Type Around the Studio
The other day, we pulled out a bunch of foundry type for a lead type project (post on that to come later). We were looking for some Futura, but I don't think we ended up finding the right size. In anycase, lots of other type goodness came out of storage. The labels on the fonts themselves are just lovely.
The fonts are awesome, but there's also a ton of other cool type hanging around the studio so I took a little break and went on a little scavenger hung. Check out this "Finishing Rubber" line
Russian (I think) packaging, the blue is great.
You don't really get a lot of products nowadays where 'useful' is a selling point. Or that are 'specially designed for rural residents' either.
P.S. How awesome is that as a band name: The Useful Farmer Assortment
From the lunch ordering days, my favorite post-it order.
Letterpress Lately
Remember Ben's teaser post, preparation anticipation ? It turned into this:
The shop has been pretty busy the past couple months, here's a bit of what that side of Swayspace has been up to.
Some business cards for Jos Buivenga of Exljbris, creator of many a lovely typeface (which we've used on many an invite). Check out his latest, Calluna, which he used to design his card:
A couple "blind" invitations
An architecture inspired invite
And a fun duotone
Patrick’s Neon Bicycle
Our pals over at Lite Brite Neon recently created a bicycle out of neon tubes inspired by Patrick's ride, which was designed and manufactured by Alternative Needs Transportation. It's for the Sony Madison Avenue store.
last market + field trip
Some pictures from the last 'Makers Market' at the Old American Can Factory
I decided to branch out from the usual thank you notes, and went with some gold and a lovely purple for my set that day. Here's the setup for the last card I printed—of course I had to go for 'howdy' if in this typeface.
more pictures from the market and a special field trip after the jump
On the press:
The rest of the cards from that day, good luck, happy birthday, howdy & aloha. The next market is this Sunday, August 9th and we'll most likely have these and more up for sale then, so stop by!
In other happenings...
The other day, we got to take a field trip down the hall to our old space, now occupied by Nathaniel Rowan: Luthier and he graciously showed us what he'd done with the space and explained his violin-making process. Kind enough to let me snap a few shots too! Here are some in progress violins—the top left is a form for a viola and the others are in various stages of production. You can see the progression from the bottom shelf up.
He takes these
And makes these
Pretty cool what a person can do for a living, eh?
Thanks again, Nathaniel!
