Typography's new creative shapes
by Karen Dayin coolhunting.com
Apart from a brief foreword by Andrew Byrom, the reference book relies on strong imagery (over 1,300 photos in total) to show the wildly creative variety of works inspired by the shape of letters. Byrom—whose "Interiors" furniture font is also featured— says of the impressive breadth of ingenious ideas, this is not simply "Helvetica rendered in pebbles, neckties, venetian blinds, socks or cheese." Stunningly inventive works like "Typeface in Skin" by Dutch designer Thijs Verbeek are a good example of Byrom's positioning of the phenomenon as really "a reaction to the limitations and constraints of unexpected materials and processes that help shape—or often force—the outcome."
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