Typophile Tee Battle - And the winner is...

After a heated battle and much deliberation the winning tee has emerged! SN Rajpurohit from Ahmedabad, India has won the contest with his subission Light, Regular, Bold & Bold Italic.

We don’t expect the world to get it, and that’s parf of the point. The tee will be printed on an American Apparel shirt in “Light Blue” with gray ink. Stay tuned for pre-order information.

Satya will receive a copy of the mighty FontBook (A $99 USD value, thanks to FontShop!) and a $100 gift certificate to Threadless, (thanks Skinnycorp!).

Son of a Linotype Salesman

One of the subjects for the History of Graphic Design in South Louisiana project is James Gabour, 96, who still goes every day to his printing plant in Pineville, Louisiana.

For a while he was the local Linotype sales and service rep, his region around here was quite large.

James’ son, Jim Gabour, Artist in Residence and Professor of Video Technology, Loyola University New Orleans told me about his dad and we have been corresponding about him ever since.

Following is the text from some of that correspondence while setting up my appointment to take James oral history:

“Sent: Date: Jun 21, 2008 9:43 AM
To: nancy sharon collins
Subject: Re: dad

Thanks, Nancy.

Vista In Use:

Here is a fun example of Vista in use...

typotherapy's eco-bag in international DECOB exhibit (June 26 - July 6)

Check out our eco-bag!

Featured in the DECOB exhibit that opened in Toronto last night at
Keep Six Contemporary Gallery.

Hand Made Eco Bag Show – Eco-Bag / Eco-Life runs from June 26 - July 6, 2008

Artists from around the world were invited to participate in this exhibition and asked to use cloth bags as a canvas to express their thoughts about global environmental issues. The hand-made eco-bag, Decorated Eco-Bag (aka DECOB) will be shown to international audiences in an effort to raise awareness of environmental issues and as a call to take active initiatives.

Great idea, and some super fine bag designs came out of this! The show will be doing some international touring, be sure to check it out if it reaches your city.

New Orleans

When I think of a city I think of the hustle and bustle of the people everyday trying to get to work on time. Then I think of New Orleans and what comes to mind is the excitement of the creativity that just seems to flow through every person in this city. This is obvious by the artwork and architecture of the city. One of my favorite places to look at is Sucre, the dessert shop on Magazine street. Just looking at this place from the outside is amazing. It is one of the most unique designs and brands, I believe, to be in this city.I for one thought that it had to be a chain from some foreign city and I was very much mistaken. It actually was conceptualized by someone who has been in the city of New Orleans for a while and I could not believe it.

I'm going to camp...Type Camp.

I finally have something really great to share in my blog here on Typophile! This year I’ve been invited to participate as an instructor at Type Camp. This opportunity is a return to something I Iove, teaching, and I get to do it with 2 people whom I greatly admire, Dr. Shelley Gruendler and Dyana Weissman.