Athenaeum Press

I've said it before, but I love type - old type, letterpress type, advertising type. When I stumble across others that have found ways to share their love of type, it can be very inspiring.
Athenaeum Press, which is run by Peder Singleton has her own collection of Urban Typography, embracing in a way that Douglas Wilson does (he has a link to his urban typography photos on flickr), but taking it one step further......Taking photos of typography, they have been manipulated so that letterpress prints could be reproduced from the images. A really lovely to preserve some of these artworks and signs that are slowly being demolished.

The prints can be bought here.
(PS There's also a great intro to letterpress on their site, complete with an interactive press that you can click on)

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We Have A Winner(S)!!

Since there were so many great ideas, we decided to pick 2 winners (who were picked on Saturday, but due to Internet troubles, could not be posted until today).

The first winner is Selene, and her 2009 design discovery was Paraphernalia, and our second winner is Sfer who suggested typographic posters. We look forward to checking them out and sharing some news on these sites/designer soon!

And Sfer, please drop a note with your email so that we can contact you, Selene we will email you later!

Thank you again to all of you for participating. We hope to have more give aways soon!

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Thank you

Thank you for all of your lovely ideas, as to who has been a great design discovery of 2009.

Can't wait to finish checking out and profiling some of your discoveries - we'll also be picking a winner for the journal tomorrow! (here's a pic of some great crafting I just found from Finnish crafters through Taikatunturi, to get us in the great discovery mood. The crafters on this site/shop specialize in Finnish felting).

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Give away

To be fair, we're extending the give away a few more days, until Feb 28th, as some people we're having trouble posting... So please leave a comment on designs you've liked from 2009, along with your email address and we'll pick a winner!

Thanks!

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Give away time!

I thought it was about time that I did a wee give away.
What's up for grabs is one of my Golden Cassette Journals, filled with 50 blank pages waiting for all your ideas....
Extended now until February 28th , anyone who leaves a comment to this post will be entered in the drawing to win one of these journals. What you have to do, since I'd love to foster a greater sense of community here, is leave a link in the comments area to your own great design discovery of 2009. So if you've discovered a great new crafter, artist, furniture maker, graphic designer, whatever it may be, leave a comment (with your email address please!) with a link to what you've discovered, and I will pick one as a winner - and highlight your discovery as well!

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We Think We Can

I recently stumbled across the etsy site of We Think We Can.
Specializing in an array of vintage goodies, I was quite taken with this set of 3 vintage French glass jars - I love the fonts!
Check them out here....They're quite a steal! Their shop's also worth a look for other vintage jars, porcelain and other various knick knacks

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Wall Candy Arts Update!

Allison from Wall Candy Arts (the sticker chalkboards) has made a generous offer for fans of this blog.
By using the discount code "blogsupport20," when you you checkout at their online shop, www.wallcandyarts.com, you will receive a 20% discount off your purchase! Thank you Allison!

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