Friends of Type have been featured on just about every design and inspiration blog imaginable. This is because they are awesome. FoT is a collective of typographers and the website mostly features their work, and they also sell some prints.

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Being a fan of old cars and typography, I always enjoy the Auto Type posts from Delicious Industries. Here’s a few examples I snatched from their latest showing.

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LetterCult have posted up the submissions for “N” and it’s no major surprise that there are some really good ones…

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Great stuff from House Industries and Freshjive for Reserve LA.

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Incase you’re not knowing, Self Edge is a premium denim retailer with locations in SF and NY. Today they open their new LA space. Via Swag Syndicate.

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Pink Tentacle recently featured some incredible illustrations by Tokyo Genso, who depicts post-apocalyptic visions of Japan. Via Neatorama.

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The Ministry of Type recently did a nice little post about Niels Shoe Muelman, the artist behind Calligraffiti, which served as a nice reminder to go and check out some of the recent updates on his blog.

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The History of Island Records: Keep on Running by Suzette Newman and Chris Salewicz is an impressive new hardcover from Rizzoli which aims to be the definitive tome when it comes to Chris Blackwell’s Island Records. The label was founded in Jamaica and launched Bob Marley and the Wailers into international superstardom, and released many other classic reggae albums before picking up a slew of impressive international acts including Traffic, Nick Drake, Cat Stevens, U2, Eric B & Rakim, Amy Winehouse, and many more. Until they were sold to Polygram in 1989, it was the largest independent record label on the planet. The book features a preface from Blackwell himself, and then embarks on a visual journey through the history of the label and its hefty catalog. It’s definitely one of the best music-related books I’ve managed to get my hands on lately, and it’s out in September.

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DDR Projects have teamed up with the talented artist Jeff “Greasebat” Lamm of Kaiju fame, to produce a limited edition box set of prints. They are hand-pulled 5″ x 5″ two-color prints which come in a custom 6″ x 6″ x 2.5″ bamboo box. Limited to 30 sets. Stay tuned for the release date…

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Neo Neo is a new-ish design studio based in Geneva. Check out their portfolio – there’s lots of nice work to see.

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