Showing posts with label type. Show all posts
Showing posts with label type. Show all posts

3.26.2013

Monograms (Part I) by Kiyo Takahashi
























Monograms are visual devices consisting of two or more letters interwoven in artistic harmony to form a symbol/logo.  Picked this book up and went through half the book and picked the best pages from each letter set.

10.22.2012

Type by Jeremy Paul Beasley





























Jeremy Paul Beasley is a graphic designer from Chicago, Illinois who is a typeaholic and has a pretty fantastic display of cursive serif-y works.

9.14.2011

Vintage Constructivist Graphic Design by Aleksandr Rodchenko



































Aleksandr Rodchenko was an avant-garde Russian graphic designer from Moscow during the early 1900s who was known as one of the founders of Constructivism art, or the rejection of the idea of autonomous art in favor of art as a practice for social purposes.  Rodchenko had experience in painting and sculpting before eventually transitioning to photography.  Being that we haven't seen too much Russian graphic design on here, the blocky lettering and bold graphics really grab a hold of me.