“Big Type Book” by William M. Cheney. This miniature book was published by Dawson’s Book Shop and printed by Cheney in 1961 in an edition of 139 copies.
By Dustin Wallace
Showing posts with label Typography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Typography. Show all posts
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Beautiful Type
Beautiful Type is a blog dedicated to great typography. A must bookmark for all you type heads!
“Big Type Book” by William M. Cheney. This miniature book was published by Dawson’s Book Shop and printed by Cheney in 1961 in an edition of 139 copies.
By Dustin Wallace
“Big Type Book” by William M. Cheney. This miniature book was published by Dawson’s Book Shop and printed by Cheney in 1961 in an edition of 139 copies.By Dustin Wallace
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Plumber King of Hong Kong
Kui Wong is known as the Plumber King. He has been painting his illegal ads for his plumbing business for decades and has become the most famous living bomber, right up there with the King Of Kowloon, who sadly died in 2007. Below is a short interview with him, by CNNGo.
CNNGo: How long have you been a plumber?
Kui Wong: I’ve been doing this for half a century.
I snuck across the border from China when I was young.
There used to be a lot of factories that needed plumbing work done.
CNNGo: Why did you start painting advertisements everywhere?
Wong: In the beginning I posted my advertisements in newspaper classifieds.
Then I thought, what can I do to make more of an impact? So I made stickers.
That was really common in the past. I used to put them inside lifts,
but people don’t appreciate that anymore.
That’s when I realized I could paint on the walls in different parts of town.
CNNGo: When was that?
Wong: Oh, it was ages ago. I’ve been painting for a very long time.
CNNGo: Your ads are in all sorts of unusual places.
How do you decide where to paint them?
Wong: I drive a motorcycle all over the place.
If I see somewhere interesting, I can just pull over and paint there.
CNNGo: Do you know who the King of Kowloon is?
Wong: (Laughs) I used to see the King of Kowloon walking around
with his bucket of paint. But he’s dead now. A lot of radio advertising
people have asked me if I want to advertise on the radio, but I rejected
their offer because I don’t want to put myself out there too much.
My line of work is not very desirable. I just want to earn enough to
be comfortable. I don’t want to be famous.
Check out our original post on the King Of Kowloon, Hong Kong's most prolific street bomber, who passed away in 2007 HERE.
Many thanks to Invasian Mag for the article!
Kui Wong: I’ve been doing this for half a century.
I snuck across the border from China when I was young.
There used to be a lot of factories that needed plumbing work done.
Wong: In the beginning I posted my advertisements in newspaper classifieds.
Then I thought, what can I do to make more of an impact? So I made stickers.
That was really common in the past. I used to put them inside lifts,
but people don’t appreciate that anymore.
That’s when I realized I could paint on the walls in different parts of town.
Wong: Oh, it was ages ago. I’ve been painting for a very long time.
How do you decide where to paint them?
Wong: I drive a motorcycle all over the place.
If I see somewhere interesting, I can just pull over and paint there.
Wong: (Laughs) I used to see the King of Kowloon walking around
with his bucket of paint. But he’s dead now. A lot of radio advertising
people have asked me if I want to advertise on the radio, but I rejected
their offer because I don’t want to put myself out there too much.
My line of work is not very desirable. I just want to earn enough to
be comfortable. I don’t want to be famous.
Many thanks to Invasian Mag for the article!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Artists Analysing The Evolution of Graffiti 2011
Graffuturism has just posted a really interesting article/interviews with many top 'alternative' graff artists entitled, "A Look at Graffiti’s Evolution and Progression 2011 in the Artists own words. Part 1".. well worth a read!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
StyleKonstruktor
I posted about StyleKonstruktor a year ago and just wanted to show you some of their newest stuff. The crew from Moscow continue to push the boundaries of letter-form with their blend of 3D and Cyrillic and Roman alphabets.....
Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Isaac Salazar
Incredible folding and cutting of individual pages from books by paper-artist, Isacc Salazar....
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Hermann Zapf The Calligrapher
Sit back and let Hermann Zapf teach you a thing or three about the intricacies of learning the Art of Calligraphy...He s truly amazing!
The Art of Hermann Zapf
"Zapf designed types for various stages of printing technology, including hot metal composition, phototypesetting (also called "cold type"), and finally digital typography for use in desktop publishing. His two most famous typefaces, Palatino and Optima, were designed in 1948 and 1952, respectively. Both typefaces have been widely copied, often against his will. The best known example may be Monotype's Book Antiqua, which shipped with Microsoft Office and was widely considered a "knockoff" of Palatino."- Wiki
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The Art of Hermann Zapf
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
10 Best Posts Of 2010
10. Sowat Typographic Graffiti
9. Mecha Musume WWII x Cute Anime Girls
8. Polly Morgan Taxidermy Art
7. The Most Awesome Video Controller
6. Paludariums Are Incredible
5. Michael Hussar
4. Nike Air Max Infrared 90's Re-Release
3. 3D Graffiti Technica
2. ESPV Interview Skinner
1. Paul Booth Dark Tattoos- Once again, a tattoo post rules in 2010! Lets see if there will be any change for 2011.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
PlasticBionic Graphic Design
Creative Director and Graphic Designer of Plasticbionic - Julien Brisson, comes from Nantes - France. He is currently freelancing for agencies and clients worldwide after working as Creative Director at Serial Cut™.
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