August 11, 2009 • 11:02 am • POSTED BY stephen penning
Clic Gallery in New York is currently showing the work of James and Karla Murray. They have spent more than ten years photographing storefronts of family-run shops throughout New York City. The photographs provide a record of the once distinctive streetscape and all the signage and typography that was part of it. Enjoy.
August 10, 2009 • 6:18 pm • POSTED BY stephen penning
Check out this great collection of movie title stills from Christian Annyas. Here you can find everything from King Kong to The Shining. Enjoy.
July 6, 2009 • 12:34 pm • POSTED BY stephen penning
FPO, a division of Under Consideration, is featuring our View Book for Wheeling Jesuit University today. Check it out here.
June 11, 2009 • 12:10 am • POSTED BY Jim Walls
I know someone who owns one of those ubiquitous “Signs by Tomorrow” shops. I imagine the signs are affordable, and strip mall small business owners probably spend as much time there as they do their local Kinko’s or Staples. The signs are pretty utilitarian, of course: plain, plastic signs with plain, plastic typefaces, and—for a [...]
June 10, 2009 • 4:20 pm • POSTED BY stephen penning
Really dig this identity for AMP gallery in Athens, Greece. Designed by Rumors it is a great typographic solve for accomodating the various exhibitions the gallery hosts. To see what I mean check out more of it here.
May 11, 2009 • 3:59 pm • POSTED BY Margherita Urbani
So this month it’s one year I am living in Philadelphia, the city of pretzels, brotherly love, huge city parks and that “old” – spelled with an “e” at the end – neighborhood filled with historic landmarks and people wearing white scruffy wigs. As you know, I come from the Old World and this is [...]