Talkative Snowflakes

translation = love

translation = happy holidays

translation = joy

I haven't posted in a while, I guess I've been rockclimbing too much.  But now that I'm stuck on a couch with a sprained ankle, I've had some time to fiddle around in Illustrator.  Here are some holiday snowflakes.

Helvetica (The Movie)

A 50th birthday celebration of the typeface designed to clean up and clarify our visual world.  One of the best documentaries I've seen in a long time. 

Explores the beautiful, boring, poetic, and informative sides of Helvetica.

You'll never look at type the same way again!

Rent on iTunes.

Eddie and Farrah

A vector drawing I made for my friends Eddie and Farrah.  Their wedding vow.  

You like it?  Get married and I'll give you one.

Here's another version for Tom and Claudet:

Fortune Cookie

Some lettering I drew, copying a fortune cookie fortune word for word.  It reads "Keep your plans secret for now."

More Sparkletts Trucks

I think that Sparkletts is now Alhambra, but they still have the same blue-mirrored metal circles.

ABC3D by Marion Bataille

Typography, Light, and Shadow

I went to a presentation at Art Center College of Art and Design by a graduate student, Jiyeon Song.  The first two images represent her experiential typography design.  Words are cast through angled perforations and form poem stanzas as the sun moves over the sky.  The other pieces are by Fred Eerdekens.