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Eye Candy, Love Letters, Typography

Love Letters | Neon Bone Yard + Lemons + Eden Lily


Welcome to Love Letters! It’s no secret that unique type and lettering make my heart sing. Every time I see a candy package, an apartment building or a business card with some custom lettering, I try to document it somehow (if it’s candy related, I’ll devour the contents in the name of typography – the lettering guarantees it’s tasty). All these pictures and ephemera live in a box in my workshop, but in the interest of sharing, I’m going to start posting them up here in a weekly series.

And oh yes, this is a collaborative project. If you’ve got some fancy found lettering you’d like to see on Love Letters, drop me note with a picture (preferably 500px wide), the place you found it, and a little blurb about just what it is that makes you send in your particular Love Letter.

Las Vegas neon sign graveyard

Okay, I guess I live under a rock, I only found out about the place where Vegas’ old neon signs go to die yesterday. More images can be found here.

Lemons

12 pack of lemons, in a yellow net bag, with this great wrapper stapled to the top. I could just eat up ‘lemons’, it doesn’t even look a little sour!

Eden Lily

A flower and gift shop in Edmonton, with the type treatment deserving of a flower shop. Reminiscent of (or is it actually?) Betsy Dunlap‘s calligraphy.

[ posted at 8:25am, Wednesday, March 24th by Vikki ]

Handlettering, Illustration

I flippin’ love the radio.


At the veekee workshop, the radio is always on. Q, Rich Terfry, The Age of Persuasion, Spark, the 6 o’clock news, As It Happens, This American Life or whatever else, I’m all ears….and all pens, apparently.

[ posted at 1:47pm, Sunday, March 21st by Vikki ]

Eye Candy, Illustration

An Ace in the Pack


Lesley Barnes, an illustrator and animator, is designing some playing cards in her spare time. And how! Look at those foxes! See more at her blog, An Ace in the Pack.

[ posted at 9:14am, Tuesday, March 9th by Vikki ]

Eye Candy, Illustration

Lucy Vigrass

Lucy Vigrass’ work looks like the 1970s have collided with the 2010s and added hot pink. Just look at those colours…maybe spring is on the way? [Via Grain Edit.]

[ posted at 9:50am, Thursday, February 25th by Vikki ]