
Friends of Type is a collective of typeface designers who have come together to post their new creations to help inspire each other and all who view. The blog is structured as a sketchbook where each contributor posts there newest design idea regardless of level of completion. Forums like this are very helpful to help inspire new design and receive critique to refine those that have already been developed.

Lockwasher has built a family of sculptures from salvaging old metal objects and rebuilding them into well known figures.

For those of us who like to embrace the urban context in which we live, the electrical pole wall sticker implements the industrial aesthetic into the living area. It is important for one to fully accept and adapt to their surroundings to be well balanced, rather than shut it out and live a contrived lifestyle.

Designer Matt Chase does a conceptual re-branding to the outdated United States Postal Services logo and related content. Capturing the historical essence of the department, the theme incorporates classic colors and graphics into a modern sleek composition.

Kitsune Noir’s latest installment of the Desktop Wallpaper Project is a creation from Czech designer Pavel Fuska. The theme of the wallpapers evolve around taking the individual dimensions of the wallpaper size as a date in history and then finding the years corresponding historical significance in Wikipedia. The classically bold typeface and well tuned color contrasts make these very appealing images.

The exterior fins of this building span a broad and unique spectrum of colors.

A directory of typographic and graphic posters to be used a source for inspiration and promotion of good design.

Prominent Los Angeles street artist, Shark Toof, had some of his work on display at an exhibit in Culver City. This one is a layered creation bringing together collage, wood and paint all into one piece. Click above for a better look, or HERE for some of his other work.

Font Squirrel has brought together two seemingly distant areas of the typeface universe, free fonts that are actually good looking. Take a peek for yourself.

Finding the perfect typeface is a very important endeavor, check out this book to help Meet Your Type. [SwissMiss]