A graphic design student at NKF named Gunn Helene, is eagerly looking forward to hearing Alex Trochut talk about his work on July 3rd. So much that the teaser design he made for helloVARSKO! is now pimping her desktop. She sent it to us. Smart. You, Gunn Helene, will get a helloVARSKO! prize.

This we like.

(If you got any helloVARSKO! material (in any way), send it to us (staale@varsko.org). Perhaps we have a prize for you.)

Graffiti is preserved and improved with a new open-source software project and iPhone app :-) via CoolHunting

Oh, yes. You better believe it. It is true. HelloTypo™ and friends delivers again. We have been so lucky that the Spanish wonder, mr Alex Trochut, have decided to pay us a visit. 3rd of july he and his talented girlfriend (and coworker) Marta Cerdà Alimbau are taking the podium and going to do a show&tell. We are so pleased that Alex and Marta is taking the trip up to the capitol of mustaches, Trondheim, to do a talk and drink Dahls with us. So in addition to the Typeface screening we now give you two sweet lecture holders. Lucky you!

Alex even made a teaser design for us.

Want to see more of the magic work of Alex and Marta click “read more”.
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Google has launched their own font library. By using CSS3 you have the option to use a set of fonts as standard fonts in your browser. if if … :-)

via kuttisme.no

Found this sweet thing on Design You Trust. ”Vai com Deus” is a Typographic instalation on “Ermida Nossa Senhora da Conceição” façade, a chapel which is now an art gallery. Created by R2 Design.

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The current issue of monocle is it a four-page article on the Japanese fontmaker company Morisawa. Fun reading about how they work and how little time pressure they have :-)

You dont have to like flowers or be an old man to like calligraphy :-) To see some more www.calligraffiti.nl

35 different Birmingham-based artists have each created a new typographical illustration for an exhibition currently running at Birmingham’s Created In Birmingham store. Not My Type: An Out of Character Experiment runs until June 1 and all the artworks are available to buy.

Via CreativeReview and of course SMILE

As we´ve stated earlier, we are collaborating with the design festival VARSKO! to make the sweetest  typographical event known to mankind come to life in Trondheim. The city of our heart. Now we can release the first name on our beautiful list. We´re proud to announce that we, on the 3rd of july, are screening the award winning documentary Typeface. We have blogged about the movie before, but now we give you the Norwegian premiere.  Typeface, by Justine Nagan, is a a documentary on American typography and graphic design. Read more here.

Enjoy the trailer:

Here is the new cover of the Mid-Norwegian Cultural Rucksack. Photo by Geir Mogen

A very nice book about the typeface Helvetica. With examples of how the test font and how it was used at the beginning.

Congratulations Byggstudio! Very nice typography! My favorite is the number 8 :-). To see the rest of the winners click on visuelt.org

On the 3rd of July VARSKO! will be hosting an event at Byscenen, Trondheim that will blow your mind. VARSKO! and HelloTypo™ merges to create a mix of graphic design and typography. We will collaborate with Grafill Trøndelag and Kreativt Forum Trondheim to make it extra awesome. Book the date in your calendar, tell your friends and stay tuned for news coming your way!

Siggi Eggertsson is speaking at Visuelt dagene in Oslo tomorrow. If you are in the area, be there or be *drawing a square in the air*  (like Uma in Pulp Fiction did). He also updatet his site a few weeks ago. Loads of typography and other beautifulness. Check check check it out. Below you can see a rejected magazine cover he made. (why they rejected this I don´t know. Stupid.)

TypePong is a new font game for iPhone. Based on the old TV-game called Tennis. I am hooked. :-)