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Artisan wine label designs by Fen Acey craft a narrative through collage and typography

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This side project by Fen Acey combines her love of food and drink packaging with collage and elegant typography to create beautiful and original artisan wine label designs. Typography played a crucial role in the creation process, bridging the handmade collage elements and the necessary textual information.

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BlockFace: an open-source stamp kit to explore typography by graphic artist Will Mower

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We spend so much time working in digital nowadays it's hard to remember that for hundreds of years, typography was a purely physical medium. BlockFace is a stamp kit designed to help you explore typography and more. Designed by graphic artist Will Mower, it's essentially a modular typography printing kit that's very easy to use.

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Top 10 illustrators to watch: A must-see list for art enthusiasts

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With offices in Helsinki, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, and soon Paris, Agent Pekka represents a hand-picked group of artists working across various disciplines, from 3D and animation to illustration and typography. In short, Agent Pekka knows talent when they see it. Felipe Vargas 10.

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Alan Kitching: London's Building Blocks brings letterpress mastery to Madrid

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A legacy built in letterpress Few designers have made the impact that Kitching has on contemporary printmaking. His career spans decades, from co-founding the experimental printing workshop at Watford to establishing The Typography Workshop in 1989, where he continues to champion movable type in the modern era.

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Inventing Posters

I Love Typography

The modern poster first appeared in France in the 19th century, but its antecedents can be found in Renaissance printmaking. The post Inventing Posters appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Designer and illustrator Julia Wand on her love of nature and why sketching is crucial

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If I'm working on an illustration project that includes text elements, it's super helpful to have an understanding of typography, design rules, and so on. "At And printmaking is also something I love experimenting with." "In my opinion, illustration and graphic design go hand-in-hand together," she explains.

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Prints & Propa­ganda

I Love Typography

By the sixteenth century, printmaking — or art prints — had become a burgeoning industry. The post Prints & Propa­ganda appeared first on I Love Typography. Millions were printed and many thousands have survived until the present day.

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