with the neon lights bright…

07/08/2015 by alaundre

Neon Sign Museum  |  Las Vegas Nevada Originally wanted to take a late afternoon tour so that I could use the sunset as a lighting effect, but the only available tour schedule I could fit into was the evening tour the day I was there.  I was unsure about how well the signs would look at night considering only a few of the old neon signs are actually operational, but the lighting setup at the tour was great. It was […]

Categories: art | design, create • Tags: digital photography, guided tour, las vegas, lighting, museum, neon lights, night photography, photography, signage, signs, tour, typographic art, typographic design, typography

give you one to grow on

04/10/2015 by alaundre

 calligraphy mural by usugrow      |      upper playground gallery october 2014   the two above are my favorites from the show…mainly because these were not in his most recent book     other book by usugrow on my shelf ° my collection of shirts ° something to grow on

Categories: random / life, seen • Tags: art, art books, artist, books, calligraphy, design, inspiration, pen and ink, typographic, typographic art, typography

le laser samourai trooper

04/06/2015 by alaundre

Picked up a limited edition 9×12 laser etched illustration by vector illustrator and typographer, Hydro74. You may have seen some of his work on the big screen such as the font for the Johnny Depp movie, Mortdecai…or logo and illustrations for Kobe Bryant’s Black Mamba line hydro74    |    karvt

Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: arts & crafts, etching, illustration, laser cutter, laser etching, star wars, typography, vector graphics, vector illustration, wood carving

typographic shoes

04/24/2014 by alaundre

35th Anniversary Edition of Adidas’s classic Superstar sneakers, designed by Underworld/Tomato. I managed to get a lightly used one recently in my size (I probably wouldn’t wear it that much either) . Which kind of begs the question, if I wasn’t going to actually wear it, why did I have to wait for the right size? Made with 3M reflective material but used in a much more subtle manner. It’s certainly more subdued than the more recent Air Jordans that […]

Categories: materialism • Tags: 3M, adidas, design, graphic design, retro, retro kicks, retro sneakers, run dmc, shoes, sneakers, superstar sneakers, typographic, typographic art, typography

receding | introvert

04/23/2014 by alaundre

Categories: art | design, create, random / life • Tags: abstract, art, design, found art, graphic design, musings, photography, random image, symbols, typographic, typographic art, typography

the art of errors, part 7 : unclear warning

10/20/2013 by alaundre

Hazard Risk Level Guide accidentally printed on CD label paper.

Categories: art | design, create, random / life • Tags: abstract, accidental art, art, design, graphics, random, typographic art, typography

idn extra 08 : typographic posters

04/22/2013 by alaundre

IdN Extra 08: Typo/graphic Posters – Data Typography, Graphics, and its Application in Creative Poster Design Type design and typography is one of the key elements of a basic poster design. On the one hand, headline type needs to be legible to communicate the message of the poster; but how do you balance it with the rest of the elements of a poster? Graphics, photos, information, illustrations… indeed, there is a lot to be considered in a poster than one […]

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: design, design magazine, posters, typographic, typographic design, typography

to the ocean

12/09/2012 by alaundre

no doo doo butters on me . it’s like a Star Wars, Naked Lunch, Night Breed and Phantasm mashup…

Categories: listen, random / life, seen • Tags: ecofriendly, i love the 80's, instagram, music videos, photography, retro, signage, signs, street typography, typographic, typography

direction is hazy

12/09/2012 by alaundre

used to think that the journey counts more than the destination what happens if you’re losing sight of both? . °—°

Categories: art | design, create, random / life • Tags: abstract, deep thoughts, design, instagram, life, moment in time, musings, photography, random, textures, typographic, typography

staying true to your motto

09/12/2012 by alaundre

I read this very quote on NME when the issue came out, and has been stuck in my head ever since. Well, that plus I listened to Tricky religiously that time

Categories: random / life • Tags: creed, ideals, motto, negativity, phrase, quotation, slogan, typography, words