where loves converge

Remember this post. So it was love at first site when I opened a link Keith sent me. The creator is Maira Kalman an amazing artist and wife of the late Tibor . I am just speechless for sure. Magic. Pure magic.

I have mad mad love for you sweetie. You always know. Always.


for more info on a woman of many talents...check this out

type::02 + something nice

I have been using a lot of decorative fonts lately. I love type that has a bit of personality. One that evokes a visual image. I came across Dekoria a while back on Fountain and absolutely fell in love with it. I also love the story behind it. Stefen Claudius, the designer, was traveling through Poland and he snapped a photo of a handpainted sign in an old shop named Dekoria. When he returned home he was inspired to create a typeface that conveyed the same charm as the sign he came across. Being married to a proud Polish man I fancied this story as well as the fanciful feeling of the font itself. I think I may use it to create a few silk screened t-shirts that are currently under construction.

Speaking of my amazing husband, he arrived home from work with this in hand yesterday...



Sometimes no reason is the perfect reason. I'm feeling rather lucky today.

type::01

Every Thursday henceforth shall be devoted to my love of typography. Like most designers I adore a good typeface...I mean really, you don't have to be a designer to appreciate typography. Way before I knew what I would or could be, I spent hours clipping letters from a stack of W's and Harper's Bazaar I found near the dumpster behind my home. I would arrange the varying bits of type into words I loved and then displayed them in cheap picture frames. I still do this by the way. I think my fascination for type grew out of my love for words and that began in the womb thanks to my mom. Like any font junkie I have an obscene amount of fonts. So many that I am forced to store most of them on cd's. But, just because I have a lot doesn't mean I'm not always constantly on the hunt for new ones. That brings me to today's spotlight:

Alejandro Paul's "affair"

I have this recurring dream that I will meet Ale in Buenos Aires when I go in October and we'll have coffee at a local cafe and spend hours talking about design and typography. He is only a year older then me and I think I could convince him to become my best friend and then force him to design fonts just for me...hhhmmm

Anyway... his fonts are pricey...I don't own Affair...but I am looking for any excuse and I mean ANY excuse to buy it. I mean...if it's hot tomorrow, I'm getting it.

BTW he's also the genius behind this, this and this.