Today we start a new blog category called “Monday Flickr“. Each monday the Mouscacho is going to feature Flickr galleries that I find interesting and inspiring.
And Daniel inaugurates the section. He is a chilenean graphic designer, who loves animals, geometry and typography (at least I noticed). Check out his work.
Last month Brand New posted the list of The Best and Worst Identities of 2009, a list that shows great and bad identities of 2009. More than giving a judgment, is an invitation to designer to express their own thoughts. And this is just what they want to aim in a new post called The Most Relevant Identity Work of the Decade, Are you agree? Disagree? What do you think?
Here some highlights.
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.” — Jessica Hische.
Check out the delicious work by Jessica Hische, a Brooklyn based illustrator-designer-typographer. She has mentioned as The Person of the Year 2009 by Lettercult, and featured an interseting interview with her.
Congrats Jessica!
More about Jessica Hische: Jessica’s site, Daily Drop Cap.
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I took a ride into the deviant gallery of Van-Der-Dot (a college classmate of mine) and I found this amazing 3D artwork digital painting. Congrats Van!
Mouscacho is proud to announce the winners of the Mouscacho Anniversary Giveaway Contest. Just a few entries were received: 7. I hope our next contests would have more contestants.
Remember, there were only 10 prizes (so all 7 contestants have won! yay!). The first 6 selected in the drawing, would win a Mono-Typo Biggo Calendar, the next 3 a Shorty Typo Calendar, and the last 1 will win a Biggo Birdo Calendar.
And here we go!
THE ANSWER IS YES.
Last Jan 12th Haití was devastated by an earthquake that left almost 3 million affected people, including those who turned homeless. “This is the worst disaster ever confonted by UN”, said a spokeswoman from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Maybe typography can help to save Haití.
Font Aid IV: Coming Together, a Collaborative Typeface
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is announcing the launch of Font Aid IV, a project uniting the typographic and design communities in raising funds to expedite relief efforts in Haiti. Everyone is encouraged to help the cause by spreading the word to friends and colleagues.
Type designers, graphic designers and other artists from around the world are invited to contribute artwork to be included in a typeface created exclusively for the Font Aid IV effort. The theme of Font Aid IV is “Coming Together” which we will represented though a font consisting entirely of ampersands. Coming Together will be made available for sale, with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders. SOTA, a US-based non-profit, is acting as a non-partisan organizing body to help coordinate the effort and ensure all funds are distributed appropriately.
To participate: Submit a black and white “ampersand” icon for the benefit font. It should be a vector image file, not a bitmap. Keep it simple, not too crazy. Send it in EPS format to fontaid@typesociety.org by 01/29/10.
Is a call to typeaholics to react now. Furthermore to help via donations, we have a beautiful and regarding opportunity to help rebuild Haiti making what we like most: Typography Design. We have no choices.
And maybe typography can’t save the world, but maybe can help to make people come together and do earth a better place to live.
I found this and another beautiful typography portraits on Creativity Den. Don’t you love it? (autor: Reed Steiner)
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Interesting creative process, it’s almost like I do, except that I sketch a little less. I want to share it with you so you can see how the first ideas turn into something totally different just right in the process.
We are animals after all. It was the first thought came in my mind when I saw the sculptures made by Beth Cavener Stitcher. I felt a delicious agression. Amazing!
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Somos animales después de todo. Fue el primer pensamiento que me vino a la mente cuando vi las impresionantes esculturas de Beth Cavener Stitcher. Sentí una deliciosa agresión, ¡Y me gustó!
You had trouble about setting your 2010 new year’s resolutions? Maybe you need a litlle help, and Monina Velarde is the right person. She released the New Year’s Resolution Generator to help you get, at least, the first idea (or as many as you want).
I have taken mines already!
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Si te has metido en problemas, tratando de proponerte los mejores propósitos de año nuevo, quizás necesites un poco de ayuda y Monina Velarde es la persona indicada. Esta chica ha lanzado una divertida herramienta para generar ideas sobre nuevos propósitos de año nuevo, al menos para tener la primera idea.
Yo ya elegí los mios.
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