Pomme Chan’s Love

This new hand drawn piece by artist Pomme Chan spells it out in intricate monochromatic petals and leaves.

You can see more work by Pomme Chan on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: More is More by Alex Trochut

A sneak peek at illustrator and typographer Alex Trochut’s forthcoming book titled ‘More is More’, published by Index Book.   The book will include Alex’s body of work to date, with the illustration and richly ornamented lettering that makes him one of the most sought after talents.  Alex has worked with the likes of Wired and The New York Times as well as clients including Adidas and Coca-Cola.  Stay tuned for the release date of More is More.

Author, concept and Design: Dani Navarro
Texts by : Albert Martínez Lopez-Amor
Printer: Gràfiques Orient

You can see more of Alex Trochut’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Virgin Active by Brosmind

Alejandro and Juan Mingarro of Brosmind collaborated with the team at Publicis to create these ads for Virgin Active, using their fun character-driven illustrations to create the type for each ad.

You can see more work by Brosmind on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Elvis Costello gig poster by Graphic Therapy

Inspired by waves and LA architecture, David Calderley of Graphic Therapy created this gig poster for Elvis Costello & The Imposters.  The font used on the name Elvis Costello is particularly intriguing.

You can see more work by Graphic Therapy on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Decemberists poster by Sean Freeman

Type specialist Sean Freeman created this gorgeous poster for The Decemberists, manipulating images of twigs and branches found around London to create the letters.

You can see more of Sean Freeman’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: The Letter I by Pomme Chan

This piece was created by Pomme Chan for an upcoming typography exhibition in Los Angeles.

From the Gallery Nucleus site:

Gallery Nucleus is hosting an exhibit (May 12 – June 6) celebrating hand drawn letterforms and experimental typography. Parallel to increasingly computer-driven imagery, it is both refreshing and encouraging to see the resurgence of working by hand—as well as an expanding community that finds value in this practice.

The gallery invited nearly 30 illustrators, graphic designers, sculptors, print makers, and painters to interpret the alphabet, and are thrilled to showcase work at which art and design intersect. This collection explores how typography (even when reduced to a single letterform) can be whimsical and bizarre, innovative and thought-provoking, and most importantly, downright fun.

You can see more of Pomme Chan’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Manel by Alex Trochut

Type specialist Alex Trochut collaborated with Marta Cerda to create this piece for the band Manel, an indie pop band from Barcelona who sing in Catalan and are a synthesis of pop and folk music.

You can see more of Alex Trochut’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Gomez by Sean Freeman

Sean Freeman collaborated with photographer Iain Crawford to create the cover and package design for Gomez’s new album ‘Whatever’s On Your Mind’.  The album will be out in June, the single ‘Options’ is available for download now on the Gomez site.

You can see more of Sean Freeman’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: The Flaming Lips by Adam Larson

Created by designer/illustrator/art director Adam Larson, this gig poster was a gift to the Flaming Lips from Another Planet Entertainment.  The type was formed out of small vintage Christmas ornaments.

You can see more of Adam’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: James Cracknell Trilogy by Sean Freeman

Another great use of type from artist Sean Freeman.  Commissioned by Discovery Channel,  Sean created this ad for the upcoming trilogy on James Cracknell, a British rowing champion, adventurer, and double Olympic gold medalist.

James Cracknell is unstoppable.  The team at Discovery were hoping to take the mantra “NOT” and treat it in a visual way to describe Cracknell’s adventures.  Sean was asked to bring the idea to life with the repetition of mantras, offering the viewers an insight into Cracknell’s complex character and the incredible journey he undertakes in the 3 films.

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A few words form Sean Freeman about the project:

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“I chose to appraoch this in a rough manner which I think helps with the subject matter, terrain, grit, sweat, pain…. Using elements like ink splats, paint sprays, texture sI’ve collected over the years, was the best way to add some grit to a very white page. The idea of James’ mantra being repeated over and over again, Not the pain, not the boredom, not the heat….. was great content to play with – and I particularly enjoyed blending the type in with James’ skin. I wanted to continue this notion of texture into both the type and with the headline really felt that straight flat type wouldn’t cut it, so embraced a more organic approach.”

 

You can see more of Sean’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Allstar Weekend logo by illustrator Steve Wilson

Steve Wilson was commissioned by Hollywood Records to create a logo for the California based pop/rock band Allstar Weekend.  Steve took inspiration from Colorforms, the popular toy invented in the 50′s, to create the font, as seen here on the new album released in February this year.

You can see more of Steve Wilson’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Steve Wilson for Stussy

Stussy commissioned illustrator Steve Wilson to put his touch on their iconic logo for a t shirt design.  Available for purchase on the Stussy site.

You can see more of Steve Wilson’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Brosmind ads for Excedrin

Barcelona based illustrators Brosmind worked with the team at Saatchi & Saatchi NY to create this award winning campaign for Excedrin, an interesting use of illustration to create type.

You can see more of Brosmind’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Typopassage mural by Alex Trochut

Created by graphic artist Alex Trochut in 2010, this typographic experiment is a passage in the Museum Quarter Wein.  Inspired by the poem of Frederico García Lorca “Pequeño Vals Vienés” and the interpretation from the song “Take This Waltz” by Leonard Cohen, the lettering shows parts of both pieces.  The gray lettering is in English, the brown in Spanish.

Typopassage is an innovative museum project which exhibits typographic design spanning from the initial concept to the final stage. Curated by the design studio bauer konzept & gestaltung this freely accessible exhibition series runs throughout the year. It includes three events which present experimental type designs by young and well-established graphic artists at Vienna’s MuseumsQuarter, a grand museum complex.  The kick-off event included  this impressive ceiling design.

You can see more of Alex’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Typography Tuesday: Steve Wilson for Product (RED)

Product(RED)’s latest campaign brings light to the important fact that by 2015 we can have a world where virtually no child is born with HIV.  As a way to raise awareness and educate about this goal, Product(RED) have enlisted Steve Wilson to provide his creative interpretation of the fact that ’The AIDS Free Generation is Due in 2015’.   A typographically beautiful use of mother, umbilical cord, and baby.

You can see more of Steve Wilson’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.