Know Hope is a brilliant street artist based in Tel Aviv. I randomly came across images of his work a few days ago and was deeply moved by its heart-felt humanism, poetry and unique execution/installation. Even his tag has stuck in my head, bouncing around like a melodic rhyme, or a mantra.

This morning, serendipitously, I stumbled across an insightful interview with the artist on the beautiful craft/art blog My love for you is a stampede of horses, complete with more great images of his work.

Chris Papasadero of FWIS fame attempts to design a typeface every day for 31 days. So far, its looking good, and I wish him all the luck. Add this to FWIS’ lengthening list of assorted design initiatives like readymech and the amazing book covers blog.

Laura, Illustration for Studiovoice Magazine by Akroe

but does it float is a smart, beautiful, and dare I say ‘poetic’, image blog curated by Folkert Gorter and Atley G. Kasky. It’s full of inspiring visual work and quotations (“Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.”) and is definitely worth repeated visits. Check it out…

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(updated 16 Dec. 2013)

I love this project by Emily Webber, the daily documentation of London shop fronts in all their vernacular glory. The dead pan images bring me back to my time spent amongst these shops (with a certain, irrepressible touch of nostalgia), and the project as a whole is a vivid testament to vernacular typography and the individualism of the entrepreneurs and local culture. Good stuff…

via Colin via Boing Boing.

Street poster designed for Tadamon! in support of the international Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid. Given the escalating war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, I urge everyone to stay informed and take whatever action they can to end this horror.

Download a pdf of the poster here, and start covering the hoardings.

I’m a little late on this one…

Paranoid Type in development

2008 was a busy, productive year for me, and conversely a kinda quiet one for LOKi design. While my energy was largely focused on Issue 10 of Four Minutes to Midnight and my work at Fjord, LOKi design did have some really fruitful collaborations with DelMarr, Omen, Jaime Candy and Studio Poper in Slovenia. The next year looks exciting, with more creative projects on the horizon, and a further bringing together of FMTM and my studio work.

Getting the tenth issue out was quite a milestone and we’ll be officially launching it early next year, alongside a gallery exhibition featuring the artwork of our talented contributors over the last few issues. The details of these events are still up in the air, but we’ll be getting on it soon. Any suggestions are more than welcome.

So, to all our friends, clients and collaborators, Happy New Year and here’s looking forward to an amazing 2009!