Comments on: “Hot” Typography Trends

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:58:31 +0000

I saw James Victore a couple of weeks ago at a lecture he did here in Denver. He is an inspiring designer with a lot of knowledge to share. “Perfection keeps you finishing. Perfection keeps you from starting.”

By: Stephen Rapp

Stephen Rapp — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:23:24 +0000

Those of us involved with calligraphy had been seeing this catch on for over a decade. Peter Greenaway hired Brody Neuenschwander to write on bodies throughout the film The Pillow Book. Since then I’ve seen more and more samples. I suppose when Esquire does it the trend is near its peak, but its nice still in that it gets more people interested in lettering.

By: Kat S

Kat S — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:06:05 +0000

There definitely has been a lot of it going around recently. I can think of two other examples off the top of my head…

Amanda Palmer adorned her body with text recently, as part of #LOFNOTC (Losers on Friday Night On Their Computers), a bit of creative self-promotion she started doing on Twitter.
Beginning: http://twitpic.com/79ayh
and end: http://twitpic.com/79nkt

And then there was the creator of Tare Lugnt, who got the entirety of the third issue tattooed on his leg. http://www.tarelugnt.se/ http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/magazines/tare_lugnt_delivers_third_issue_through_tattoos_112267.asp

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:52:45 +0000

I wouldn’t say this is a hot new trend at all. Back in 2001-2002 Sagmeister also did that poster of Lou Reed with the copy written all over his face. Following that a lot of students started doing imitations. That said, it’s still a great aesthetic.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:19:33 +0000

Hi Mike.

Yeah, I mentioned Sagmeister: “Stephan Sagmeister gained international fame when he scratched a whole poster’s worth of info into himself (then he used a photograph of his mutilated skin for the actual poster).”

I also agree that has has been the most extreme from a design standpoint. I am just waiting for someone to do the same concept, but with permanent tattoos. Permanently embedding a temporary “ad” into oneself would be about as crazy as I could imagine. At least Sagmeisters cuts have healed.

Cheers,
Rob

By: Mike Garrett

Mike Garrett — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:40:30 +0000

What about Stephen Sagmeister? Surely he is the originator of hand-cut type. He also happened to go the farthest. The idea is spent.