Tag Archives: typography
Old Penguin book covers
An imaginary Penguin book design based on the War of the Worlds original, more originals and re-workings can be found at little pixel, and The Pelican Project and Joe Kral’s flickr set.
Logotypes
A logo is a graphical element (ideogram, symbol, emblem, icon, sign) that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand.
Crowns
A derivative of the poster made famous by Barter books, who found one of the few surviving originals, which were printed in 1939 never used, and now 70 years later have found a new resonance.
Ornaments
Crosses
A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other, dividing one or two of the lines in half. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally; if they run diagonally, the design is technically … Continue reading
Spirographs
Spirograph is a geometric drawing toy that produces mathematical curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. The term has also been used to describe a variety of software applications that display similar curves, and applied to the … Continue reading
Catalogue cover
Re-constructed pages, inspired by an 80′s Letraset catalogue, which I’m now rather sorry I sent to re-cycle several years ago.
Roundels
A roundel in heraldry is any circular shape; the term is also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours.
Op art
“Optical Art is a method of painting concerning the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing.” Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known pieces made in only black and white.