Work in Progress*

Another side of design
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Today, via flickr.com, I came across an excellent blog by Michael Surtees.

DesignNotes was launched in Canada in 2005 and is now published in New York by designer, writer and educator Michael Surtees. Michael tries to see life filtered through design, as opposed to placing design on a pedestal. Every once in a while, food and music slip on into the discussion. When not writing about design, Michael is the Design Director of Daylife.

Looking for the right type
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My sister is getting married in September and I have the pleasure of designing her wedding invites/favours and general visual goodies.

So today we have decided on a font by which I am going to create a logotype to apply on the various designs; this will be used as a stamp and will be placed on almost everything.

With the wedding being in Cyprus we want the type to be a little bit tropical looking yet still quite traditional looking. The first typeface which caught our eye was the amazing Burgues Script from Veer.

Although traditional, the letter forms and stunning glyphs were something we would not consider to be tropical. So not looking too far away we came across another stunning typeface on Veer called Affair, which I must admit I have came across time and time again. The typeface is so beautiful and has a tropical decorative feel.

So with the font chosen, I am now going to create a logotype with first names: including the date of marriage and location.

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