Eye Candy, Handlettering, Typography
New Bohemia Signs is a San Francisco sign painting company. It’s good to know that the craft is so happily alive and well. There’s a great little short Fontshop did with the founder on Vimeo - look for the handdrawn plans. Amazing!
[ posted at 9:07am, Wednesday, June 23rd by Vikki ]
Eye Candy, Illustration, Typography
A year’s worth of just-plain-fantastic collage and type wallpapers from Able Parris. The month of June will never be the same on the ol’ iMac.
[ posted at 11:55am, Monday, June 14th by Vikki ]
Love Letters, Typography
A little bit of a potpourri this week—some handpainted interior signs at an apartment building called (wait for it) The Texan, a fancy pharmacy in Switzerland, and a decidedly DIY set of letters.
Don’t forget to send in your favourite apartment building signs for an upcoming Love Letters post—loveletters@veekee.ca is the ticket.
The Texan - some decidedly medieval handpainted lettering in The Texan apartment building. Even the laundry room has a title painted in this style. Wow. [Thanks, Mary!]
Apotheke - The fanciest pharmacy you’ll ever visit. In Switzerland, that is. [Thanks, Jim!]
Barber - Oh yes, Virginia. Housepainting brushes make type too. [via Jeanie via Uono]
[ posted at 11:43am, Wednesday, April 21st by Vikki ]
Love Letters, Typography
Next week’s theme is an ode to those last bastions of gussying up a plain old building: apartment building signs. Painted on glass, mounted on the outside, hanging above the entryway…you know you’ve got a favourite you always pass by! Send your pics and scans to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
And this week:
Fresh Coffee - on the side of a lemon yellow, side-of-the-road ice cream shack.
Now Hiring - Somewhere out there is a business you really should work for, and it has a sign on the ground outside its front door that looks like this. [Thanks to Sarah of Famous Last Words!]
Borax - Viva Borax! May more companies retain their old packaging designs well into this century.
[ posted at 11:51am, Wednesday, April 14th by Vikki ]