March 31, 2009

Calligraphy Gold Mine

I was perusing 100 layer cake the other day (one of my new faves!) and there was this post on a calligraphy website called iampeth.  Not only is there a lot of gorgeous calligraphy to look at, but there are entire rare books you can download for free. For those of you that have the talent of penmanship this is an amazing resource! The site focuses on penmanship from the 1800's to the early 1900's. So cool!!...READ MORE

January 23, 2009

Calligraphy Inspires

I was going through my new Martha Stewart magazine and came across this gorgeous article about calligraphy. It was so visually inspiring, and it reminded me of an older article I had up on my inspiration board. The flourishes and over the top decorative typography have really been an influence to us when designing. This art of lettering has inspired things from fashion to interior design, to paper! Check out the blue silk scarf above from the...READ MORE