25 september 2013 — walhalla
Typotentie A

Today in “Stuff you can’t find on the internet”: printed collectors items. How cool is that, receiving an email 16 years later? Recently we received an email from Minotaurus – specialized and antiquarian bookseller in Amsterdam – that they discovered a handprinted magazine from Bas in their store: Typotentie A. Honestly, we forgot about this magazine already. So we should thank our local bookshop for preserving some labour intensive specimens. Chapeau for their unscrupulous administration.

 

Typotentie is hand printed typographic magazine, combining various printing techniques, hand bound, published in a tiny edition. It was our early mini-adventure in self-publishing while studying. Originally intended as a non-regular typographic publication, Typotentie got already stuck at the second issue. The cover of issue B has already been printed, the interior paper is cut and prepared, but a lack of space for setting up the printing press after moving caused a sad ending of this magazine. A sorrowful destiny in true DIY-spirit.

 

If anybody is interested in a Korrex proofing press, let us know. The press is stored, unused, waiting for new adventures. And if you are ever in Amsterdam, visit Minotaurus bookshop at the Sint Antoniesbreestraat 3d in the city centre of Amsterdam. They still have a copy of Typotentie A in stock, as well as many other books on typography, bookbinding, book history and poetry, as well as many hand printed, bibliophile books. It can’t be stressed often enough how luxurious it is that such a bookshop exists. Take that, internet.

11 june 2013 — walhalla
Dolly loves Storm

Storm in our inbox today. Storm The Indestructible. Storm The Disbeliever. Storm is the one-and-only Dolly impersonator. Remember Storm from winter 2008? Storm is still going strong. Storm bro, Dolly says woef.

21 january 2013 — walhalla
Sketch, sketch, sketch

For those who want to learn to design type:

  • You can study the type-basics on typeworkshop.com. You can read this pdf and try to gain knowledge.
  • You can learn from tons of online resources these days, lucky bastards.
  • You can read dozens of good books on type.
  • But the most precious treat is time for practicing. Quit the internet, shut down your computer, switch off your phone, put your books back to the shelf. Silence and concentration. Get paper and some tools (pencils, pens, whatever), and start sketching, drawing, writing. It’s the best way to learn and discover your own direction. Do it.

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05 december 2012 — walhalla
UNDERWARE LOVES SINTERKLAAS


We love local culture. Sinterklaas means sweet stuff. Found in our archives (around 1999?): apparently we bought 25 chocolate letters to do what? Spoiling our stomachs with 6 kg of chocolate for a nice piece of typography. Pff, what were we thinking?

03 december 2012 — walhalla
Commitment

Hand drawn envelope in our inbox today. Emails should be send with the same dedication.

18 may 2012 — walhalla
One cut, two numbers

When the Type Directors Club of New York asked 65 designers for a contribution for their upcoming book ‘Celebrate 65’ – celebrating 65 years of TDC –, we were happy to have a nice opportunity to apply our cutting hobby. We just love to cut letters out of paper. Scissors are one of our favourite writing tools.

 

For the number 35 you only need one single cut in a rectangle.

Now, try that with all integers up to 100.

As simple as possible.

Enjoy.

20 december 2011 — walhalla
Free proto shirt

Wanna impress your friends at the next party with this proto shirt? Helsinki is World Design Capital 2012. Sami made them a shirt.

 

We gonna give away some shirts. 100% free. 100% XXXXXL. If you wanna have this shirt, let us know why by mail (before 31 Dec). Best answers win.

10 november 2011 — walhalla
Je t’aime beaucoup

Hello theeere! :)

I’ve just received my brand new 8 faces magazine, and im very pleasant to announce that i got the best possible combination for the “Je t’aime” in Liza.

 

I believe I need to send you guys my flyer, right?

Will it be delivery anywhere? Even in Brazil? :O

I couldn’t tell you guys how excited i’m. :D

Juliana

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10 november 2011 — walhalla
Je t’aime un peu plus

The 3rd issue of 8Faces included a typographic lottery. Two-bloody-thousand different Je t’aime cards have been spread, only one is perfect. Win, win win. Since then the Twitters was on the go. But despite all twitpics, instagrams, flickrs, yfrogs and picless tweets, the winner hasn’t reported himself yet.

 

There seem to have been some distribution problems with the magazine, maybe the golden ticket is firmly lost at the office of a Brazilian postman? Caramba. Does that man actually know the golden ticket yields a bottle of champagne?

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31 october 2011 — walhalla
Underware hates Halloween

Being European, we will never understand Halloween, that stupid party. Although it remains an – inescapable – American event, we wouldn’t consider a book printed with blood a true Halloween-like publication.

Probably dressed up dogs are much more suitable for Halloween, right? But our favourite typographic Halloween creation is made by André Mora, who spend some hours with his pumpkin to cut the Yes/No oscillator out.

Unfortunately you can’t even eat this, so we’ll skip Halloween and wait for typographic Sinterklaas creations instead. Yummie.

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