Drawing with type on your iPhone

Mobile devices are not just for consuming information, increasingly smartphones are letting users create content. This is certainly more of an entertainment app than a professional design tool, but for a buck, why not?

The TypeDrawing app ($1 USD) for iPhone is a good, interesting example.

Check out the TypeDrawing Flickr Pool.

Dear Clients, This is how you sound sometimes.

Dude draws New Yorker cover w/ iPhone app. Illustrators everywhere are crying.

Dude draws New Yorker cover with an iPhone app Brushes. Illustrators everywhere are crying.

See more artwork at Creative Review.

Brand Hijacking: Chevvrong Ad

Saw this Chevvrong (Chevron) ad this morning, a clever brand hijacking pasted up geurilla style at an SF Bart station.

Digital Branding Demands Custom Typography

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Adobe and The New York Times recently announced the Times Reader. The Adobe AIR desktop application is well designed and stays true to the New York Times brand, largely owing to the reinforcing quality of the Time’s custom typeface.

Ampersand

Sometimes I just say the word ampersand out loud because it's a great sounding word. Interrobang is a close second.

Patrick & Co. is the last (and best) independent stationery and office supply places in SF. Photographed in San Francisco's Financial District.

Dubtronic - Free font from Astro Studios

The folks at Astro Studios, a San Francisco based industrial design agency, released a free, fat font, Dubtronic. They say they’ll give a free shirt to the first 10 people who send them a design using the face.

Type in Motion: Futura soup

Motion Design: firey lettering

Enjoy this piece on Vimeo from Kathrin Schindler.

Added to the Typophile Group on Vimeo

Motion Design: Touch UI Considerations

We recently posted a motion piece illustrating our touch UI design considerations. Enjoy.