Typography

German Creative studio, Hort are a multidisciplinary group of designers working in branding, graphic design and illustration. Hort’s highly graphic approach to design works largely with typography, often featured in unconventional compositions.

ISTD has recently announced its ‘Call for Entries’ for its prestigious awards 2014 with a special early bird discount for entry before 14 May. Regarded as one of the most important competitions, the International Society for Typographic Designers, aka ISTD, is now in the process of selecting the judging panel…

As part of the AIGA’s celebration of its centennial, Monotype and Pentagram’s Abbott Miller are presenting ‘Century’, an exhibition that celebrates the role of type in design and its impact in modern communication over the past century. Century: 100 Years of Type in Design was last modified: April 30th, 2014…

The forthcoming exhibition at Kemistry Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting the works by one of the most-respected editorial designers, David Pearson. Acclaimed as one of the 50 best designers in Britain by The Guardian, the show is presenting the designs for Penguin Books and France-based publishing house Éditions Zuma as…

Nakano Design Office is the agency of Japanese designer, Takeo Nakano. Tackling Editorial, branding and interior spaces, Nakano produces design with a crisp minimal style. Nakano’s portfolio displays some great creative typography in both English and Japanese alphabets.

M&E is the creative partnership of Matthew Bolger and Emelie Lidström. Based in Sweden, M&E combine graphic, photo and video mediums producing a wide variety of work. M&E’s hands on, experimental approach shows in their frequent artwork and music videos. Dizzying video for ‘Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band’ sees…

The annual Tokyo Director Club exhibition has returned to Ginza Graphic Gallery this April showcasing the results of the ‘Tokyo TDC Annual Awards 2014’, an international design competition participated by thousands of domestic and international talents. Featured in the exhibition are more than 100 typographic works including those created by…

Multidisciplinary design studio, Playground Paris is work of french designer Valentin Adam. Having only been founded around 3 years ago, Valentin Adam has an impressive portfolio of work ranging from branding, typography and illustration using a playful graphic style. Experimental type and a bold palette of colour and texture make…

Today sees the launch party of Five Years, an exhibition that celebrates the role of type designers and how they are vital in the creative design process. To celebrate their fifth anniversary, Colophon Foundry, one of the most internationally acclaimed type foundries, have selected twenty-six typefaces drawn and published between…

Illustrator, Steven Wilson works from Brighton producing bright and psychedelic type. Taking on many forms, Wilson’s type always explores depth within the letterforms. So often type is bound to the constraints of 2 dimensions so its great to see someone breaking these unwritten rules. Steven Wilson was last modified: April…

Tsto is a design agency from Helsinki working on magazine and identity projects with a very graphic approach. Producing their own custom typefaces, often quite experimental, Tsto breathe bags of character into magazines such as ‘Manifest’ and ‘Basso’ and ‘We Are Helsinki’. Indie culture magazine ‘Basso’ uses a stretched grotesque…

Born in China now living in London, ShaoLan is the mastermind behind ‘Chineasy’, an entirely new way to learn to read Chinese. Chineasy transforms common characters of the Chinese language into simple illustrations representing each word. These fun, highly inventive drawings make translations memorable to both adults and children alike.…

Maths and design may seem like two different things, but not at BB-Bureau, a Nantes-based design studio run by graphic artist, type designer, and lecturer Benoît Bodhuin who is obsessed with geometrical patterns. Having studied mathematics at university, Bodhuin decided to enrol in design school, gained experience at a bunch…

The Counter Press is a London-based letterpress studio and workshop run by graphic designers David Marshall and Elizabeth Ellis. Located in the East End in an old chocolate factory, the duo works as full-time designers and part-time non-commercial printmakers, printing all types of work using only traditional wood and movable…

One man project, Lobulo Design based in London is a master of 3D paper craft. Working for clients such as Google, Tesco and Fedrigoni, Lobulo applies his brand of inviting, colourful image making to a broad range of projects. Vegetables, insects, dissected frogs, you name it have all been crafted…

MuirMcNeil is a London-based design collective comprising internationally acclaimed typographer Paul McNeil and legendary graphic designer Hamish Muir. Founded in 2010, MuirMcNeil has been focusing on appropriate design solutions to visual communication problems, experimenting on a range of design systems and type to create original visual language. MuirMcNeil :: Four…

Graphic designer Albin Holmqvist, currently located in Stockholm, Sweden has a great portfolio of posters, branding and typography based projects. With an eye for detail and ideas a plenty, Holmqvist’s folio shows some great examples of type for videos including titles for a series of films teaching key words belonging…

Melbourne based design studio, Confetti produce editorial and identity work among other walks of graphic design. Confetti’s Art direction and design for Spook Magazine is a personal highlight of their portfolio. With interesting layouts and bold, inventive type, the magazine stands out featuring some great photography too. Confetti was last…

Swiss designer, Felix Pfaffli is the mastermind behind design studio Feixen. Producing graphic design, illustration and a specialism in typography, Felix Pfaffli’s bold graphic style embraces every angle of colour, texture and composition. Pfaffli’s dynamic use of type has been applied to many promotional posters and prints below. Feixen was…

Graphic Designer, art director and illustrator, Leslie David recently produced this great album artwork for Metronomy’s new album ‘Love Letters’. This series of pastel, textured prints accompany what looks to be a promising album of Metronomy’s usual quirky heartfelt songs. Based in Paris, Leslie David isn’t the only French creative…