Interesting/Innovative Typography Found in Sharadin

I chose Shelby Schena's Power vs Poverty poster for this new post because I just love how Hope is hand rendered and the peanut acts like a rebus in creating the "O" in hope. I really love this entire design and the way the roots come down and connect with the other letters in Hope are really great. I love this design and really love the emotional impact this poster gives you.

Most Interesting Type From A Package Containing Food You Consumed This Week

Well when your a Communication Design student you dont have much time to eat, and for those long nights staying up to study and do never ending projects I like to indulge in a little wine. So I chose a beverage I had this week instead of a food. I chose the "arbor mist" wine bottle for my journal because it flows nicely. The little swoosh on the side and the type used to write "White Zinfandel" is a very pretty classy type.

Type As Art

Not only do I love Dave Matthews Band but his last album "DMB Big Whiskey & The Groo Grux King" was all hand drawn by Dave Matthews himself. I think this is a great example as Type as Art because he incorporated the CD title into the entire design. "Groo Grux King" is on a float/wagon type thing getting pulled my horses and then "DMB Big Whiskey &" is acting like a banner about the horse and wagon. I LOVE this entire design. I think its great that Dave Matthews hand drew this entire CD and especially the way he incorporated type and illustration is great.

Rebus/Icon Incorporated into the Type

I found this design in the Vogue magazine and its for a swimsuit company. The rebus in the design is the girl diving across the "A" to complete the "A". I like the design it is very simple and clean and then just adding the girl in to complete the letter really makes the design.

Inspirational

I find inspiration in a ton of places, but my friend gave me this graphics book called "Graphics Alive" and not only is the entire book inspirational but the cover itself speaks aloud! I love the way the shapes create the letters as well as the colors intertwine within the letters.

Good Type Gone Bad

I was at the movies and I saw this movie poster. The avatar movie poster uses the papyrus font. I personally don't like this type but the people who designed the poster seem to not know where the font papyrus comes from... Papyrus was supposed to be used as a old world pirate scroll font and that was the ONLY thing it was supposed to be used for. Funny thing is, Avatar is a movie about new age technology about the future, nothing to do with the old world or pirate scroll.

Good Use of a Ligature

I thought the "Lee" logo was a good use of a ligature. I found it in my roommates pants. I really like the way the L combines and connects with the e's making it a continuous form. Ligatures usually contain two or more letters but this one combines three which is nice.