WAREHOUSE FIND
We recently unearthed a few hidden boxes of House Magazine No. 2 from 2000 AD. Features include Ed Benguiat, René Chalet, Coop’s Japanese toys and more. Get one before they’re really gone.
Posted by Andy Cruz on January 5, 2009
THE OLD WAY OUT
Nice metal stencil I found in the archives at Richmond Stamp Works.
Posted by Andy Cruz on January 5, 2009
ORANGE WOOD & CHARACTERS
Cleaning out the iPhoto library. Girard Sun, House serigraph detail, koi fish and Ben Shahn’s spikey Tuscan lettering.
Posted by Andy Cruz on January 3, 2009
Mitsukoshi
Coolest looking wrapping paper under our tree this year was this little number from the Mitsukoshi Department Store. Kinda looks like Paul Rand doing a remix cover for The Cure.
Posted by Andy Cruz on January 2, 2009
Epic Cartography
In the 1988 Giro d’Italia Andy Hampsten mounted a daring attack on the Gavia Pass’s sleet and snow slicked slopes, a gamble that paid off as he became the first (and only to date) non-European cyclist to win Italy’s grand tour. Perhaps overshadowed by the accomplishments of his countryman Greg Lemond, Andy had been enjoying a successful career in Europe since 1985 when he won a stage in the 1985 Giro and the white jersey (best young rider) in the 1986 Tour de France. Another memorable highlight was his victory atop the Alpe d’Huez in 1992, which was another first for a non-European cyclist (although many will argue that Greg Lemond would have earned that honor in 1986 had he not “gifted” the stage to Bernard Hinault in an ill-fated power sharing plan).
I was delighted that Andy would entrust me with his copy of the 1988 Giro d’Italia guide book for a few days so I could take a few pictures and fantasize a bit about what it was like to race in Europe in those days. While its cover is perhaps an unfortunate bellweather of late 80s graphic design, the inside reveals the amazing cartography of italian artist Cesare Sangalli.
Posted by Rich Roat on December 30, 2008
Fixed Gears and Wafting Funk
A celebrity endorsement for our new Merino wool jerseys, polos, and zip trainers.
“As a biker who lives in dread of wafting funk toward baristas anywhere I am always wasting time looking for wool garments that fit like clothes and whisper, ‘Fixed gears are for winter training.’ This garment does that.” -Andy Hampsten
Posted by Rich Roat on December 30, 2008
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CYBERIANS VS CAVE DWELLERS
We didn’t think too much of the interwebs back in 1998, and our catalog No. 16 stated that you could look at our fonts but you had to wait for the disk to actually use them. It was a last ditch attempt to preserve the physical connection between the digital font miasma we’ve all come to depend upon and the bursting boxes of pencil sketches, inkings and prototypes we created in the course of bringing our fonts to market. In the spirit of our initial contempt of the world wide waste of time as a delivery medium, we have tried to keep our reliance on third-party plug-ins and other digital trickery to a minimum for this new design. The site is more searchable, easier to use and actually generates simple readable urls. We have also tried to stick to an XHTML standard. This new site would not be possible without the tireless toil of the following people:
Designer: Bondé Prang
Art Director: Andy Cruz
“This is the web”: Ben Kiel
Chief jpeger: Katie Wilson
Copy Chief: Rich Roat
Making it Work: Brook Elgie
Database: John Worsley, Command Prompt, Inc.
LetterSetter: Erik van Blokland and Tal Leming
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