Bubble Calendar Poster

Just heard about these great bubble wrap calendars.  They are hand made by bubblecalendar.com in Brooklyn, NY, they’re a nice, big 122cm x 46cm (48″ x 18″ ) and are typeset in Helvetica Neue. Perfect.

At just $29.95 US, gotta get me one (my birthday is coming up – hint)

Stereo.type mobiles by Ebon Heath

Just heard about these unbelieveably cool typographic mobiles. Thanks moo.com for the tip!

They were created by the design office Ebon Heath as gallery pieces, and according to their explanation they are lyrics from songs, poems, and other passages of text “hand cut from tyvec or bristol”. I can only assume “hand cut “means letter by letter with some kind of cutting dies. Cutting these by hand with scissors would likely render the human hand unsuable for the rest of one’s life! Either that or certainly bring on early arthritis! Impressive.

Bankside’s underwater sign

Strolling along London’s wonderful south bank this Christmas, I finally descended the steps to the low-tide river banks of the Thames, having wanted to for ages.

For those of you who don’t live in London, or near the Thames, it is amazingly tidal. The difference in the height of the water at high and low tide (tidal range) during the Spring is about 21 feet! You can find more info and stats here.

Anyway, at the foot of the steps (below the Tate Modern) I was pleasantly surprised to discover a “hidden”, underwater sign, with letters at least 7 feet tall, forming the word BANKSIDE at least 50 feet wide.

Covered in green algae the concrete letters appear to be assembled from pieces or facets, with bolts across their surfaces affixing them to the walls. Quite an amazing sight, and a very unexpected place to find a typography!

It reminded me of that incredible moment in James Cameron’s Titanic expedition film, where their robot cameras suddenly, out of a cloud of sediment, find the unbelievably huge hull of the lost Titanic, bolts, then port holes, and then, if I’m not mistaken, giant letters spelling TITANIC.