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Due to Tumblr being extremely annoying by not allowing users to edit the primary account, I've decided to start a new one over at http://fostertype.tumblr.com so that I can answer questions in future. Feels stupid to loose all the followers I've gained over the years but I guess if you like my work, you'll come along. Cheers!

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A poster for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

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stupid.

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Some calligraphy practice using 'Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' by W.B Yeats.

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A set of figures for displaying statistics and a title page for use in the USGBC Annual Report. Art Direction by Polygraph Creative in Washington DC.

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Naming and custom lettering for my friend, Daniel Sutherland's Kickstarter campaign to make these beautiful woolen cases with personalised labels. You can support the project at Kickstarter.

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A talk about my time in The Netherlands at the Royal Academy of Art studying typeface design and winning the Design NSW Scholarship. Thanks to The Distillery for providing such a great venue. Matrices were actually copper, not brass, don't know why I said that!

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My cycling related designs are now available for purchase on society6. Free shipping til 12 May.

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Photo from the Bain Collection via US Congress Photo Collection.

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Happy Giro d'Italia (The Tour of Italy)! This magnificent race just began for the 96th time on 4 May 2013. First stage taken by Cavendish with 3 weeks more of grueling terrain for the worlds toughest riders. Dai Dai!

Available for purchase here

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I just finished a set of 4 gift cards for Holstee. You can check out my process video and buy some if you like them, over on their website.

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Today was the funeral of Joseph Churchward, QSM. Joe was an Samoan-born type designer who lived and worked in New Zealand for much of his life. He was responsible for creating an unprecedented amount alphabets (I often hear different numbers, but I believe it to be close to, or more than 600) on top of an already prolific career in lettering and design. His work has been published by Berthold Type Foundry and one of his most well known works still in use today is the lonely planet logo.

David Bennewith of Colophon created an amazingly beautiful book containing much of his work, and it's quite something. Joe's approach, work and life have been an inspiration for me. I made this piece of lettering not because Joe liked Spencerian scripts, but because I feel an affinity with this style and that's something I've learned from him because he did it constantly, he made work that he cared about.

There's more about Joe in this lovely piece written by type designer and author, Jack Yan and another article at Desktop Magazine. Rest in peace, Joe.

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Keep me out of online art shops!

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I'm finding a lot of inspiration in cycling lately. Because the tour wasn't held during the war years, this is the 100th anniversary of the old girl. Allez! If you're on dribbble, it's up here.

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Keep me out of art shops! Finally found a Caran D'ache 2mm clutch (Massimo Vignelli styley). All anyone seems to carry these days is the 3mm. I tried out that monster broadnib to the left and pretty much devours a whole bottle of ink, so awesome though!

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These are the five oldest and most important one day races in cycling. I wanted a poster for myself. I was chasing something that was a bit inscriptional and old for the heritage but also energetic and tough. I could spend 2 days refining all the curves and weights on this til it's perfect, but I kinda like the paper cut feeling. A bit of process:

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Alphabetattoo

A great collaborative project by my good friend, illustrator Mike Watt. Mike is drawing a bunch of characters and choosing different artists to draw tattoos on them. He'll be printing a book containing them all. If you're interested in getting a copy when it's available get in touch with me!