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type #14 Starbucks Style

I always like "Starbucks Style". Their graphic design is awesome.

我就是喜歡Starbucks的設計風格。真希望有一天也可以進入這家公司做設計工作。

type#13 Apple Store in Taipei

I took this photo on my Taipei trip last fall. I didn't go in to the store because I was in a hurry to meet someone(I can't remember who). Anyway, I like that they call it "studio A" and felt like running to an old friend in a foreign city when I saw the Apple logo. :)

這張照片是我去年秋天回台北時拍的。當時因為趕時間，沒有進去這店裡逛一逛。可是當我看到可愛的蘋果標誌時，真有一種"他鄉遇故知"的熟悉感和喜悅。

type#12 Water

帶小妞散步時發現的。

type#11 極樂湯

I found this nice calligraphic type at a Japanese restaurant in Taipei. It was on a dessert plate. Literally it meant "extremely happy soup".

I like this kind of hand-written types. There are not as many the Chinese fonts as English/Western letters/alphabets that is designed for printing or computer use. But the hand-written types are always so beautiful because of the long history of Chinese calligraphy. They are more like art.

type#10 American Darling Valve

這是家門口的消防栓。

以前從未仔細去讀這些公共設施上的字。開始收集字以後，才發現即使是消防栓上的字，也都挺有意思的。

只是誰能告訴我，消防栓上的字，到底是什麼意思？

type#9 numbers on the ground

最近搬到一個新社區。

在這社區的每一座房子門口的水泥地上，都有一個號碼與這戶人家的門牌號碼相對應。也許是當初這個社區在興建時，都把地先劃分好了，然後才陸陸續續地蓋房子。因此如果有一天，這個號碼的房子拆掉了，消失了，門牌地址還是存在著。

這只是我的猜測。

倒是覺得858這個數字用的字體，有種看久了會以為寫的是S5S的錯覺。

type#8 letter in teacup

This tea cup has been left in the sink for a week. The tea stain created the letter B that laid on its back. We see type and words everywhere in our life. You just need to pay attention to the details and add some imaginations.

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這個茶杯在廚房水槽裡待了一個星期未洗，留下的茶漬像是一個躺下來的大寫英文字母B。

文字和字體在我們的生活中隨處可見，只要你留心觀察，並且加一些想像力。別人看見的也許只是一個骯髒的茶杯，我看見的卻是一個優雅的手寫字母。

#7: stop

風化的字，有一種歷盡滄桑的荒涼與寂寞。經過自然和時間洗禮，漸化成剝落的油漆、龜裂的貼紙，因此，每個風化字都是獨特的，無法複製的。

我喜歡風化的字，風化字是時間這個設計師的傑作，可遇而不可求。

#6 weathered type on storage containers

These storage containers are located by the ramp of I-4 east bound, at East Colonial Drive. The stickers were torn and cracked. The weathered type gives off a lonely and bleak feeling.

#5 upstairs

在文字中運用隱喻，或是使用同音同義字，是設計中常用的手法。

這個招牌是蒙特婁一家爵士酒吧的招牌，為什麼要把字放反的呢？因為，這個字的意思是｛樓上｝，但是這家爵士酒吧卻位在一棟樓的地下室，很幽默的設計。

順帶一提，這家爵士酒吧的氣氛也超好。小小的，暗暗的，擠得滿滿的人和音樂。從寒冷的冬天街道上躲進這間酒吧裡，頓時覺得好溫暖。

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This is a sign for a jazz bar named "upstairs" in Montreal, which is located at the basement of the building.

Humorous and clever design.

#4 tazo tea

Tazo茶的menu，做成標籤的形狀，正反兩面，摺四摺。喜歡它利用字母變化設計的logo，還有版面的編排設計。

#3 sake labels

書法在亞洲是非常普遍的藝術，並且常常被應用在商品的包裝設計上。我在日本料理店發現這些清酒的瓶子，標籤上面的手寫字十分古典雅緻。這是東方藝術獨特的美。

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Calligraphic art is very common in Asia. It's often used on labels for merchandise. These samples were found on the sake (Japanese rice wine) bottles in a Japanese restaurant.

#2 Rubbing

我用拓印的方法，把making memories剪貼簿工具鐵盒上面凸起的logo，轉印到紙上。拓印字很有歷史味，即使是很有現代感的設計，一經拓印，就像是剛從哪個史蹟考古出來的珍貴遺跡。

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This is an embossed logo(making memories) on the tin of a scrapbooking tool. I used the rubbing technique to transfer the image on paper.

Rubbing types always feel historical, as if it just be found in the ancient architecture.

這個拓印則是一個日幣的正反兩面。

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This sample is from the front and back side of a Japanese coin.

#1 Hand-Written Poster

近來，將手寫字應用在平面設計中似乎成為一種新潮流，手寫字的確比較有趣味和獨特的個性。這是一張泳裝專賣店的海報。

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Hand-written type used in graphic design seems to be the trend recently. This poster is for a summer outfit store in Universal Studios.