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(I very rarely eat oatmeal.)

It’s all about magazines right now.

want: Caput (I have the Kofi family)
really want: text aus chokolade

Ken Barber took a picture of me.

Today me and some other TAIK students attended a workshop held by Ken Barber, type designer and letterer. Monograms was the topic of the day, so after a lecture on them we worked on our own versions based on our initials. I have done this assignment before, but I guess one can always try to approach it differently. And maybe I’ll get some monogrammed towels or something one day… err… not.

Ken had some design tips for us:
Draw… a lot!
Sketch small.
Avoid fussiness.

and a quote:
“If you improve your drawing skills, you will become a better designer. Period.”
-Doyald Young

Blaktur typeface
House Industries
type and lettering

the colourful things had chocolate inside.. everyone understands chocolate?

Feeling supertired today. Not used to school and staring at inDesign all day, yet. Not used to the dark in the evening either, although I like it.

More to like:
meta serif
rumba by Laura Meseguer
Matt Keers gorgeous work

Three day type design course at my school. We sarted with ink and moved on to fontlab (Where I worked on the letter “S” at least half the day, leaving little time for the other letters). All in all, I think I’ve found my calling <3

the ampersand blog
uncommon knowledge for designers at Ace Jet 170

I am getting more and more type-obsessed. Here’s some nice geometrical work.

Listening to weird fishes, napping on the sofa, feeling a bit blue, but in a good Sunday-like way.

P.S. A small illustration I did for Ylioppilaslehti.