Chilligavva

Looks like this week is all about animals. I have just completed a Jungle theme for Chilligavva, which you now see in action. For the curious, the animal icons are based on the Animal Dingbat series, called “Animalia Scissored” from Dafont.com, a font site.

I have just come across the work of Jeremy Pettis, a student at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design via Typographica

Here is the exciting response about his work:

The immediacy and creativity of Pettis’ work has spread like wildfire through the design blogosphere.

My favourites are:

the letter C, I like the curviness of the cobra

the letter L, I like the mane and tail

the letter R , I like the ears

Here is what Jeremy said about his inspiration in his interview with Stephen Coles
I found these old design annuals called “Modern Publicity”. They have some great work from all around the world. I found a few from 1967–78 on Amazon fairly cheap. Collecting old design books can be a very expensive addiction. I love seeing great work from the pre-digital era. It seems everything was a little more thought out and planned.