Just my TYPE Tuesdays: Furniture shopping

Today during my lunch break, I decided to get away from the office mania and decompress with a little furniture browsing at my local Home Goods store. To celebrate Just my TYPE Tuesdays, I've decided to feature my fantastic finds of type driven furniture pieces & home accessories.

To my surprise, this lamp below inspired me to share this post with you today. The base of this lamp is made out of carved wood letters. Almost as if the designer fused wood block letters together. So beautiful! The lamp was accented with a dark gray burlap round shade. This lamp would look so sick in a dimmed, masculine den.

 

 Here is an up close detail of the base.

 

I spotted this vintage-esque chase lounge in the middle of the isle. All the type is in French....
SOOO romantique! (insert French-English accent here).

 

How wicked cool are these ceramic jars below.....?!?!? I.Don't.Know.What.Anything.Says...... but I so wanted to place them in my cart and find a home for these neat treasures. Maybe I'll go back soon (tomorrow) & buy them & add them to my typography collection. Just gotta get the husband to sign-off on them.... hehehehe!

Lastly, I saw this chair tucked away in the corner of the store. For $299.99, they can keep it... sheesh, I hope it goes on clearance soon, then maybe I'll reconsider it.  This piece still gives me great inspiration for a pattern design. I'm digging the raw calligraphic type all over the chair. I thought this chair would be a perfect office/desk chair.

Save-the-Dates: Adrianna+Steven

Did you read that SWEET rhyme on the top left hand side??? I almost died over how unbelievably creative that sounds.... and so simple & to the point. Props to the couple. I'm a sucker for that kinda stuff.

I'm excited to show you Adrianna & Steven's Save-the-Date postcards. I totally dig their playful style & their wicked cool personalities.  We tried really hard to portray that in their STD's.

A little bit about the cute couple.... they LOVE soccer!!! AND they are both REALLY freakin' good at it too! They love it so much, that they were clever enough to convince my husband and I to play with them on a co-ed indoor soccer team. Side note: I had never been a part of a soccer team ever in my life, so this game with this whole trying to be coordinated with your feet  & all.... was extremely new to me. I'll be honest with you.... I kinda stunk at the game..... That's all in the past now. Hopefully!! =)

Adrianna came to me with a killer color scheme. Dark gray & mustard yellow. Such harmony of hues. Love. Love. Love. Since their wedding date is in the month of October, she had the idea of incorporating the bare twiggy trees to match their ADORABLE engagement shoot image. I helped to play up the design with retro fonts & give it a funky fresh urban feel by tilting the frame.

During the design process, I like to ask my clients where they shop at for clothes, accessories & stuff. This helps me to design their personalities right into the project. Check out the back side of the postcard below.

NEW: Just my TYPE Tuesdays!

 

 For my first installment of Just my TYPE Tuesdays, I wanted to feature these totally fantastic posters. The combo of type, beauty, & fashion are giving me goose bumps.... its ridiculous!!

Featured typefaces: Caslon Italic, Claredon Bold, Carousel Medium & Helvetica Bold.

 

You can check out these posters here.

Happy Type Tuesdays!