston bombings, there is no difference. The current rise of typography, setting short beautiful quotes, is perfect for sharing love and condolences with those affected by tragedy. From the wake of the Boston bombing, typographers took to Instagram and the web to show that [...]

Calligraphy on girls

I don’t even care what Russian artist Pokras Lampas is writing because his calligraphy is beautiful in and of itself. Pokras transforms our perception of letterforms by applying them to the neck and chest of a female model who wears his words like an exquisite piece of jewelry. This isn’t the first time his calligraphy [...]

Hamilton Wood Type Catchwords

Sometimes the bet typefaces aren’t the ones that include letters and numbers. Hamilton Wood Type combed through their collection, found the best of the best ‘wordmarks’, and combined them into one typeface. This face just doesn’t have the typical ‘And’, ‘To’, and ‘Of’. There’s phrases that include pricing, sales, and numbers. This would be perfect [...]

Maple & Belmont – Time Lapse Type Video

Part of having your own blog, is getting to talk about your own projects. Recently, Kim and I teamed (Maple & Belmont) to work on our first collaboration in a long while. GROW, a digital agency in downtown Norfolk, approached us to be a part of their chalkboard canvas series. We jumped at the opportunity [...]