cool book

i've never done a plug or anything like that, because that's not really what this site is about. [but what IS this site all about you may ask yourself. and i do too!]

but seriously, this book is amazing:
http://www.parallelstrokes.com/

i've never met ian. he's a friend of a friend, but we had a really excellent email exchange a couple of weeks ago, and i got his book in the mail today and am simply blown away by it.

i've done some crappy fonts and used to do a spat of graff here and there, and always told friends about teh connections between graffiti and typography, but ian has actually done something about it.

he wrote a fucking book about it.

so check it out, because it's really a great book and i can't wait to finish it.

>n

QUEENS!!!

yes, queens.
some of this stuff looks like it's from another country, and that's what i love about it.

in fact, that's one of the things i love most about nyc. you can travel for less than an hour in any direction and be immersed in a culture that is totally different than your own.

it's truly astonishing, the effect that this can have on one's sense of place and home.
in a good way, i assure you.

in any case, a lot of this stuff isn't partucularly some genius typography or anything, but actually just some really cool culturally different stuff. for me at least. i'm sure it's normal to the people that shop in these spots.

without further delay, here's some cool queens packaging stuff.

>n