How smart is this ornamental typeface by Therese Vandling!? She says it's: inspired by ‘The Unfinished Body’—a quote taken from Mikhail Bakhtin in 'Rabelais and his world'.
"The alphabet compares our culture with medieval folk culture where life and death was the same thing and always happened simultaneously. Bakhtin argues that the grotesque ornament was the ultimate symbol for this, where human, animal and plant form intertwined."
I love so much of Therese Vandling's graphic design work, I have it bookmarked and can't wait to check back and find more! Does anyone else know of any collage typeface like this, or have you made your own? This is really the first I'm seeing of it, other than paper-like typefaces that I've featured before.
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I should add that Fiodor Sumkin's site itself is here, with lots to explore:
http://opera78.com/
Posted by petra | March 31, 2009 10:51 AM
Posted on March 31, 2009 10:51
very nice work! An unusual and very original alphabet! congratulations.
dilar
Posted by dilarp | March 31, 2009 4:32 PM
Posted on March 31, 2009 16:32
Wow, this is incredible! What talent and imagination!
Posted by vivienne strauss | March 31, 2009 10:02 PM
Posted on March 31, 2009 22:02