Emily Davidow

Three great obsessions taste great together: pancakes, lettering and photographing your food!

Last weekend I stumbled on Helvetiki, this witty marriage of the ubiquitous hei-tiki of New Zealand and Helvetica of the world by Matthew Moriarty at Crawlspace gallery.

Furniture Typeface by Cody Haltom, created for High Fashion Home in Houston.

I’ve been seduced by a terroirist network known as New Zealand Artisan Honey, made up of passionate beekeepers producing honeys in small, quality batches from specific varietal sources among some of New Zealand’s most spectactular locations.

More images of the show . (tags: moma art patterns scale nano informationvisualization technology ) Gotham » A Font We Can Believe In Obama’s main “change” banner font is Gotham, designed by Hoefler & Frere-Jones for GQ to be something that would look fresh, yet established, to have a credible voice to it. … Mission accomplish (tags: typography politics obama gotham fonts typeface ) Endemic – New Zealand Design Store online outpost of devonport, auckland, nz based Endemic, devoted to artist and designer made fashion, publications, art toys and a wide range of playful imaginings. (tags: playful design creative shopping newzealand endemic artbooks )

Polymorphous Perversity
I can’t help getting excited about FF Polymorph. This new typeface family by Stefanie Schwarz is inspired by characters from languages around the world. It morphs into 4 styles: decoration, serif, loop and interrupution and also 4 directions: north, south, east, west. Check out also detailed PDF of features and possibilities of Polymorph.
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I love bubbly beverages: Champagne and sparkling water are always my drinks of choice. Among the sparklers, Antipodes stands out.
Coming from a deep natural aquifer to the surface in Whakatane, New Zealand, Antipodes has real mouth appeal. It’s less aggressively carbonated than my usual brew, San Pellegrino, and it’s easy on the eyes too. [...]

“Lower Case N, Standing on a Hill,” from classic Sesame Street
My day started off with some of the brilliant skits and songs that instilled in me an early and abiding love for letters, letterforms and language: Lower-case N, Standing on a Hill from Sesame Street, Easy Reader and the Adventures of Letterman from Electric Company. [...]

Eye-Fi Wireless Camera 2GB SD Memory Card
This is brilliant – a 2GB SD card for your camera that automagically uploads images to flickr (and many more services) when on a wifi network. (Thanks Photojojo!)
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Undercover Jun Takashi’s Brain Bag
Definitely my it-bag for fall. (Thanks, Coolhunting!)
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Mocha cream cake from Maira Kalman’s mother’s bakery on Johnson Avenue in Riverdale, NY (see p.246-247), served at a celebration for the release of The Principles of Uncertainty at the NYPL.
Do you engage with pleasure, curiosity, fun and celebration (with time for naps) in the face of the tragedy of the day? Do you want [...]

On almost every street I walked down in Buenos Aires, I fell in love with the handpainted signs and lettering.Alejandro Paul, through Veer, Umbrella type, teaches design captures the best of the Porteno energy.

Small Talk No. 6
Michael Bierut: My Life as a Font
Tuesday 13 March 2007
Bumble and bumble, 3rd floor auditorium
415 West 13th Street
Between Ninth Avenue & Washington Street
6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Wine & hors d’oeuvres reception
7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Presentation
Small Talks are intimate evenings featuring presentations by speakers who represent a broad spectrum of visual culture. Expose [...]

Love Made Visible
blog highlighting beautfiul things and priya’s exquisite taste in design
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OrangeBeautiful
lovely letterpress and bookbinding
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SCENT of Colors
japanese photo blog organized by colors, mostly floral and botanical
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