My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web.

High Quality Free Font O’ The Week: Body Hunter (shown above at 72pt).
Download it now. Body Hunter is the work of font designer Billy Argel. I really like the letterpress/stamp feel. Free for personal use, please contact him for commercial licenses.
(via BittBox)
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Welcome back, after a (not-so) brief haitus, to my weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web.

High Quality Free Font O’ The Week: Kilogram font (shown above at 75pt).
Download it now. Kilogram is the work of Karl from Kalle Graphics and was based on a font called Anagram by Nick Curtis. You must check out the type samples he created. What a great showcase for this fun, distinctive font. (via ImJustCreative) Continue reading →

I have a love/hate relationship with Caribou Coffee. Followers of my Foursquare activity will find this surprising since I check into their locations frequently. While not my favorite corporate cup of joe, I often fall prey to the convenience of tripping over their stores throughout my day (most of their 500 locations are in Minnesota).

Don’t get me wrong, there are some things I really enjoy about the Caribou experience: the fireplaces, their Monday Happens campaign ($1 coffee on Mondays), and the company’s line of reusable knitted and fabric cup sleeves to name a few. So I was naturally quite interested when they announced their new logo and branding direction on March 1.

The world’s second-largest coffee retailer (a very distant second to Starbucks, but still impressive) is based here in the Twin Cities and stayed close to home for guidance on their new branding effort. Minneapolis ad agency Colle+McVoy is responsible for the makeover which ironically aims to make the chain feel less regional. Brandweek describes it as an attempt to “bolster its appeal as a branded coffee company by playing down the ski lodge imagery and, yes, the caribou, with a sweeping rebranding.” Continue reading →

I finished my 365 Project on January 1, 2010. I took a photo a day for a year. It was probably one of most frustrating yet rewarding things I’ve ever done. Some of my favorites are featured in the video (made with Animoto) below.

I did a similar video for my first 100 days.
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