Let it swim
I had to take a picture when I saw this – “We Heart Bacon” sign!!
Nice hand-lettering and it made me smile so much! Who doesn’t love bacon?! right?
and the other side of the sign was….
Ah, that’s why. This side is nicely done, too, I like it. The little beer glass is cute.
December 30th morning inspirations – 2008 is ending really soon!!! I am working at the office this week, which is kind of weird… I never worked between after Christmas and the New Years so… oh well.
For the last 10 times when I was at the Cooper Union for the letterpress class, I was very fascinated by this typographic art by the entrance in the foundation building. It is stunning! I guess it was a gift to Peter Cooper’s 80th birthday from the class of 1871 (!!) – wow. When you take a close look, it’s even more wonderful because there are so many great use of typography, I’m sure it’s all done by hands, I can stare at this all day.
The 5 art works in the gorgeous frame:
Left side: (sorry for the blurry image… but you still see the great types, right?)
In the middle:
Right side (close up):
Right side (whole):
The curved wood: I love it!
On the bottom – very nice:
More information about this work:
Cooper Union also offers a Calligraphy class, I am actually really interested in the class after seeing this amazing work of art!
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I am traveling to Boston today to spend Christmas time with my family-in-law! I’ll be back tomorrow, though, if you are traveling this week, have a safe and fun trip!
I watch for hand-lettering things wherever I go or whatever I see, and sure, I found some in San Francisco while I was walking around town.
This chalk board menu I saw at a cafe is with not only great hand-lettering, but also great illustrations:
A sign by bike parking lot at Berkeley station – I like that phrase:
Polk A Dot Stationers on Polk Street – these are actually made by cut out paper! Very nice.
Their window had great vintage books that had nice typefaces, too. I never been inside this store and it was too early it wasn’t open… next time!
Cheese store chalk board (I couldn’t avoid the reflection…):
Very nice hand-lettering!
Wishing you a happy Friday, everyone!!!
See you on Monday!
You might already own this book, have seen it, have heard of it… so you know that it is filled with thousands of hand-lettering (from 55 typographers and graphic designers!) and it is such an inspiring book. Makes me want to get into hand-lettering more!
