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skyrill design: fluid type font
design | 07.22.11
the dynamic typeface was created using 3D max and realflow to simulate the forming and destruction of each letter via splashing, exploding fluids.
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cloud collective: towards a poetic morphology
art | 06.19.11
the temporary installation creates an landscape indoors, composed of sculptured alphabet letters that together form the text of robert walser's poem 'oppressive light'.
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MVRDV: alphabet building
architecture | 05.20.11
looking to become an incubator of creative ideas, the design features a highly graphic exterior facade, composed simply of twenty-five letters of the alphabet.
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alessandro canepa + andrea paulicelli: fontab
design | 05.11.11
a series of tables whose tops are represented by alphanumerics. the entire alphabet in both upper and lower case versions, along with the numbers 0 through 9 are available.
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oded ezer: skype type
design | 02.25.11
for the type face oded ezer invited friends to each write one letter and share it with him over skype. the request caught on and soon he had people he didn't know contributing to the project.
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alessandro di prisco: letters
design | 02.12.11
have you ever noticed that children learn things more easily when they do it in a pleasant way, like through playing? alessandro di prisco's 'letters' furniture series helps familiarize children with the alphabet.
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typeface t-shirts by masashi kawamura + itaru
design | 11.07.10
in the world of typography, terms such as typeface, character, body etc., are used to describe the form of a letter. the reason why they use these types of expressions is because they are closely related to a human...
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'red list with red fonts' by attila án
design | 11.03.10
this shortlisted entry consists of a new font style that integrates graphic representations of 26 threatened animal species with a letter of the alphabet.
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dirk schächter: typomaps
design | 10.28.10
combining the elements of geography and typography, this double-sided poster uses helvetica neue black condensed font to communicate the world in words.
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joseph egan + hunter thomson: anamorphic typo
design | 08.04.10
these large scale typographic structures only become legible when viewed from a specific point of view.
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andrew byrom: letter-box-kite + st. julian
design | 07.08.10
the experimental 'letter-box-kite' design is a series of 26 typographic kites fabricated from thin nylon fabric and fiberglass poles.
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andrew byrom: grab me + interior lights
design | 07.07.10
the work of andrew byrom deals with three-dimensional typography whereby he uses unfamiliar applications of materials and processes as a way of forcing himself to find new forms.
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ultraviolet - 3D woven japanese textiles by hosoo

wirtschaftsblatt newsroom by IDFL
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