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MTV : Campus Invasion Tour logo

MTV Campus Invasion Tour logos featuring performances my Moby and Bush.

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Infinity : Q ad campaign

Infinity Q ad campaign via Chiat Day. Type direction, Illustrations and layout.

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T26 Digital Type Foundry : Agosto poster

This is one of many posters for Agosto in Japan, one of our global distributors.

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T26 Digital Type Foundry : Font catalog #26

Font catalog #26 is one of countless catalogs produced by the T26 Digital Type Foundry for inclusion in their limited edition Font Kits for the purpose of promoting the latest offering of fonts, dingbats, EPS sets and artwork.

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Shengna : Logo

Shengna is a Chinesse online music portal with information on concerts, events and other forms of entertainment thru-out China.

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T26 Digital Type Foundry : Alias newspaper

The "Alias" newspaper was part of a two year direct mail campaign produced by T26 were a monthly tabloid promoting specific collections, styles or packages were featured from their font collection.

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T26 Digital Type Foundry : Font Works poster

Fronts of the T26 posters for "Font Works", our third distributer in London.

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Nissan : Xterra ad campaign

In conjunction with Chiat Day, we developed a wood-block letter-pressed inspired typeface for use on all Nissan Xterra materials. There were six levels of decay developed for use in text that would prevent words with the same letters to be repeated. Additionally, two sets of eps drawing were supplied with a greater degree of detail in gray scale form (which could not be delivered as a font).

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Corbis : RF-4 catalog

The RF catalog series is an ongoing campaign branded as "RF" to promote the Royalty Free collection offered by Corbis. This is the first of the series, called RF-4.

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MTV : Campus Invasion Tour posters

MTV Campus Invasion Tour posters featuring performances my Moby and Bush.

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American Crew : Rock Book 2

Limited edition book showcasing up-and-coming artists in the music industry. This book was designed as a CD case, with all the pages as loose plastic inserts held by 3-ring clips and also includes a CD sampler.

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NYCO : Two CD

The title "Two" reflects the joining of the two key members, Ted, who is from New York, and Rob Kassinger (the bass player) who is from Colorado. Perhaps just as interesting is the fact that every song on this album is about two people and the different states that relationships go thru. "Nyco - Two" is the first release from Ted Atkatz.

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T26 Digital Type Foundry : Spaceships poster

Front of the T26 "Spaceships" poster showcasing a special bundled collection of fonts.

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5inch : Poster #1

The first 5inch poster featuring the company's initial disc collection.

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T26 Digital Type Foundry : The Techno Set

A very unique and limited set of letterpressed cards, in a die-cut and letter-pressed carrier, called "The Techno Set" features a coolection of 14 pixel fonts. The case was then put into a silk-screened burlap bag.

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NYCO : Realize sticker

A series of stickers introducing "Realize", the second release by Chicago based rock band performing original music written by Ted Atkatz. This effort is leter-pressed at Rohner Letterpress (also in Chicago). Includes the tracks Girls of Summerland. Office Days. Out Of My Head. Hold the Line. The Making of Our Film. The Ties That Bind Us. Kool Aid. Sinners. Its Just Me. The Words.

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Pacific Bell : Custom fonts

A custom font was developed thru our T26 venture via Goodby Silverstein for use in their new Pacific Bell national advertising campaign.

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Zoodango : Website

Website for Zoodango (as part of a full identity system), an internet-based company that empowers people to network professionally online and face to face.

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Lesley Spencer : Authentic Flavors CD

"Authentic Flavors", one of several releases by Lesley Spencer and part of a re-branding effort for her "Grabriella Music" label.

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LaSalle Bank : Custom fonts

As part of a long-term ad campaign developed by Cramer-Krasselt for LaSalle Bank, we digitized this selection of handwriting specimens thru our T26 venture. To enhance the fonts' handwritten feel, optional glyphs were included in each font giving Cramer-Krasselt's production artists additional flexibility for type direction.

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Q101 : Random Acts v2 CD

The second of an ongoing series of limited edition compilations called "Random Acts" from Q101 radio in Chicago benefiting Clara's House, a shelter for homeless and battered women and children in the west Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.

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AIGA Boston's 51 Posters. 06-12-09. In celebration of AIGA Boston's 25th Anniversary as a chapter, a limited edition of 350 commemorative books 51 Posters showcases 25 years of AIGA Boston's history through a treasury of the chapter's even posters (of which Segura's 1998 lecture is featured). Read More »

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Racetracks. 04-01-09. Carlos Segura and Chris Manfre of Metaphors In Motion have created a font of 111 racetracks from around the work and available from the T26 Digital Type Foundry.
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Grafica Del Caribe. 03-08-09. Carlos Segura will be the keynote speaker at Grafica Del Caribe at the Centro De Convenciones in Puerto Rico, March 13-14, 2009. Read More »

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Jason Wears My Shirt. 03-07-09. Twenty six year old Jason Sadler's "I Wear Your Shirt" project is brilliant, simple and fun. He's selling the upper-half of his wardrobe (shirts), every day of the year at face value, so January 1 is $1 and December 31 is $365. All 365 days without exception! Naturally we wanted to be a part of it so we (Cartype) bought Saturday, March 7th, 2009. Read More »

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Tokyo TDC awards Cartype. 02-13-09. The Tokyo Type Directors Club's 2009 Annual Awards competition has recognized Cartype out of 3,316 entries from all around the world. Read More »

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New (old) Segura logo.. 02-01-09. A very short history of our new (old) Segura logo. Read More »

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Big Book of Brochures. 01-01-09. While the Crop series of brochures for Corbis and the very limited edition catalog for Rockshox are both a few years old, they continue to garnish recognition in our industry and are both featured in this comprehensive book published by Collins Design. Read More »

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Computer Arts' "Design Icons" series. 12-09-08. The UK's Computer Arts has included Segura in their "Design Icons" series and is featured in an interview in the December 2008 issue. Read More »

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Design Stars Boulevard. 12-03-08. DPi's Design Stars Boulevard Volume 3 showcases outstanding graphic design commissions between 2005 and 2008. Segura inc is among the selected firms and this issue features 3 case histories. Read More »

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Segura part of Bastardised group. 11-17-08. Carlos Segura is one of 189 global designers invited to bastardise the "Bunch" logo and included in their limited edition run of 1500 books showcasing all of the creations. Read More »

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Cut & Paste/55DSL challenge. 10-15-08. Carlos Segura will participate as one of the judges in the Cut & Paste/55DSL Logo Remix challenge. Read More »

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The Design Entrepreneur. 10-13-08. The T26 Digital Type Foundry is one of 48 designers featured in Steven Heller and Lita Talarico's book "The Design Entrepreneur" showcasing efforts implemented by working designers from around the world one how they "turned graphic design into goods that sell". Read More »

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Segura in Monterrey. 09-23-08. Carlos Segura will be one of the many speakers at this years U.Design Monterrey in Mexico from October 8th thru October 10 2008. Read More »

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Life In Perpetual Beta. 09-16-08. An interview of Carlos Segura by Life In Perpetual Beta at the 3rd Seed Conference in Chicago. Read More »

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CarType in Form. 08-07-08. The "Scene" section (page 30) of the July/August issue of Form magazine features a mention of our efforts to document the typography used in the car industry on Cartype . Read More »

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Carlos Segura shares a few thoughts. 07-23-08. Recorded at Seed 3 in Chicago on June 6th by BusinessPOV, Carlos Segura shares a few thoughts on the daily grind of having the right business plan for you. Read More »

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Cartype V2. 06-09-08. Finally. The New CarType is up! A comprehensive collection of emblems, car company histories and logos, reviews of typographical and graphical applications, design features and just about anything that is car related. Read More »

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Seed 3. 04-01-08. Seed. Friday, June the 6th 2008 in Chicago. A one day conference with Carlos Segura, Jason Fried, Jim Coudal, Jake Nickell, Jeffrey Kalmikoff, Edward Lifson and Gary Vaynerchuk. Read More »

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[06.29.09]
ptsewed
The new releases from T26 for July include Joao Vasconcelos' 12 weight font called Numb, followed by The Meez by Ramiz Guseynov, Digital Delivery, Grande Guignol, and Bronto Burger by Comicraft, Sewed by Volcano, Eklipse by Rafael Neder and the free font called EcoFont by Spranq.

[06.25.09]
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What a creative solution! And, it looks great too.

[06.17.09]
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Today you can get he free iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update includes some great new features, as well as all the features from previous updates.

[06.16.09]
50 ways to save
Wire & Twine helps us all with 50 Ways to save the planet.

[06.15.09]
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Innocent dogs are being dragged behind boats and used as LIVE bait for sharks!! Here you can watch the video that shows one poor dog being rescued.

[06.04.09]
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Admit it. We all do it, but we hate it when it happens to us.

[06.01.09]
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The releases by T26 for June include a 10-weight san-serif fornt called ArumSans by Wayne Thompson, a stylish and decorative face called Sintra by Bank, Sppeding Bullet and Overdrive by Comicraft, Embryo by Hannes Von Döhren and a set of 300 dingbats called Kryptoid by PsyOps.

[05.31.09]
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Cartype gets ADRoadtrip’s attention and joins Jason Stebbing's 7-week roadtrip adventure from Austin, Texas to countless western locations.

[05.15.09]
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Joe Pellegrini is an architectural freelance photographer in Chicago.

[05.14.09]
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For those of you on the go, you can now get Cartype on the Amazon Kindle.

[05.11.09]
prehistoric hug
Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed two skeletons thought to be 5,000 to 6,000 years old, locked in an embrace.

[05.01.09]
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A very creative way to re-use a creative ad.

[05.01.09]
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The beautifully decayed artwork of Valerie Hegarty.

[05.01.09]
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T26's May collection offers a stunning package of 20 hi-res hand-drawn letterforms called SketchType from The Organic Type along with Grus by Topos Graphics, Hydrous by Psy/Ops and Anuthin Wongsunkakon, Estate by Joel Carrouché, Hooky by Comicraft and Toonish by Tom Burns.

[04.29.09]
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The R2-D2 DVD Projector.

[04.29.09]
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This poster by The Small Stakes is just one of 50 amazing Gig posters sure to inspire.

[04.29.09]
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A flow chart for every problematic situation from Uneasy Silence.

[04.29.09]
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An online list of codes for every remote control.

[04.29.09]
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Barack Obama marks first 100 days as President

[04.28.09]
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Disney Parody explanation of Copyright Law and Fair Use. Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University provides this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms.

[04.28.09]
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Not sure if all these are real, but the ideas are good.

[04.28.09]
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In the zone of alienation in northern Ukraine, Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. Its population had been around 50,000 prior to the accident. Today, the only residents are deer and wolves along with a solitary guard.