the kelmscott press

One of the things I found most interesting about researching project one was learning about William Morris' Kelmscott Press, established in 1891. He created it for the purpose of creating improved book design and harmonizing elaborate imagery with fanciful text. Examples of books printed by the Kelmscott Press are breathtakingly intricate and carefully done in a medieval design style, making them an important part of typographic history. In all, the press printed over 18,234 books. Many other presses since have been influenced by the Kelmscott and have tried to perpetuate its ideals.

"The Suffering Flood" Kelmscott Edition (above)

Front Piece from "Well at the World's End" (above)

nylon

An example of the use of modern typography that I really admire is the magazine Nylon. The pages are always set up in the most innovative ways, so much so that I would even notice it before I was a typography student. Every issue (monthly) is like a work of art.

Theres also a lot of interesting illustrations throughout each issue.

moving type

One aspect of typography I especially interested in is moving type. I did an internship this summer where I was able to work with the application After Effects and got to play around with how moving type can be the most effective. I enjoy going on youtube and watching videos that have type written along with the words to a movie playing. Here is one someone made with one of my favorite movies, pulp fiction done by the amazing moving graphics designer, Jaratt Moody.
Here is a link to the Pulp Fiction video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syf8olcM0z4
Here is a link to Jaratt Moody's homepage: www.jarattmoody.com

james roper

My favorite artist is james roper, i love the color and passion behind his work, how it appears to be in motion, exploding onto the paper. There is no typography in his work, but it already expresses so much without words.