April 10th, 2010 by owentroy 
As we’ve mentioned repeatedly (like here, here and here), we are huge fans of Canadian designer Marian Bantjes and her exquisite work. So, we’re pretty excited about her upcoming book, I Wonder. It’s not a monograph of her work-to-date: all the design in it was created just for the book. And as you can see from the galleys below it’s visually stunning with plenty of spot gold, I can tell you from my days following her on Speak Up, the observational/essay content is bound to be awesome too. We don’t acquire books at the rate we used to but are psyched to have this next to visual/verbal communicators the likes of Sagmeister, Venezky, David Byrne and Paula Scher.
You can read more about the book in her preview, and it is available for pre-order on Amazon for a great price.
October 2nd, 2009 by owentroy We have a problem with prints. Too many, not enough walls, and we keep seeing and buying more that we like. We have tried being more discerning: saying “no” to handlettering genius Ray Fenwick at Tiny Showcase this week was tough for instance.
Then Johno, typeblogger extraordinaire, comissioned a reasonably-priced limited edition letterpress “Typography” print set in Restraint by Marian Bantjes. I mean seriously how many words in that sentence aren’t fantastic? “In” and “a?” The print is gorgeous, the best use of Restraint we’ve seen yet (its interesting usage agreement keeps you from seeing it just anywhere). And over at the site of the printer, Typoretum, you can see pictures of the magnesum printing plate (so much prettier than photopolymer).
Here’s the Ray Fenwick print that we “showed restraint” and didn’t buy this week. Love the text.
And here’s the print I covet most of all, by Studio on Fire for the College of Visual Arts. Houston, we have a problem.
April 10th, 2009 by owentroy There’s been a trend in the last few years dubbed maximalism. We’re particular fans of how it manifests calligraphically and typographically. Here’s some of the finest, and six words about each:
Ray Fenwick
Words and pictures both very good.
Marian Bantjes
We have one; it’s laser-cut awesomeness.
Jessica Hische
This will be a tshirt soon.
Si Scott
Pen in hand, makes his mark.
Niels “Shoe” Meulman
calligraffiti inventor. Yep, how it sounds.
Seb Lester
Silver on black plike. Pretty rad.
Yulia Brodskaya
OMG that’s quilling? That’s insane yo.
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