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Creative illustrated bookmarks

Schultz & Friends and 2Agenten Worked together for a campaign for Felix Jud bookshops in Germany. The campaign won silver in ADC Germany´s Graphic Design category.

via pposti.com/Felix-Jud

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Photobooth

“We took a trip to the Mission District in San Francisco, California to talk to Michael Shindler, co-founder of Photobooth. Photobooth serves as both a retail space for classic camera gear, a gallery and most interesting a tintype portrait studio. We talked to Michael about the ins and outs of the tintype process, and the old school methods used to create the stunning portraits.”

30 inspiring calligraphy works

Hand-lettered calligraphy with an organic feel to it that’s often lacking in digital designs.

source: www.designfeed.me

Digital Art by David Delin

The French digital artist David Delin aka 28162 is one the mos skilled artist of the digital world. His compositions are amazingly detailed and everything falls in place. He goes from illustration to photo manipulation and when he mixes both worlds the result is outstanding.

For more from David Delin visit behance.net/28162 and 28162.com

source: abduzeedo.com

Indifferent: A project by Tommaso Guerra

A clever subtle take on what many of us see everyday and move on without much more thought.

Source: www.tommasoguerra.com

Happy Days: When Letraset Was King

Fortunately, that first time I was using the best: dry-transfer sheets from Letraset, a British company that made (and still makes) a variety of graphic art supplies. It was the quality brand of the industry and you couldn’t call yourself professional without using at least one of the company’s products. The scans in today’s column are from a 1970 and 1973 catalog.

read more over at www.creativepro.com

Home to 1.5 million pieces of wood type: Observatory: Design Observer

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A vector-driven router puts the finishing touches on Matthew Carter’s Van Lanen font. When cutting fine interior angles the router bit lifts to create sharp corners

Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, est. 1880

The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, located in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, is the only museum dedicated to the preservation, study, production, and printing of wood type. With 1.5 million pieces of wood type and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns, Hamilton’s collection is one of the premier wood type collections in the world. In addition to wood type, the Museum is home to an array of advertising woodcuts from the 1930s through the 1970s. A “living” museum, Hamilton hosts numerous cutting demonstrations and printing workshops for visitors.