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there aren’t enough art deco fonts in the world. so, i thought i’d add one.

i can’t even say i drew this the old fashioned way. type designers of the eighteenth century probably had more sophisticated tools than i used to create this drawing. i had fun with it anyway.

after it was done i scanned it, took it into photoshop, filled it in, and then utilized the old copy and paste to “type” it into a word. “decography” isn’t the name of the font – just a word that popped in. i’m still working on what to call it.

turned out pretty cool, i think.

can anybody help me take a pencil drawing of a font and make it a typable reality?

i added 5 new photos to my “composition studies” set over at flickr. click the sliver of blue to check em out.

while outside of my art studio waiting for spray paint to dry, i decided to have some fun with my trusty canon750.

20 or so composition type shots like this:

and this:

check them out over at my flickr site.

i’m sure that i was under the subconscious influence of this guys work (a long time good friend of mine). his “street”/”bituminous” shots are absolute genius works of color and composition.

one of my many vintage industrial design interests is that of the mid-century modern credenza (or side board). whether they be french, american, or the ever popular danish. there’s just something about this particular piece of furniture (from this specific era) that i’m in love with.

with my recent move to a new apartment i decided i’d rather have no furniture at all than crappy hand-me-down furniture. so, needless to say i’ve got a lot of boxes of books, cd’s, and records sitting in the living room. i need storage. but i can’t bring myself to even think about buying another damn piece of ikea particle/fiberboard, flimsy, disposable, crap-garbage-puke furniture. “i can’t, i won’t” – jerry.

so, i guess i’ll just have to build it.

and while some people, like my buddy nick (a fine conceptual design illustrator), are using fancy new computer programs* to sketch their designs – i enjoyed drawing these plans the old fashioned way.

when it’s done (ie, when i have the money to build it) this plywood and steel credenza will be the baddest piece of furniture i own. (next to this little number of course).

*i’d actually really love to try googles new free program sketchup, but i don’t think my wimpy little emac could handle running it.  guess i’ll wait til i get that shiny new 24″ imac i’ve been drooling over.  which means i’ll be doing quite a bit of waiting.  pff.

white spray paint on glass.  18″ X 30″

reflection view: