Beyond just the type, The National Museum of Cinema in Turin was amazing. It’s for sure worth a visit if you are at all into movies or museums and are in northern Italy. For the typographically inclined, there were many nice samples of letters to ogle – here are a few interesting samples (with another post dedicated to film posters is coming soon). The lighting was generally dark, reflecty, and difficult to photograph… You can still get a decent idea…
These are some surreptitious pics snapped at Milan’s most interesting vintage shops. We were drawn in by the signs in the window and were hooked by all the great type inside. Unfortunately we weren’t close to buying anything here, but we’d certainly go back if we win the lottery. Note to self: buy some lottery tickets.
There is tons more to see in the shop – it’s certainly worth a visit. But since I didn’t ask about taking photos I wasn’t very thorough or exacting with the clicking pics.
A few nice house numbers from Milan. I should have interviewed Antonio Cavedoni about this more, he seems to know a lot about the different styles, manufactures, and histories of these unique figures…
There’s more than just fashion in Milan. There’s also plenty of inspiring type to be found, several great book stores worth checking out, and the food was pretty good too :)
We took the train from Genoa to Santa Margherita (~45 min) for a little day trip. To get from Santa Margherita to our ultimate destination of Portofino we opted to walk the 6km along the winding seaside rather than take the bus. The 1.5–2 hour trek was really beautiful! There weren’t many letters to show off, but the nature made up for it :) Here are some of the more typographic snaps taken this day.
“Think of the forests we would have saved if we had adopted ‘Th’ and ‘ng’ ligatures” — Matthew Carter @ATypI
Our first quick visit to Genoa, Italy in 2016 yielded a few nice house numbers… This year’s trip was a bit longer, so there are more things to show from it.
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