Type Love 187

Foro is an ele­gant slab serif by Hoftype fea­tur­ing 8 weights and ital­ics. Pick it up at Myfonts.

 

Tom & James Draw

Tom & James Draw is the beau­ti­ful col­lab­o­ra­tive art project between James Gulliver Hancock and his brother Tom, who was born with Down’s Syndrome. Their work is gor­geous — lay­ered, col­or­ful and fas­ci­nat­ing. Here’s more:

Their col­lab­o­ra­tion is unique as they are shar­ing expe­ri­ences between the out­sider and “insider” art world. James iden­ti­fies with Toms abstract use of visual cod­ing and Tom builds around James’ skilled and con­fi­dent mark mak­ing. Tom relaxes James’ tech­ni­cal obses­sions, and James enables Tom’s con­cen­tra­tion and play­ful mark­mak­ing. Together they make worlds of expe­ri­ence, encom­pass­ing peo­ple around them and their actions, ani­mals, plants, engines, and some­times hilar­i­ous nods to the human expe­ri­ence and perception.

Both of them are inter­ested in obses­sion, both within mark mak­ing and the role obses­sion plays with per­cep­tion and life in general.

Ping Zhu: Swan Lake for Nobrow Press

Ping Zhu recently cre­ated this gor­geous piece for Nobrow based on a per­for­mance of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. The unique for­mat fea­tures the the­ater, audi­ence and per­for­mance on one side, and the back stage activ­i­ties on the other. Take a look at all of the spreads and pick up a copy for your­self right here.