As I mentioned in the January Roundup, February's challenge is to design a letter a day. This challenge is specifically inspired by the amazing Jessica Hische and her Daily Drop Cap series. While inspired by Daily Drop Cap, my letters won't necessarily all fall into the drop cap category. For practical purposes, I'm starting with A, and although February is a short month, I plan to complete a full alphabet by the end of the month.
Below are a few of my favorites from the January design challenge of a quote a day (or at least every work day). Are there any I haven't included here that you like?
Absolutely in love with this video featuring Repeat Press of Somerville, MA. They created some custom coasters for Highsnobiety and Selectism to hand out for the holidays. It's such an intricate process and the gorgeous finished products makes me want to take a bite out of those coasters. Mmmm! Now for the rest of the evening, I'll either be on Briar Press searching for a letterpress I can afford, or trying to find a letterpress boutique that's hiring.
Letterpress Coasters from Quarter Productions on Vimeo.
Despite some teasing, I have always really liked U2. I've had Bullet the Blue Sky in my head most of the day, but the One Tree Hill letters just looked better in this composition. Plus, it's got an extremely emotional story behind it and the sound reflects that. More history behind the lyrics in the design below...
My husband and I fell in love with Bret and Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords a couple of years ago. They are just generally funny guys. Design #19 was inspired when the lyrics to Hiphopopotamus Vs. Rhymenoceros jumped into my head at 5:30am this morning. (I went to bed at 9:30pm last night, so yes, that is an acceptable time to be awake.) The poster was mainly created in Illustrator and I pulled it into Photoshop to add texture. The font is Neighborhood.
Probably one of my favorite childhood authors to date is Shel Silverstein and his "The Missing Piece" book. If you're over the age of 10 and have never read anything by Shel, put down what you're doing and get to the nearest library. You've been deprived.
I love this quote although I'm not for sure where it came from; whoever it was must have known me well!
