School of Design!

Written by Joshua Lurie-Terrell on January 24, 2005

Schoolofdesign-2“He who can learn to write can learn to draw.” While browsing through the Library of Congress‘ absolutely wonderful (and growing more wonderful every day) American Memory Project — as I often do in search of bits and pieces of decoration and lettering — I found this gem.

13 Comments

  1. This marks the first Typographica entry with an image appearing “above the fold” on the front page. What think you, dear readers? We’ve always been staunchly text-only on page one, but I think this beauty tells us it’s time for a change (at least until our fabled redesign occurs).

  2. quis says:

    Hard to say with such a short entry, might be easier to judge when the body wraps around the image. Doesn’t look bad as it is though.

  3. I like the illustration. Its the original “In Search of Excellence” guy.

  4. Sorry, I meant “it’s” not “its.” Still searching, myself.

  5. Peter Bruhn says:

    Looks just like the swedish popstar ďż˝ Thomas DiLeva

  6. Nice! He needs a wind machine and a flag, though.

  7. Peter Bruhn says:

    He’s just being handed the flag?

  8. Or switching on the wind machine?

  9. Peter Bruhn says:

    hahahaha :-D

  10. Joan M. Mas says:

    The LOC-Memory is a nice resource. I recommend the WPA Posters section, full of inspiration: art-deco lettering, imaginative layouts and illustration, and more.

  11. nick shinn says:

    >What think you, dear readers?

    Nah, that’s window dressing. First let’s have a new entry every day. I made one once, but it was such a complicated procedure that I haven’t bothered since.

  12. What happened with the other interviews that were planned? I did the first one a year ago and thought others would follow shortly. That seems like a good direction: More long-form pieces. Speak Up is a good example of that approach.

  13. >What think you, dear readers?

    I like it. But then, I’m a picture kind of a gal.

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