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This weekend’s favorite letter is the ‘a’ from Beatrice Display, by @SharpTypeCo sharptype.co/typefaces/beat…

Study for Graphic Tectonic series – Josef Albers [1941-42] | Unintentionally solving the microchip layout problem

Doppler, Special Effects and Topical Alphabets, Selected and Arranged by Dan X. Solo from the Solotype Typographers Catalog, Dover Publications, New York, 1978. A similar face that employs the same concept is shown in Photo-Lettering’s One Line catalog (1971) as Papirtis Dazzle.

New typographic identity and system for French micro-brewery Diagonale. Case study here: brandbrothers.fr/en/brasserie-d…

Thank you ⁦@grantrobertson1⁩ for leading the celebration of the listing of Trades Hall as a Category One building. This building is such an important part of our history and recognises the huge contribution of the union movement to Aotearoa.

Klaus Burkhardt and Reinhard Döhl, Rot 40: Poem Structures In the Looking Glass, Edition Rot, Stuttgart, 1969.

A fabulous donation from Tobias @frerejones: 170 transit passes from Milwaukee’s trolley system, 1937–1969. Each week had a unique design. (Reposted from @stewf on Instagram.)

Happy (belated!) birthday, Bradbury Thompson (1911–1995)! The American graphic designer and art director, best known for his work designing magazines and postage stamps, was born 110 years ago on 3/25. #LfABirthday (Images: Bradbury Thompson, Westvaco Inspirations 210, NY, 1958.)

“John Tarpey kick-started my love of all things type, circa 1997 at Limerick School of Art & Design”. John Paul Dowling, Past ISTD Education Director. Two images from John Tarpey and two from John Paul Dowling.

Interesting campaign by the @WgtnCC #coca4 #brand

Ross F. George, Rush Job or no Rush Job…, ink on signboard. See the full advertisement in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lf…

One day I'll mint my Josef Albers color theory series <3

@jo_bailey @cocamassey Family planning advice for hot weekend

#CoCA welcome to a lovely bunch of collaborative creative peeps

@jo_bailey @Emily_M_Lane @Massey_Uni_Lib @CoCA_librarians @cocamassey @MasseyUni @emoryzanef The library exhibition is on till 5th of March. Hope you can catch it.

A reminder for our friends in #Texas

Record covers for Westminster Records Design by Rudolph de Harak

Folkways Records Cover design by Ronald Clyne