Taking something traditionally wholesome and making it a little subversive and much more playful, London-based design duo Quiet British Accent has recently unveiled their Metal is The New Black project. For the series, QBA—aka Sharon and Jason Gale—have created three traditional home embroidery hoops, but are paying homage to metal lettering and graphics. The hand-drawn designs are machine-embroidered to perfection, and the results are playful, …
Danish type foundry Playtype takes their unique, custom-made typefaces beyond just computer screens and stationery. They’re silently permeating the physical world with bold statements through personalized lightboxes, laptop sleeves and even skateboards, thanks to some choice collaborations. Their experimentation with shapes, silhouettes, letters and words on apparel is worth more than a glimpse, and we’re enamored with the simple yet resolute “Untitled” T-shirt.
A new digital typeface by Ari Weinkle is a creepy, squirming collection of alien-like letters—even its name “Feelers” makes your skin crawl. Weinkle created the font after becoming intrigued with the light and texture features in his 3D-modeling software, first drawing up the typeface in 2D, and later rendering them in 3D and adding motion. The result is lifelike wiggling letters that, from afar, look …
