April 07, 2009

Ornate: the right side of bling

The word 'bling' was mentioned in my most recent discussion with the client regarding themes, and this foxed me briefly - I like clean typographic design and this is a bit out of my comfort zone.

However I think a clever balance can be struck between the ornate and the clean-cut. Alison Carmichael has successfully sewn up the hand-lettered design market by Mac-ing up her sumptuous hand-rendered type and creating beautiful designs like these:






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