If I was a student I would absolutely run to apply to this amazing curatorial internship at Letterform Archive! Applications due April 28! letterformarchive.org/news/job-annou…

In 2016, we were honored to receive the incredible donation of Emigre’s archives.

Now, every page of every issue of the boundary-breaking magazine is free to access, read, and explore in the Online Archive; no login, membership, or subscription required: oa.letterformarchive.org/?dims=Collecti…

Henk Krijger, Raffia Initials, Lettergieterij Amsterdam, 1952.

Robert Stewart, end-papers for Motif: a Journal of the Visual Arts, no. 2, printed and published by the Shenval Press Ltd., London, February 1959.

Alexander Girard, dinner menu for La Fonda del Sol restaurant, New York, ca. 1960.

New online workshop! Latin-Arabic Logo Matchmaking w/Azza Alameddine.

Learn about Arabic calligraphic styles through a branding exercise: create the Arabic equivalent of a Latin logotype.

Suitable for all levels, no need to know Arabic to participate: letterformarchive.org/shop/latin-ara…

Lester Beall, How to Design a Letterhead, a portfolio of paper samples for Parsons Paper Company featuring example letterhead designs, 1952.

Advertisement for Charles Eames fiberglass chairs and armchairs, Herman Miller, ca. 1960.

Thanks so much to Leah Spencer for a fun and illuminating talk about type revival for period film & TV, one of the most popular Letterform Lectures of all time!

If you missed it, or just want to watch it again, the recording is available now on our Vimeo: vimeo.com/930040463

Happy April Fool’s Day from these jokers.
1) Shannon Miwa, We the American People playing cards, 2020.
2) Deseta Design, Royal Pack: Ethiopian Edition, 2023.
3) Kevin Cantrell, Standards Playing Cards, 2019.
4) Jean David (design), El Al Israel Airlines playing cards, 1960s.

This portfolio of illustrations of Miffy (“Nijntje” in the original Dutch) and more by Dick Bruna was published by the Groninger Museum to accompany their 1996 exhibition Dick Bruna: The Smell of Success. The folder was designed by Swip Stolk.

Available now! Our facsimile edition of Die Fläche, the landmark design magazine of the Vienna Secession, reproduces every page of the formative periodical in full color and detail, preserving even the four-panel accordion foldouts of the second volume.

letterformarchive.org/shop/die-flach…

The “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin was born on this day in 1942.

Aretha Franklin poster by Milton Glaser, published as a supplement in Eye Magazine, vol. 1, no. 9, New York, November 1968.

David Kindersley, Graphic Variations, 1979.