With all the news on the Mr Cup project, I guess you need some help to see everything. You know the 7 rules to understand design and designers, which was the source for 12 ones used on the 2011 letterpress calendar. On this first edition of the calendar, I compose the rules using only different version of the Bodoni font, a classic...

 

I think every rule can be independant from each other, and if only two werre available on the harmonie interieure shop, I put 9 in the new Mr Cup shop.

 

If you go on the detail page of the Designers rules wall sticker, you can choose between the 9 of the rules. As all the stickers, there are 2 sizes available & you can choose between the 20 colors...

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the question comes often, here comes my answer. What I want is create things, for the fun of it... If I could make money with it, great... The 2011 calendar was a great challenge and I loved it... 2012 one was great even if it does not the same "1st time" feeling... This year is special for me, as I travel a lot and move to Bali.

 

So I want to do something new and focus on the Helvetica wood letter which is a project I want to do for years... So, there won't be a 2013 letterpress calendar... But if you look for a nice gift for your designer friend, husband, wife, daughter, you still can offer a wood letter and some letterpress coasters !

 

These 2 pictures featuring the october 2012 calendar page werre taken by the amazing Hannah Lemholt which blog worth some hours to lose yourself into it... She was recently in Ubud, where I live, but we miss each other...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

www.behance.net/swoonstudio / via www.designworklife.com

 

 

Some people want to see the Pyramids of Egypt or the Liberty Statue... me, I want to visit the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum ! So, I need to post when I see on tweeter that they need to move soon... how can they move so much stuffs, heavy machine and giant letters... They need support from the design community !

 

If you do not know the place, a great DVD was made about it, you can see the trailer on youtube.

 

 

And some pictures found on the flickr :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, again, support them, or check their amazing shop for type lovers...

 

 

I want to do this for a long time, but finaly prefer to keep it for the new Graphic exchange ;) I will share from time to time the thousand images of old paper, ephemera and other textures I have in my hard drive... I have " source" folder  where I store all these images, I jump into it when I start a new creation. Here come some of these images...

 

 

 

 

These are metal stencils, I love these items...