For the love of Typography

Sep 112011
 
The Old Painted Cottage traditional living room

I am a sucker for typog­ra­phy.  There, I’ve finally admit­ted it.  It draws me like a mag­net and I sim­ply can’t help but stop where-ever I find it.  A quick trip to a mall is bound to become a very long one if I hap­pen to come across any­thing that resem­bles typog­ra­phy.  I love it in any shape, form, size or colour.

Once I bring it home, the prob­lem is to find a place where it will look just right.  Here’s my sec­ond admis­sion:  some of my finds have ’laid in wait’ for more than a year before I finally made up my mind as to where to put it.  It is exactly for this rea­son that looked around for ideas and found some won­der­ful exam­ples of how typog­ra­phy can be incor­po­rated your home.

Industrial Design modern entry

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Subway Sign Art Small Restoration Hardware eclectic accessories and decor
Catalano Residence eclectic dining room
Catalano Residence eclectic dining room

Source: shacktochateau.tumblr.com via Irma on Pin­ter­est

Source: etsy.com via Irma on Pin­ter­est

In true typo­graph­i­cal fash­ion, prob­a­bly the most fit­ting con­clu­sion for me:

Source: Uploaded by user via Irma on Pin­ter­est

And…with that said, it is time for

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  1. nestdesignstudio says:
    September 11, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    loveee all the inspiration!

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  2. Chaz DeSimone says:
    November 4, 2011 at 12:58 pm

    Irma, thank you for sub­scrib­ing to my blog. You love two things that I do as well: mod­ern archi­tec­ture and typog­ra­phy. The pho­tos of typo­graphic fine art that you’ve posted are beau­ti­ful. I espe­cially like the cof­fee stains! That gives me an idea for my poster series which you really must sub­scribe to, as it fea­tures the amper­sand. Also heavy typog­ra­phy and hand let­ter­ing (I am an old-time graphic designer, hand let­ter­ing artist and typog­ra­pher — design­ing let­ter­forms since first grade!). The poster series is http://amperart.com. Thanks again for sub­scrib­ing. I just sub­scribed to your ele­gant blog site. (Speak­ing of type, I’m design­ing a blog site right now for a new client. It’s 6am, but I’m not get­ting up–I haven’t gone to bed!)

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    • Irma says:
      November 4, 2011 at 8:29 pm

      Thank you for return­ing the favour and for your awe­some com­ments, Chaz — much appre­ci­ated! I think your art is orig­i­nal and fresh. That includes the Amper­Art site (just had to sub­scribe — Great idea by the way!) I absolutely love typog­ra­phy and have hun­dreds of exam­ples. I wasn’t kid­ding when I said I have some stashed away still. Much as I like the mod­ern ver­sions, the old-fashioned design appeals to me very much. Com­pli­ments on your Logo and sig­na­ture on the posters — very original.

      We have even more in com­mon: I’m a night owl too.

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