I can’t be the only one who thinks of random music from the 80′s when looking at this (okay, I very well could be). Seeing as I adore the bold and block looks of some typography (when it’s not as bad as the one I did at least) I’ve been playing with some different text styles. There are some designers out there who can do some incredible things with text as the design’s primary focus. As my little thing over there proves, I could stand to learn a lot more.

Logos | Branding

I’m an Escher fan, so this was an easy one to include.  As an aside, how awesome are the impossible shapes?

Just awesome use of the characters.

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I can’t help but love the creative use of design and language in this logo.

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The letters in the ball just look so fabulous.  It’s so simple yet so stunning.

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The way the words make up the face, and the silliness just makes me grin.

Themes | Designers

Milo (3oneseven.com) One could very easily just dedicate their entire website to the designs over at 3oneseven.com. The designs are outstanding, and works of art in their own right. It was rather difficult trying to just pick only a couple designs to show here. The text in all of the themes works with the art to create some of the most amazing out there. Upstart Blogger One of my favorite type-oriented designers can be seen through UpstartBlogger.com. The designs are so fresh, and such a fabulous relief from a lot of the image heavy and ’ web 2.0 blue’ styles adorning many websites today.

The high contrast that is the norm for the themes created by this designer and really makes them stand out. A lot of the themes designed by him remind me of a artsy newspaper we have around my area.

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