Congratulazioni to Daniela from Genova, Italy for winning the final Eames House Blocks give-away. Brazo Fuerté, our Chief Strategist, has returned from his summer vacation in Club Med and put the kibosh on the promotion. This fall, when he goes on his power retreat to the Hamptons, we’ll be back with another contest.
Thanks for everyone who entered and played along!
Ms. Lechner of Munich was last week’s Eames House Blocks contest winner. Vertiefung getan Ms. Lechner!
Still waiting on an email from Lou saying glückwünsche and confirming your shipping address? Enter/re-enter each week for a chance.
Some House font serendipity while grabbing some reading material at the bookstore tonight. ReadyMade’s new issue shows how Erik van Blokland’s Eames Stencil is both a showhorse and a workhorse, while Rodrigo Corral Design’s cover for Gary Shteyngart’s new novel shows the flexibility of Ken Barber’s Sign Painter Brush.
Sometimes after staring at bézier curves for the current language expansion to Neutraface for weeks on end, taking a weekend afternoon to remember that type is tangible is the best kind of design therapy. Fortunately, Lead Graffiti is a short trip away, so with Jens “Shut up legs” Voigt’s performance on stage 9 of this year’s Tour de France in my head I raided Ray’s drawers of wood type, a recent shipment of Eurostyle in foundry metal, and some rule to see what a couple of hours would come up with. Called anything from ‘beautiful’ on flickr to ‘there are too many things lame about this poster to even list’ on a fixed gear forum, the proceeds from the sale of the poster are going to the Food Bank of Delaware.
In Feburary, Rich and I printed a poster for Richard Sachs using the yet-to-be-released Eames Stencil. Back then, you could get the poster if you happened to be at the National Handbuild Bicycle Show, but now you can purchase them from Richard directly. Proceeds go to Richard’s cyclocross team (of which we happen to be a sponsor). Support the team by picking one up.
Mr. Bob Macy, who’s just up the road in Lancaster, PA, was last week’s winner of the Eames House Block contest.
Be sure to register each week by Thursday to put your name in the hat.
Jay Floyd, from self described “rainy assed Portland, OR”, wrote today to share the story of his Simian wallet:
“Well… I bought the Simian wallet about 6 or 7 years ago (maybe longer, I can’t remember). The thing has been thru hell and high water with me. I’ve lost it countless times. It’s been thru the washing machine on accident. It’s been with me thru the birth of my two kids…hell, it was even in my back pocket when I proposed to my wife. Anyhow, about a week ago some low life rifled thru my truck and stole her… I thought that was truly the end of that wallet, a sad day indeed. I put my criminal mind to use and started combing the alleys around my house, believe it or not, one week later I found it laying in a bush, completely empty and rain soaked. I took her home, cleaned her up and now she’s back in action. I just wanted to send you this story for no other reason except for that thing has been one tuff, beat to shit, piece of leather that somehow keeps finding its way back to me.”
Before you fire up your email machine, we’ve been sold out of Simian wallets for at least two years now, so we’re glad Jay found his.
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