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Font Aid IV - Coming Together

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In response to the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Society of Typographic Aficionados issued a call to action to the typographic and design communities to participate in Font Aid IV. The result was Coming Together, an OpenType font that contains over 400 ampersand glyphs designed by participants from around the world. All proceeds from the sale of the typeface go to Doctors Without Borders, in support of continuing relief efforts in Haiti.

Close to 400 people from 37 countries submitted an ampersand design to this font. A full list of contributors is available on the The Society of Typographic Aficionados website: http://www.typesociety.org/fontaid.html

Source | Veer

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Scott Teplin - Alphabet City

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With all the bizarre building designs being thrown up around town the idea of a building, or series of buildings shaped like letters of the alphabet shouldn’t be all that shocking. Well, artist Scott Teplin has created just that, a series of “dream-houses” in the shapes of the alphabet. “Explore in each a bizarre, miniaturized constellation of bed rooms, drawing rooms, fantasy swimming pools, mysterious laboratories, personal ice cream parlors, gambling halls, nuclear reactors, and oozing phenomena of unknown consequence.” Available for individual sale for $80- each, or bound together in a book for $2000-. Get yours here.

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Sean Martindale’s FREE String Art

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Canadian artist Sean Martindale, known for his guerilla gardening, recently created this amusing installation in Grange Park, Toronto. Made up of 21,633 feet of nylon string, from the side the work looks like nothing more than a spider web city, but viewed from the front the strong connects to spell out the always evocative “FREE”. Sean says “The word FREE refers to the public aspect of my projects, where I create work experienced primarily by accidental audiences. I outlined the word FREE by tying strings within and through the properties of the barrier / constraining structure of the chainlink fence.”

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Las Vegas Boneyard

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There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” - Harry S. Truman

Sometimes looking to the past is the best place to begin going forward. One of the best places to gain inspiration in a world of monotonous design is to go to the relic of gaudiness past. The Las Vegas Neon Museum offers just that, aisle after aisle of vintage Vegas signs tossed aside like your 1981 Datsun 210 station wagon.

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Vintage WWII Posters

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The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, aka PLCH for those in the know, has a great online library to find interesting bits of knowledge like these vintage World War II propaganda posters. - Shhhh, I didn’t say nothing.

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Piecebook Reloaded Book Signing & Art Exhibit

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It seems that almost every post these days is about an upcoming event, but that is what winter brings. Not to say nothing happens in the summertime, but who cares, it is nice out and we all want to be outside. Now that it is dark by 4 p.m. it is time hide below fluorescent lighting. This time around it is one of the many book release parties for Sasha Jenkins’ and David “CHINO” Villorente’s Piecebook Reloaded. This particular gathering is taking place this Friday (11/20) from 6:00 - 9:00 at the Wealthy Hostage store, located at 1924 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, and will feature art work by one of the books artists KEO. There will be music by DJ Paul Kersey and a complimentary beer bar.

RSVP: events@dirtydebutantenyc.com

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