Type Tray

I first saw this type tray at Jules’s parents house in Kent.
This tray would have been used by a type setter to house all the various characters of a type family.
The type tray is a grid. Not a 2 dimensional grid that we’re used to seeing on screen or in a magazine but an actual 3 dimensional, tactile grid.
Once seen this way it makes a layout seem far more exciting with far more possibilities.

Matt Pops Over

Here is Matt, sitting at Kuchar's desk reading a newspaper. He popped over for lunch yesterday. All that mess is Kuchar's, honest.

Pimp your Type

St Brides library has some beautiful things, but this book of typefaces is my all time favourite. This features in the next issue of eye in a very small place but I think seeing them large just makes their detail more impressive. I know we've seen them all before. But I think they're ace and I could look at them all day.

Eros Issue 4

Publication: Eros Magazine
Designer: Herb Lubalin
Editor: Ralph Ginzburg
First published: 1962
Issue: 4
The final issue of a great magazine.

Alpine Fantasy by Untitled

A collection of short stories, beautifully presented by Untitled.
The cover with its huge white 'B' set on a black background is very dramatic. The inside is equally as nice, black pages with white out cap titles for the chapter openings, big drop-caps at the beginning of each story. Its an example of how much you can actually do with a simple paperback.

Eros Issue 3

Publication: Eros Magazine
Designer: Herb Lubalin
Editor: Ralph Ginzburg
First published: 1962
Issue: 3
This is my favourite issue. The large format images of Marilyn Monroe really need to seen full size to appreciate the lavish quality of the magazine.

Magazine Design Awards

Last Thursday the studio won two awards for:
Best Use of Typography
Consumer Front Cover of the Year

Here are some covers. Oil is my personal favourite as it's such a small word so it can be blown up really big.