Tag: Lettering

The 3D Type Book

From toothpaste to x-rays, typography's new creative shapes

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As common as alphabet soup or as involved as Craig Ward‘s plant-cell letterforms, “The 3D Type Book” proves how exciting syllabary can be when it comes off the page. The book features over 160 designers and 300 projects, all compiled by London multidisciplinary studio FL@33. Apart from a brief foreword by Andrew Byrom, the reference book relies on strong imagery (over 1,300 photos in total) …

Cool Hunting Video Presents: José Parlá

José Parlá's densely-layered graffiti paintings blur the lines between word and image and graffiti and "fine art"

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Our video about Brooklyn-based artist José Parlá’s work explores the thought and process behind his densely-layered graffiti paintings. Perhaps more than any other artist, José blurs the lines between word and image and graffiti and “fine art.” In the video José explains his influences (including his brother Rey Parlá’s abstract scratch films) and at his Fort Greene studio we get the rare privilege of seeing …