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    FontShuffle – the new iPhone app from FontShop

    December 7, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    This application is perfect for geeking out to. Not entirely useful yet (the app contains a few hundred fonts, but its a bit fiddly to see the full range, and [...]

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    general brilliantness, mobile + location aware

    Wim Crouwel’s seminal poster reprinted

    August 9, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    This is a brilliant piece in Creative Review showing the sheer dedication and talent that typographers needed back in the day. I saw Wim Crouwel speak last year at a [...]

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    craft, design, general brilliantness
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    I heart Wordle

    August 6, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Wordle. It’s just the best. This is what my blog looks like: And my del.icio.us:

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    design, general brilliantness, interweb
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    Indulgently self-referential and fantastically funny poster designs…

    July 24, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    From Frank Chimero’s blog. By he. You can buy them too, if you’re that way inclined..

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    design, shopping

    Most anachronistic use of fonts I’ve seen in a while!

    July 20, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Since when was Frankfurter an authorative font?

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    design, life outside work
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    Interesting TATE ads – good copywriting!

    June 15, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Moving on from the 2007 D&AD in-book work by Fallon, another great set of ads for the TATE, and a great pleasure to engage with across the tracks.

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    advertising, design, great advertising, London

    the serif-text bandit strikes again…

    August 9, 2007by laurajb 1 Comment

    Absolutely no idea who is behind all of this fantastic typographical decoration around Shoreditch, but I love it!

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    art, London

    absolutely wicked design/typography blog…

    April 16, 2007by laurajb 1 Comment

    I’m going to be following this blog – absolutely brilliant, and check out his “Uncommon Knowledge” design tips. Every one a gem.♥Here’s an example:

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