I don’t know about you but we here at Design Milk are suckers for good fonts and this one is no exception. Hungarian designer Martzi Hegedus created the Frustro typeface that was inspired by the Penrose triangle. The Penrose triangle is what’s called an impossible object, or described by the mathematician that it’s named for as “impossibility in its purest form.” M.C. Escher used it a bunch in his work.
I want to ride my bike,
I want to ride my bicycle,
I want to ride it where I like.
[Lyrics from "Bicycle Race" by Queen]
We’ve written about a lot of cool bikes here on Design Milk and it got us thinking that we should roundup some of those favorites along with a few other bikes we’d like to own.
Here are 12 of our favorites:
New at Familyroom.se, the typography on these cups was created by world-renown Danish architect Arne Jacobsen. The letters were originally created in 1937 for internal signage at Aarhus City Hall. Use one for coffee or pencils, and one for your toothbrushes… or get a T for your Tea!
The Valencia, Spain-based m-inspira is made up of young graphic and industrial designers Aranxa Esteve and Lucía Rallo. Their latest work, entitled Sweet Letters, was made as a creative way to promote the studio on their website. They made three-dimensional letters in various colors out of edible gelatin. Just imagine all the fun things you could spell out and then eat (talk about eating your own words!). You can make your own edible project using alphabet ice trays like these
Environmental multimedia artist Nicole Dextras uses elements of nature to create works that are often also sited in nature or the urban landscape. She’s constructed life size clothing out of flowers and leaves, and fashioned cultural messages from grass and ice. We love the crazy big text creations from her two series Ice Typography and Green Words.
As part of the DMY 2011 Asia Exhibition tour, which presented innovative German design objects and products at seven different fairs and festivals in Asia, Sascha Grewe exhibited his A-Z stools / tables with storage. The A-Z stools are made of MDF and are available in — get this — 250 colors! The stools can be used as seats, side tables, shelves or simply as typographical objects. I don’t think I’m ready to see this alphabet furniture trend go just yet.
Our most popular Art posts this year tend toward the graphic in style, with clever shout outs to the social media realm as well as references to the historical. We’ve also included the crafty, like the insanely intricate cutting of leaves, the kitschy (hello My Little Pony), and some good, old-fashioned mixed media work. More than anything else, we find it’s a sense of humor that binds them.
The Positive Posters
Bisgràfic studio and The Positive Posters collaborated on a series of prints handsomely broadcasting optimistic phrases that can be downloaded from your own computer. There are iPhone and iPad wallpapers too.
I could easily see my house filled with Harold Hollingsworth’s large-scale paintings. The Seattle-based artist creates his abstract, mixed media work on canvas and panels. The mixed and matched layers are thoughtfully laid out, often times with various fonts and typographical elements. Each piece has a pop art feel that is playful and expressive and full of texture.
Artist Stuart Whitton has designed an alphabet created from drawings of wrinkled clothing. Available in two sizes (A2 and A3) in a limited edition of 100.
Designed by London-based designers Goodwin + Goodwin, these Typographic Time Zone Clocks are an interesting alternative to traditional time zone clocks. Currently there’s New York, Paris, and London, but more are planned. Perfect for the type-obsessed.
