Chris Flores - Peggy Guggenheim

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is among the most important museums in Italy for European and American art of the 20th century. It is located in Peggy Guggenheim's former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice. The museum presents Peggy Guggenheim's personal collection, masterpieces from the Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, the Gianni Mattioli Collection, the Nasher Sculpture Garden, as well as temporary exhibitions.

Photo of the Estate/Museum

Changing Place, Changing Time, Changing Thoughts, Changing Future, 2003
Neon tubes, dimensions variable
Private Collection, Stetten, Germany
Long term loan to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Nannucci believes that publications and multiples are themselves manifestations of a type of artistic practice that considers art a mental process, one that can be applied to the mass production of everyday objects in order to unify divergent threads in art. The art object may lose its uniqueness, but it gains presence and new freedom.

Jennifer H. Post for 2/3/15

The American spirit pack is honestly not my favorite packaging. For me, the type with inline all throughout the letterform is distracting and harsh on the eye. The angularity of the letterform is meant to evoke a Native American blanket pattern but it comes off polygonal and clumsy. 

robert johnson post 2

I found this little gem in an issue of Juxtapoz magazine. The font seems to be a custom 3D sans serif script that highlights classic billboard and sign fonts. As with my last post, the hierarchy is well executed giving the viewer a path to follow with their eyes leading from the most important information down to the less important. This is clearly designed to attract artistic types, and has a very blueprint feel to it that leads one to believe that the film is going to involve a documentary style that will involve the technical aspects of sign painting. The typography choices here are quite simple, but they make what could be a very complicated style (invisible wireframe letters) more easily discern-able with their simplicity. overall my own style is influenced by the idea that when dealing in complicated or graphic lettering styles, less can very easily be more. Allowing the simplicity of form makes even a unique and intricate hand drawn font present itself as clear and legible.

Print Magazine inspiration

I found this magazine a few years back, pretty cool, one thing that i love that they do is break up there issues by regions of the united states. Here is some from the south, western region and new England area. The things that drew me to theses 3 type images is how old text is influencing the modern type faces of today, and how yesterdays type influences tomorrows type. It shows that there are endless possibilities. 

Deyton Koch Blog #2

I was looking through a magazine today and I came across these ambigrams. I think ambigrams are amazing ways to play with type. I think it would be a fun exercise and I do not know why I have never given it a shot. I enjoy looking at decorative, scripty fonts, and when someone has managed to manipulate beautiful text into an ambigram, I am usually just blown away. One problem with ambigrams a lot of the time, however, is they can become very hard to read (like the bottom left hand one, I am still not quite sure what it is supposed to say). I probably like the first one the best, and I like how they incorporated the design in the real world. A beer bottle is a perfect place for an ambigram because it is frequently turned upside down :)
On a side note, I had to include my favorite ambigram in this post. I saw this a long time ago in blockbuster (before they went out of business) and I was hoping that I would not have any trouble finding it online, but I had no idea just how famous it was.
I give you the cover of the 20th anniversary edition of "The Princess Bride"...

I love WPAS. This particular one tickles my fancy because of the chosen typeface. I love the minimal weight carried, the enormity of space occupied by the "O" & geometric qualities held throughout the typeface. This particular typeface is a sans serif type from the geometric family, and is hand-lettered, possibly derived from the "Verlag" family. WPA's constantly inspire my design because of their simplicity and bold qualities. They translate well into the medium of screen-print/flat-stock. They also hold a vast selection of typefaces & are mindful of their selections.

Kara Albe

I got this cookbook at Barne's & Noble admittedly for the cover and the pictures inside. His name and "the ultimate" are a sans serif typeface that looks like a combination of Brandon Grotesque and Gotham, while the others are a blocky decorative inline sans serif that I see often but don't know the name. All of the type is letterpress into a nicely textured kind of linen cover, front and back. This book obviously appeals to a younger, maybe hipster audience who appreciates good type, good paper, nice full-bleed photographs and bright colors. Bold and to the point, two typefaces are all that's needed. Hierarchy is established and white space is well utilized along with a cute embellishment that draws the viewer in. I'm really drawn to these typefaces and would like to use these myself, I'd like to learn letterpress. The good design on the outside pulled me in, and it was continued on the inside which is a skill I feel would be valuable, especially in book design.