Rolling Paper Graphics

This book by José Lorente is a must have in any designers collection. There’s a lifetime’s worth of incredible design inspiration inside. Below are a couple beautiful examples. 

Mr. Retro

I usually fancy myself a design purest, meaning that i think it better to achieve a certain processed look by actually using that process, rather than simulate it digitally. But i must say, i am quite taken with the effects of the mr. retro permanent press filters. I'm not a big fan of digital simulations because it’s usually easy to tell that it is faked. but these filters are really quite convincing.

Fifty People, One Question

Fifty People, One Question is back and they have a new question: ‘‘Where do you want to wake up?”

Like the earlier installments, the answers, expressions, and hesitations from passersby are sincere and poignant. We can't get enough of these. Thanks for making them, Crush+Lovely and Deltree.

The Book Cover Archive

The entirely self-explanatory Book Cover Archive launched this week, thanks to collaborators Ben Pieratt and Eric Jacobsen. Remarkably, they promise to one day deliver “type identification”. That should save you a flurry of emails to your dearest type expert when you see something you like.
 

Communication Arts

CA thinks we're fresh but don't take our word for it. Check it out for yourself.

House Industries New Site

House Industries, makers of fine type, metal ampersands and just about anything type related, have redesigned their web site. Pretty nice too:
 

 

Cameron Moll Poster

A beautiful new letterpress poster from Cameron Moll.

If you want one, hurry. I’m pretty sure they’ll soon be sold out. You can see more photos of the project over at Veer.

Epica Creative Awards

The 2008 winners of the Epica Creative Awards were announced. Epica is said to be Europe's Premier Creative Awards competition. I found the Marmite Snacks print campaign to be outstanding. It's just a simple idea, well executed that turns print into something a little bit more. DDB London is the agency, along with illustrator Al Murphy.
 

HISTORIC SHEET MUSIC

Duke University currently has an online gallery of historic sheet music covers from 1850’s – 1920’s. Some of the songs' titles are hilarious, but more striking is the craft shown in the typography.

Historical Typography

Letterhead Fonts continually produces high-quality, comprehensive, and historically relevant typography solutions. Recently they introduced LHF Indian Script, inspired by the classic Indian Motorcycle logo.