Monthly Archives: September 2012

Cool stuff found on grainedit.com

Posted on September 23, 2012 by kristinorgaard
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Boyhood Photos of J.H. Lartigue, The Family Album of a Gilded Age

Posted on September 22, 2012 by kristinorgaard

For my students, here is the Lartigue book I was talking about during the second class. The paper for this book is very heavy, each page is about 100lb text weight paper (aka: close to cover stock but not quite … Continue reading →

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See, I’m not crazy

Posted on September 22, 2012 by kristinorgaard

You know how I’m always ranting and raving about NOT putting your type too close to the edge of the page? How I say, over and over again, that it could get cut off when the pages are trimmed? Ironically, … Continue reading →

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I like arrows

Posted on September 22, 2012 by kristinorgaard

These were in the street today.

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Campbell’s Soup!

Posted on September 16, 2012 by kristinorgaard

Holy cow! Are these for real?! If so I’m totally going out and buying some to have with a nice grilled cheese sandwich tonight. found on Trendera: http://thetfiles.com/tagged/Target

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“In Pursuit of a Vision” at the Grolier Club

Posted on September 12, 2012 by kristinorgaard

Saw this in the Times today: “In Pursuit of a Vision” is on view through Nov. 17 at the Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, Manhattan; (212) 838-6690, grolierclub.org.

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2 books from Slanted.de

Posted on September 11, 2012 by kristinorgaard

This site is in German and has lots of strong typography. In the store you can find these: http://www.slanted.de/shop/forever-new-tattoo http://www.slanted.de/shop/twenty-six-characters

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Happy Birthday to You, by Anouk Kruithof

Posted on September 11, 2012 by kristinorgaard

I saw this on Claxton Projects today, I thought it was very different and original: From the site, here is some info about the project: Happy Birthday To You was created whilst Kruithof completed a three-month artist residency in the … Continue reading →

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Gary Land: Born to Play Baseball

Posted on September 9, 2012 by kristinorgaard

This book has a lot of my favorite things going for it: stencil type, silk screened white type on brown, a custom “raw” binding, plus great storytelling through photography inside. This photographer seems to shoot a lot of commercial work … Continue reading →

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As seen in Eye magazine today

Posted on September 9, 2012 by kristinorgaard

eyemagazine.com is a link to a very well respected graphic design magazine based out of the UK. Here are some images I found on their site today.

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