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Neils 'Shoe' Meulman — Upside Down Tour

Wednesday 25th January 6pm marks the opening of Neils 'Shoe' Meulman — Upside Down Tour at kind of gallery. See the Facebook event page for more details.

Linus Dean

Nice typo rugs (nice collages too) by Sydney based graphic designer Linus Dean, who's said goodbye to his traditional graphic design job to start a rug business!

Niels "SHOE" Muelman

Internationally renown artist and designer Niels "Shoe" Meulman, famous for the art of writing with Calligraffiti, an art form that fuses calligraphy and graffiti, is coming to Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Singapore.

Calligraffiti upside down tour 2012
Sydney January 25th, Kind of Gallery.
January 25th, Wedge Gallery, Kinokuniya.
January 27th, May's Lane (live paint).

Lock it down in your calendars. For more visual visit: www.calligraffiti.nl

Jay Chapman

Lots of beautiful custom type to be found in the workings of Jay Chapman.

Just Your Type

The good people at digitalpress have curated a typography poster project called 'Just You Type' featuring the works of 26 local designers including the likes of Carby Tuckwell, Landor, Mark Gowing, Moon, one8one7, Toko and more. It all comes together next Wednesday the 23rd of November at The Paper Mill in Sydney from 6-8pm where you can also pick up a copy of the accompanying book which features some of the latest techniques and innovations in the realm of digital printing. Sound like your gig? You need to RSVP for this one so shoot an email to kassandra@digitalpress.com.au.

Mixed Messages

One for your diary next week, Numskull is having a solo show at Kind Of – Gallery in Sydney next Thursday the 24th of November from 7pm. There is a bunch of preview images currently up on the galleries blog filled with typographic fun. Don't forget, Selfest also kicks off there tonight.

Jacque Prior

Love the tone of work that Jacque Prior has been creating, her Typography vs Illustration project has some killer colour combos.

Black Book

A little bit of fun for your Monday morning.

We are starting a small project where we take a black A5 journal and send it around to as many Australian studios / individuals as possible to contribute two hand drawn pages each and then send it on. Hopefully we can keep this going for a full year and can turn it into something special for all to enjoy.

Sound like your kind of fun? Email damien@australianinfront.com.au so we can start a list of interested parties and get out instructions of how it would work.

Characters

After three years of research and writing,  Stephen Banham’s new book, 'Characters: Cultural stories revealed through typography' is out now and available for purchase. The book explores the stories behind the signs that help shape a cities cultural identity, character and history, in this case Melbourne. 272 pages of stunning photography and much undiscovered typographic delights.

There happens to be a reading tonight (Thursday the 15th) with Stephen at the State Library of Victoria Reading Room from 6pm. Although this is a free event you must book on 03 8664 7540.

Seek out a stockist and buy it now.

A Type Of Show - Opening Night

 

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A Type Of Show opened at kind of gallery on Oxford St. Darlinghurst tonight. Despite the rain it seemed like every creative in Sydney was there. In fact it was so packed that I couldn’t get in for an hour! 

The work on show is amazing. If you missed it (or even if you were there) I’d highly recommend going back tomorrow to check it all out properly.

For more info, visit: http://kindofgallery.com/?p=423