First year Graphic Design students tentatively begin to engage with their peers work and start to embark upon the long rocky road that leads to perfection. Some will complete their journey but sadly many will fall by the wayside.

“Designs natural selection in its rawest form is a truly prodigious sight to behold”.

Professor  Jackson J.Whitehead

Great piece of motion graphics from Swedish design student Markus Gustafsson. See this and more work here.

You may have seen this project featured on Form Fifty Five, but here is the making of it. Thanks to Neil Dawkins at Forepoint for sending us this.

Following on from last weeks Spampersand.

You may have already seen this interesting take on a “Seasons Greetings” from Pentagram. But if not take a look here. The password is: character.

Kindly sent to us by ex-Preston student Kirsty Whittaker now working for Pentagram.

Apparently I am Universal… Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

Teresa Monachino’s latest book, Around The World with the Bodoni Family. The book is a typographic adventure that illustrates the idea of a journey from A to Z. 26 destinations are illustrated in Bodoni using only their initial capitals – A is for Alps etc Buy it here.

Free Style Label – Medium 0.25/0.5 Rotering pen on Trace

Withnail & I inspired door mat – Designed by association.

R.R.P £15 English pounds (postage not included)

We got a lovely set of typographic playing cards through the post today from the chaps at Hat-Trick design. Really nice, thanks guys. (Thanks to Sarah Hardman for shooting).

Rosemary Ratcliffe – Lettering of Today – Again