#coolcapitals

[lettersofnewyork]

In a city where every inch of space is utilized, there simply isn’t room for washing machines and tumble driers in most apartments. The New York City laundromat is an institution. However, they're on the decline, as New Yorkers increasingly opt for online laundry services like FlyCleaners and Cleanly in preference to the iconic Laundromat and hefty rents are pushing them out of Manhattan into less-affluent areas with lower rents. Average retail rents in lower Manhattan range from $150 to $250 per square foot while most laundry owners can't turn a profit beyond $25 to $35 per square foot. In the Uk and Ireland they're known as “Launderettes”, “Laundromat” is a genericized trademark of Westinghouse, unfortunately for Google, RollerBlades and Monopoly the more a trademarked term pervades into popular usage the less legal right the originator retains. I lived near the West 79th Street laundromat for a few months and always loved not only the bold handprinted lettering but also the optical illusion created with false perspective when viewed from the entrance. #laundromat #coolcapitals #letteringlover #handlettering #handletteredtype #fontastic #typografi #typematters #oldtype #handtype #handpaintedsign #newyorkstreet #artoftype #signjunkies #everything_signage #streetsigns #ig_signage #classicsign #storefront #brushlettering #tipografiavernacular #streettype #streetlettering #urbanlettering #letteringartist #signwork #craftsmanship #Typographer #Signwriting #SignArt (at West 79th St Laundromat)

[lotharb-blog]

Blow Your Sculpture 2019 opened on 13 March at the Pretoria Art Museum, almost a year after launching at Smelt Glass Studio.

Twelve artists took part in this third iteration of a collaborative project with the aim to promote glass as an expressive medium within the South African art milieu. Blow Your Sculpture also strives to grow our local hand-made glass industry.

This year’s artists are: Guy du Toit Peter du Toit Richard John Forbes Caitlin Grenberg Maxi Pretorius Martli Jansen van Rensburg Charl Enslin Ian Redelinghuys AnZu Wicks Gordon Froud Mike Hyam and Lothar Böttcher (Instigator & Curator)

#gallery-0-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-0-5 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */

Ian Redelinghuys

Gordon Froud

Lothar Böttcher

AnZu Wicks

Caitlin Greenberg

Peter du Toit

Charl Enslin

Mike Hyam

Guy du Toit

Maxi Pretorius

Martli Jansen van Rensburg

Richard John Forbes

The opening night exceeded all expectations with tons of guests arriving to experience and delight in the multitude of works on display. The Art Museum was a hive with people from all over buzzing in conversations, mingling and taking photos with their favourite pieces.

Such a phenomenal turnout surely is a sign of BYS’s success in promoting creative glass. Each artist had their own approach on how they interpreted this limitless and versatile material. Their narratives ranged from heads to illumination, glass carpentry to mixed media installations and much much more.

Blow Your Sculpture is the brainchild of Lothar Böttcher who launched the first event during the Pretoria CoolCapital biennale in 2014. This first collaboration was exhibited at Modern Art Projects and is now in their permanent collection in Graskop.

In 2016 BYS took place again with the added parameter to ad light with, upon or onto the sculptures. The exhibition was staged in two parts – the first was hosted in the open air at the Pretoria Botanical Gardens for two nights whereafter all the works were installed at the Pretoria Art Museum.

Now, after an absolutely successful launch, the exhibition will be catalogued and used for promotion. BYS is looking for sponsorship to grow the concept and allow students and other artists, who don’t have the financial means, to participate.

Blow Your Sculpture is growing and there is already talk of the next collaboration – possibly in 2021…?

For more info click on the link above to our Face Book page or email blowyoursculpture@gmail.com

Blow Your Sculpture 2019 Blow Your Sculpture 2019 opened on 13 March at the Pretoria Art Museum, almost a year after launching at…

[sapphiriss]

Espero le sirva a mi #ipad ;; #funda #coolcapital https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxEr2xlPMN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l9ciw6a0oyqz

[leomata2]

Aprovechando promociones #coolcapital #blackandgrey #perecedeestudiante

[lee-ekstrom-blog]

#monteray #typevstime #coolcapitals #abstractauto #texturextreme

[platform58]

#Repost @shell_kr with @repostapp. ・・・ US #rustlord #jj_texttypographical #coolcapitals

[fresh-utopia]

Z #MeanType #VSCOcam #typegang #glitchart #ligaturecollective #thedesigntip #typographyinspired #coolcapitals #hypethetype

[zacray]

Metal letters. A little pricey or I would have bought a lot of them. // #type #font #design #graphicdesign #typography #typevstime #coolcapitals

[lettersofnewyork]

79th Street opened as part of the original subway on October 27 1904. Some ornate tile work still exists from that period. The images featured here date from a 1970s renovation that covered over most of the original mosaic beauty. . . . . . . . . #allcaps #capitals #coolcapitals #sansserif #highcontrast #typenerd #handpaintedsign #newyorkstreet #thosenewyorkstreets #nyctype #nyctypography #nyc #nycgram #igersnyc #nyclife #ignyc #ignewyork #oldnewyork #classicsign #streetgraphics #subwaytype #storefront #brooklyntype #logomark #logotype #logoinspiration #logo #logos #blackletter #thedesigntip #rusticsign #urbanfont #streetfont #streettype #streetlettering #urbanlettering #urbantype #letras #textography #differenType #typographyinthewild #typographylove #ilovetype #typophile #typetopia #typeverything (at 79th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line))

[ispeaktype]

#typelove #typography #ispeaktype #justo #right #eastharlem #instaurban #urbanswag #ignyc #igers #signage #coolcapitals #handlettering #letterforms #typewalk

[the-artchives-blog]

[dvidbent]

#AG #sign #typography #handpaintedtype #coolcapitals

[tipografiaydelito-blog]

tipografiaydelito.tumblr.com #武康庭 #fergusonlane 378 #Shanghai #上海 #China #中国 #typography #tipografia #typographyandcrime #tipografiaydelito #typehunters #chinesecharacters #zaishanghai #instatype #coolcapitals #graphic #design #diseño

[thingsisaw]

#typography #ilovetypography #nicebitoftype #coolcapitals

[fresh-utopia]

✖️#MeanType #thedesigntip #ligaturecollective #typegang #typographyinspired #glitchart #coolcapitals

[zacray]

#blackandwhite #muni #busstop #typevstime #coolcapitals