letterpress workshops?

I want to letterpress. I want to create a design, typeset it and see the actual letterpressed goodness after a run through the 'ole printing press. I want to spend a weekend geeking out with other graphic design nerds about typefaces and ink combinations. I want to get my hands dirty.

So periodically I sit down alone with my MacBook Pro and I type in search queries designed to elicit the ultimately cool letterpress workshop taking place next weekend at some yet-to-be-located letterpress studio (which, in my crazy fantasies, is located just down the street from my little apartment). I have not had success in this quest to date. As you might have guessed, either by noting that question mark in the title of this post or by observing the whiny tone to this blog entry.

Anyway, enough about me. The point here is to mention that while conducting a sad and lonely letterpress workshop google search tonight I stumbled across a website that includes classified ads for all things letterpress. No LA workshops on there at the moment, but maybe I'll find that elusive perfect weekend workshop someday. It must be out there somewhere!

new addition to the color library

Really interesting color site that was sent to me yesterday, Colorate.org.
You can learn about color, put together color palettes, work with colors 3 dimensionally and see how they relate to each other. Pretty cool!

http://www.colorotate.org/

compost modern

What an adorable ad was created for AIGA's Maine edition of Compost Modern Conference!  For more information about the clever people behind the clip, see the Design Sponge item that introduced me to it.

book cover

Found this site the other day, The Book Cover Archive, it's full of nicely designed book covers.
Great inspiration!

10 Things

A really really great article from Milton Glaser.

10 Things I Have Learned.

Read it! :)

more type, more design - more!

You are cordially invited to check these out!
Type and designs by Keetra Dean Dixon

block type

I came across this menu design for a French bistro awhile ago on Oh Joy!, and thought about it recently with a potential menu project coming up and also because Leila is abroad in France at the moment. :)

I love the block lettering wrapped in the cardboard type paper. It has a very rustic earthy feel.
I really want to try something like this some time!
The designs were by a French design firm, my beautiful. They have a nice website and interesting designs in a variety of fields. Check them out! Hopefully inspiration will follow.


my beautiful - l'epicerie

my beautiful