D. Halstead Design

Typography That’s Just A Sin

Don Halstead — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:07:07 +0000

Created by Utah typography instructor & graphic designer, Jim Godfrey has created this informative poster enumerating the 34 most typical typographic sins committed by the average print and web designer. The Letterpress poster is beautifully printed by Rowley Press, and Jim offers some interesting behind-the-scenes information on his blog about how this piece had to [...]

Organic Woodblock Prints

Don Halstead — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:40:54 +0000

New England artist Bryan Nash Gill creates literal and organic woodblock prints by using discarded tree trunks. His work is simplistic yet haunting, and he puts in a massive amount of time preparing each trunk for printing and rubbing each print. You can see more of his works for sale at the gallery site of [...]

Eames Catalog: Defining Designs

Don Halstead — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:09:27 +0000

Few designers have crossed mediums, defined an era and stood the test of time better than Charles & Ray Eames. This catalog features some of the Eames brothers’ most distinctive print designs including eight of their most unique covers. This catalog was created by the noted fontographers & designers at House Industries and is printed [...]