Vernacular Typography

PALM BEACH & BOUNCE BOUNCE

MBW — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:24:18 +0000

The rest of the Palm Beach photos have all been added to the main site.

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Also, my friend Hayley Morris‘s amazing stop-motion video for Hilary Hahn & Hauschka’s new song Bounce Bounce just premiered on IFC. Watch it below and check out the behind the scenes look at how the video was made HERE.

PALM BEACH #2 PREVIEW

MBW — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:02:35 +0000

More type from Palm Beach, Florida coming soon. These hand painted murals and signs were along Broadway in West Palm.

THINGS & STUFF

MBW — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:32:12 +0000

Pens, pencils, photos, postcards, notepads, and shirts are now being offered exclusively as premiums for (fully tax-deductible) contributions to Vernacular Typography through the project’s Fiscal Sponsor, ARTSPIRE (a Program of New York Foundation for the Arts). If you make a contribution and would like to receive any of the premiums, just make a note of which items you’d like in the message section. Price list below.

$15 and above
Any one of the following:
1 Postcard set in hand-stamped pouch
2 Gridded notepads
2 Bic Clic pens
2 Sharpies
4 Pencils

$25 and above
Any two of the stationery items

$50 and above
An original polaroid of lettering, with certificate of authenticity

$60 and above
Screen printed grey shirt (XS, S, M, L, or XL)

$75 and above
An 8×10 archival matte photo of any image on vernaculartypography.com (check first for availability)

For international shipping, please add $6.

SALON

MBW — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:48:18 +0000

In case you missed it the first time, Salon just posted the Q&A I did with Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York. Check it out HERE.

POST NO BILLS

MBW — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:08:27 +0000

Another section just added to the main site: Post No Bills. All the same, but different.

If you’re interested in supporting Vernacular Typography, consider making a tax-dedictible donation to the project through Artspire & New York Foundation for the Arts HERE.

CLOCKS

MBW — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:57:01 +0000

More New York clocks here.

Only 12 more hours to donate to Vernacular Typography on Kickstarter!

VANISHING NEW YORK

MBW — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:15:19 +0000

One of my favorite websites, Vanishing New York, posted a Q & A about Vernacular Typography. Check it out here: Vanishing New York

Also, the Vernacular Typography campaign on Kickstarter ends this Friday at 9:47 am, so if you’re interested in donating, there are still 44 hours left. (Thanks to everybody who has already donated, the project is 131% funded!)

NUMBERS

MBW — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:18:45 +0000

There are still 8 more days to contribute to Vernacular Typography on Kickstarter!: http://kck.st/xIf4Uo

KICKSTARTER UPDATES

MBW — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:18:25 +0000

Two new backer rewards have just been added to the Kickstarter page: a blank composition notebook with a hand-drawn pattern cover, and an 8×10 print of any photo from vernaculartypography.com.

Check out the rest of the rewards here: kck.st/xIf4Uo

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY TYPOGRAPHY

MBW — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:56:35 +0000

Some beautiful typography from inside the New York State Environment Hall at the Museum of Natural History. The exhibit opened in 1951 and doesn’t look like it’s been touched since then. It analyzes the geological history of a 40 square mile area of Dutchess County.

I emailed the Museum’s librarian to find out more about the lettering in the hall, but didn’t learn very much (“Unfortunately, we do not have this information in our archives but the labels would have been created by the graphics team since there has been a graphics department in the Museum from very early on in the Museum’s history”).

Thanks to everybody who’s already donated to Vernacular Typography on Kickstarter!