var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-1580108-5’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @lovetype)http://blog.davethedesigner.net/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/65734992" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>A talk about my time in The Netherlands at the Royal Academy of Art studying typeface design and winning the Design NSW Scholarship. Thanks to The Distillery for providing such a great venue. Matrices were actually copper, not brass, don’t know why I said that!</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/50301020777http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/50301020777Mon, 13 May 2013 10:04:00 +1000type<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ecf52ec3b605105bfffce76d24db6010/tumblr_mmfeg7nxiu1qg9593o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://society6.com/davethedesigner?promo=e1ca2b">My cycling related designs are now available for purchase on <span class="twitter-atreply pretty-link">society6</span>. Free shipping til 12 May.</a></p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49848669659http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49848669659Tue, 07 May 2013 21:26:31 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1732199e55066fa425e97dfa3f22899a/tumblr_mmeu51F7XJ1qg9593o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Photo from the Bain Collection via US Congress Photo Collection.</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49832885635http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49832885635Tue, 07 May 2013 14:07:00 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f8b0f8e6b4e517155c9d8b21963ae4ca/tumblr_mmbd8poSsa1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Giro d’Italia (The Tour of Italy)! This magnificent race just began for the 96th time on 4 May 2013. First stage taken by Cavendish with 3 weeks more of grueling terrain for the worlds toughest riders. Dai Dai!</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49665183963http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49665183963Sun, 05 May 2013 18:06:00 +1000CyclingItalyPosterDLettering<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30df0eb059773c66e6bd34eb029b26fc/tumblr_mm5cdhk0pz1qg9593o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I just finished a set of 4 gift cards for Holstee. You can check out my process video and buy some if you like them, over on their website.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://davethedesigner.net/posttm/holstee1.png"/></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://davethedesigner.net/posttm/holstee2.png"/></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://davethedesigner.net/posttm/holstee3.png"/></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://davethedesigner.net/posttm/holstee4.png"/></p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49402089143http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49402089143Thu, 02 May 2013 11:05:00 +1000lettering<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc7f425d86e6b2a03366a3a2ab090ee9/tumblr_mm439uX3fL1qg9593o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Today was the funeral of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Churchward">Joseph Churchward, QSM</a>. Joe was an Samoan-born type designer who lived and worked in New Zealand for much of his life. He was responsible for creating an unprecedented amount alphabets (I often hear different numbers, but I believe it to be close to, or more than 600) on top of an already prolific career in lettering and design. His work has been published by Berthold Type Foundry and one of his most well known works still in use today is the lonely planet logo.</p> <p><a href="http://colophon.info/Joseph%20Churchward%20New.htm">David Bennewith of Colophon created an amazingly beautiful book containing much of his work</a>, and it’s quite something. Joe’s approach, work and life have been an inspiration for me. I made this piece of lettering not because Joe liked Spencerian scripts, but because I feel an affinity with this style and that’s something I’ve learned from him because he did it constantly, he made work that he cared about.</p> <p>There’s more about Joe in <a href="http://jackyan.com/blog/2013/04/joseph-churchward-qsm-a-tribute/">this lovely piece</a> written by type designer and author, Jack Yan and another article at <a href="http://desktopmag.com.au/features/vale-joseph-churchward-1932-%E2%80%94-2013/">Desktop Magazine. <br/><br/></a>Rest in peace, Joe.</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49347657511http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49347657511Wed, 01 May 2013 18:51:00 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/86dcff7f91ac0366c68fc4b034183377/tumblr_mm1ywqa8Q21qg9593o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Keep me out of online art shops!</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49241353949http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/49241353949Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:22:02 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8b30d77b31dfd4014a2a0b5a01ce9b93/tumblr_mlv9n8diEB1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’m finding a lot of inspiration in cycling lately. Because the tour wasn’t held during the war years, this is the 100th anniversary of the old girl. Allez! If you’re on dribbble, <a href="http://dribbble.com/shots/1046376-Le-Tour-de-France-100th-Anniversary-Poster-GIF">it’s up here.</a></p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48930051489http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48930051489Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:30:00 +1000D<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/460ea0809d8d1c4d454eaba4bbd4a13b/tumblr_mluo3mNsdq1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Keep me out of art shops! Finally found a Caran D’ache 2mm clutch (Massimo Vignelli styley). All anyone seems to carry these days is the 3mm. I tried out that monster broadnib to the left and pretty much devours a whole bottle of ink, so awesome though!</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48915659229http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48915659229Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:45:22 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f9cdbad4b6e7f6f9175adc5e3a2758b/tumblr_mlrpjrhEmH1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>These are the five oldest and most important one day races in cycling. I wanted a poster for myself. I was chasing something that was a bit inscriptional and old for the heritage but also energetic and tough. I could spend 2 days refining all the curves and weights on this til it’s perfect, but I kinda like the paper cut feeling. A bit of process:</p> <p><img alt="Bit of Process" src="http://davethedesigner.net/posttm/monuments2.gif"/></p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48780427623http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48780427623Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:23:48 +1000D<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/10fd9217415be4ec6a3b8a468f8be7af/tumblr_mldnp8Ou1L1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Alphabetattoo</strong></p> <p>A great collaborative project by my good friend, illustrator <a href="http://mikewatt.org"><strong>Mike Watt</strong></a>. Mike is drawing a bunch of characters and choosing different artists to draw tattoos on them. He’ll be printing a book containing them all. If you’re interested in getting a copy when it’s available get in touch with me!</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48169318915http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48169318915Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:17:32 +1000D<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4d7a6cd5231a0de7be1ac76276344235/tumblr_ml9xaeYxvc1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’m really happy to show some custom lettering I did for the very talented musician, <a href="http://chetfaker.com/">Chet Faker</a>. Direction by <a href="http://christopherdoyle.co/">Christropher Doyle</a>. It’s great to work with good people.</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48007872467http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/48007872467Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:54:14 +1000D<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/61746cf94ce43e7b98b61100da5570c3/tumblr_ml911aqtAc1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Custom logotype for a high-end barber in Sydney. Direction by <a href="http://www.martinandvic.com/">Ivana Martinovic</a>.</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/47952873325http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/47952873325Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:17:00 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cc56c452d2d88ded25aef3b5abd44af8/tumblr_mkz6saLfQt1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/47524615729http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/47524615729Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:45:46 +1000D<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/508c5775245605221b0689bc8de5249f/tumblr_mkysj7uMFh1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/47504322926http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/47504322926Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:37:55 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/33b18b20a3efa72a19c6ab1d68f7368e/tumblr_mks21ai8vZ1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A quick sketch, keeping it rough just like the race. This Sunday folks!!</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/47182895273http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/47182895273Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:19:56 +1100D<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f504df5f1846fa002413086a7f1c3b0b/tumblr_mk8pjvFmjp1qg9593o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This is a title plate for the end of a short video I’m currently working on. Bryan is a friend of mine from Calgary and an amazing guitarist. Check out his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/p3nnywi5dom?feature=watch">youtube channel.</a></p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/46291125004http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/46291125004Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:35:52 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe60983979b1563ef3a360bbf15b25f6/tumblr_mk5g0nrd7z1qg9593o1_r3_500.png"/><br/><br/><h2>Under construction at 24 Georgia Street</h2> <p>Type nerds might get the joke here. This is a bit of a homage to Matthew Carter. Carter designed the typeface Georgia and a font-engineer, Tom Rickner who was responsible for hinting. Hinting is a set of complex mathematical instructions that adjust the way the vector outlines of a font aligns to the display’s pixel grid. It must often take into consideration the appearance of type at many different sizes.</p> <p>This the lowercase g at 24pt Georgia. It’s all a bit hidden, hence the guys painting. Hinting takes into consideration all the white spaces just as much as the black, of every letter, hence the glass. Pixel art just seemed a great medium for this. A good excuse to get out of vectors and back to rasters for awhile.</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/46138140471http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/46138140471Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:17:00 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63057fb5c5d65b2ef1bef5ee5237ddc9/tumblr_mk20wsinv11qg9593o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h2><img alt="" src="http://davethedesigner.net/posttm/mladensolo.png"/></h2> <h2>Mladen i Tonka — Sretan 50 Obljectica<br/><em>Mladen and Tonka — Happy 50th Anniversary</em></h2> <p>Ivana Martinovic and her siblings commissioned me to create this piece to commemorate their parent’s wedding anniversary.<br/><br/>I drew one form containing the whole title and another with their names only, to be used in the etchings and embossing that will comprise all the gifts and items for the party. Hopefully I’ll have pictures of this soon too.</p> <p><br/>If you like it, <a href="http://dribbble.com/shots/996300-Mladen-i-Tonka-GIF" target="_blank">please say g’day on Dribbble</a>.</p>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/45984147297http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/45984147297Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:10:00 +1100ScriptLetteringD<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/f9rtmxJrKwc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I’ve been aware of this video for a long time but I’m glad someone finally put this on Tumblr. Not specifically about type but this is a <strong>must watch</strong> for any creative individual and I thoroughly agree with every word of it. Genius.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mirtele.tumblr.com/post/45365487911/john-cleese-over-creativiteit-zeer">mirtele</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>John Cleese over creativiteit. Zeer geruststellend, grappig en inspirerend.</em></p> </blockquote>http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/45749698853http://blog.davethedesigner.net/post/45749698853Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:40:00 +1100