Interior Design
The Denver Egotist sent me a link to this rather nice piece of work, for Crawley Library in West Sussex. The new library is due to open in January 2009, so I might have to go up and have a look - I’ve not been to Crawley in years. There’s some more info on the Crawley Borough Council website, and some pictures on the Crawley Library Flickr set.
I can only hope that their new library gets a better logo than the one for Brighton’s, which is a typographic abomination.
I was catching up on Oh Joy! earlier today and saw this post about Lou Dorfman’s gastrotypographicalassemblage. Wow, what a piece. Cho links to a collection of images on Flickr (where else) showing some original photos of the piece in situ, and some of the work being done to restore it - more on that here. I love the restoration pictures, with all the letters laid out like that.
I would love to have something like this at home, or even at the office for that matter.
I am so wanting some of these from Harmonie Intérieure. Definitely bookmarked for when I get round to decorating, and I’m looking forward to seeing the ‘urban’ collection too.
I came across the hi site today via Computerlove. There’s some great work on there, but one in particular caught my eye, this very simple and effective signage treatment. The back is painted with a UV-reactive paint that causes the shadow behind the sign (which are mounted at a distance from the wall) to have a greenish glow. My limited German leads me to understand the writing on the wall below are the names and interests (Chuck Norris?) of the new student intake for a particular year, though I couldn’t be quite certain.
One of my favourite sites to visit is ‘Oh Joy!’ not least for the name alone. Reading this site is a joy indeed, and conveniently enough I have a type-related post on there to link to!