Five links for some summer fun

Escapee type

This is a pretty amazing project by  Ryo Shimizu: a huge wall of words, letters, many of them seemingly fallen on the floor. Visually stunning, great photos.

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What if h is a chair

Andrew Byrom shines in this TED talk about how his fonts and letters are influenced by 3 dimensional objects around him, and vice versa: how letters influence his furniture design and other 3D creations. A grand grand finale.
 
(scroll down to this video on the great ilovetypography site).

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Brilliant responses

We've all received funny signs in our e-mail and enjoyed them. These take it one step further as signs become interactive art where people respond to the signs, often directly on the signs. They are funnier too!
 
There is a collection of humorous signs on this site too.

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Embroidered bookcovers

 

Illustrator Jillian Tamaki has a unique spin on creating book covers: she embroiders them. Here are three done for Penguin.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paper letters

 

Sabeena Karnik has created these beautiful letters from strips of different colored paper. Each letter form has a slightly different treatment, all resulting in some very lovely pieces. She has completed from A-Q; I hope she does the rest.