Sunday, February 24, 2008

in honor of zan and good design.

thanks to othelo...

i dont know much about her but othelo and i were on our way home from brunch today and we passed her on bedford ave. and not only was she totally cute but he told me she was awesome and to check out her work.. so ill tell you what i know. Tauba Auerbach is a typographer (and designer?) mainly doing work by hand. pen and ink and gouache on paper, etc. it is awesome and beautiful and incredible. she does other stuff too so check out her site.

here are a few examples:

doing things by hand makes everything cooler. especially with such precision.

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