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[The Bygone Bureau] That denotes entries relating to typography, which will be the focus of this trip to the junkyard. But if you find this exercise interesting, you can substitute just about any subject and find similarly fascinating results.[1]

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[Typophile - General Discussions, Design, Build, Release, News, Bitmap Display / Script, Bitmap Text, Blackletter / Uncial, Display, Motion / 3d / Experimental, Sans Serif, Script / Handwriting / Graffiti, Serif, Typography / Composition, Type ID Board, wiki] Bizzle-Chizzle? Fo' rizzle my nizzles! | Typophile: Um, I missed any recent usage...I was serious...kinda...just like the big letters were carved out of something that already had inscription or writing on it. Like some inconsiderate stone carver hacked up trajan's column or somtin.

[TypoTrip (Typography On the Road)] Auto Hitsaukset Heti: “Instant Car Welding” - these two variations of a typographic effort I found on an industrial junkyard somewhere in Helsinki. What caught my attention even before I appreciated the interesting mixture of lowercase and uppercase letters .

[The Junkyard] Tools for web development : The Junkyard: Recently I have become a big fan of the 960 and Blueprint CSS frameworks. My productivity has shot through the roof as I can now layout pages quickly and easily without worrying so much about cross browser compatibilities, as these have been solved by the framework authors.

[::THE LOOK - adventures in rock and pop fashion::] ::THE LOOK - adventures in rock and pop fashion:: » Pistols pix by ...: and shows Rotten in full bellow mode,Jonesy just to the forefront,Matlock just to the back a bit pulling a buck toothed flared nostril look(go on,try it) and Cookie doing what Cookie does best.All it says is “POSTER Sex Pistols” in the top right corner.

[Linolumixa's Notebook.] IKEA's Futura is Verdana. - Vox: This has got me thinking to myself not just why IKEA switch to Verdana, but also the motive behind this degrading decision, what sort of justification IKEA would state for their move, the connection between using Verdana and the 'expected' rise in sales (which company would want to make a move that decrease sales, eh?), and what beauty does IKEA see in Verdana which Futura does not have?

[Everyone's Blog Posts - My Modern Metropolis] David Buckingham Typographic Art - My Modern Metropolis: He goes out to junkyards and into the desert where he scavenges for metal that he cuts, welds, and recycles into new and far more interesting forms. Here are a few of his pieces that I really like. If you want to see more go here or better ... David Buckingham Typographic Art. Posted by Mark Huckabee on November 12, 2009 at 3:30am; View Mark Huckabee's blog. The unusual artwork of David Buckingham is on display at the Packer Schopf gallery in Chicago until November 14th. ...

[The Digi Dares] The Digi Dares » Blog Archive » Digi Dare #160 Two Week Deadline!: Have fun with typography! Here is some inspiration from our fabulous Darers! From me, Julie Ann. Credits: Stitching - Traci Reed; Swift Kick In The -Journal SPrompts - Gypsy Couture; Font - Mom's Typewriter; Express Yourself Papers by Audrey Neal; Ransom Alpha from ... Credits : Junkyard kit by Sherrie JD ; Sugar Mallow kit, Pretty Posies by Amy Wolff ; Christmas Messy Machine Alpha, Paint It Like You Mean It alpha by Rachel Young ; Underwood Alpha by See Jane Scrap. ...

[Aleph Naught & the Null Set] Tweets from purplehayz on 2009-12-24 | Aleph Naught & the Null Set: RT @iamkhayyam: 40 Outstanding Typographic Poster Designs | http://j.mp/5w3IMl #; Green is a strategy http://short.to/11ih5 #; RT @AGOOG: Google Mobile: Ho Ho Ho! Follow Santa's journey around the world on your phone ...

[ohai - Handcrafted Massively Multiplayer Online Games for Everyone] ohai - Handcrafted Massively Multiplayer Online Games for Everyone ...: Take this photo from a Napa Valley junkyard, shot by Susan, our chief ohai, on a recent trip to wine country. “I was really struck by the beauty of how in the midst of the discarded junk, in the cracks between rigid structure, organic life flourished, ”

[PORT] talking - PORT - Portland art + news + reviews: Freeman Lau Siu Hong is lecturing at PAM this weekend in conjunction with China Design Now. He's the founding partner of Kan and Lau Design Consultants and an internationally renowned sculptor and graphic and industrial designer based in Hong Kong.

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