Nice letterforms. Are you familiar with a designer by the name of Edward Fella?
That sounds familiar- who was he?
He won the Chrysler Award for design in 1997. Pioneered the whole distressed typeface movement. Created many fonts for Emigre. He went around shooting signage and stuff and would combine them in his sketchbook into these wacky Dali-Klee-esque letterform drawings.
Have you also seen the polaroids that Walker Evans was taking in the last couple of years of his life. He took plenty of roadsigns, diners etc.. but also concentrated on individual letters.. he was planning to collate them in a book but sadly died before it was completed.
Sorry this post is over a year later than above! You will get this still?!
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But you say it so colourfully!
Nice letterforms.
Are you familiar with a designer by the name of Edward Fella?
That sounds familiar- who was he?
He won the Chrysler Award for design in 1997. Pioneered the whole distressed typeface movement. Created many fonts for Emigre. He went around shooting signage and stuff and would combine them in his sketchbook into these wacky Dali-Klee-esque letterform drawings.
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Have you also seen the polaroids that Walker Evans was taking in the last couple of years of his life. He took plenty of roadsigns, diners etc.. but also concentrated on individual letters.. he was planning to collate them in a book but sadly died before it was completed.
Sorry this post is over a year later than above! You will get this still?!
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