Another thing we adore in The Kingdom is type.
We can't help ourselves. The inner graphic geeks always get out.
So you can imagine how excited I am about watching the 2007 Gary Hustwit Film 'Helvetica' tonight...
Every bit as exciting, is everything made by a girl called Jen, in her wonderful wonderful etsy shop called Plastique. She is a graphic designer who makes these highly covetable things
Helvetica Necklace $20
RGB Necklace $20
It seems Jen also shares our other passion - music...
Turntable Necklace $22.00
Cassette Tape Ring $7
And my absolute absolute favourite Cassette Necklace $22.00
It will come as no surprise to learn, that I have a big box of tapes in the loft exactly like this. I used to buy my blank tapes in woolworths when I was small. I loved that red shiny plastic. There are certain things that I can never throw away - photographs, records and of course old casette tapes.
So I gotta say it - 'Jen! you're a genius'
We'll take two of everything!!!
Queen Marie
x
It's a damn good film, as long as you are, as you say, a total graphics geek!
Posted by: Louise | Saturday, 07 November 2009 at 13:42
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Posted by: bubu | Saturday, 07 November 2009 at 14:10
thanks , great infos
Posted by: Amplified | Saturday, 07 November 2009 at 16:08
I love Helvetica, too. Back in the old days, when we set type on the Linotronic, we had "Megaron," the knockoff. What a great name!
Posted by: enc | Saturday, 07 November 2009 at 16:14
Yes, good documentary on Helvetica
I this word of computer design, type faces often get overlooked.
Posted by: Ms. Smart | Saturday, 07 November 2009 at 19:27
Oh that's a great film! I am not a graphic designer and had no interest in the topic, but I loved it just the same.
Posted by: Steff | Sunday, 08 November 2009 at 01:01
LOVE these!
Posted by: Lisa | Sunday, 08 November 2009 at 02:37
saved them to my Etsy favorites a while ago. I'm planning to get my graphic designer friend the kern rings :)
Posted by: Lucy | Sunday, 08 November 2009 at 04:32
LOVE the type necklaces! Amazing!
Posted by: Gem Fatale | Sunday, 08 November 2009 at 22:11
Nice - have you seen Objectified yet? From the maker of the Helvetica movie, it's inspiring and illuminating!
Posted by: Kev - LG | Monday, 09 November 2009 at 15:15
this is jen! my friend just showed me this blog posting. thanks so much for the kind words :) i appreciate all of this very much.
i will be restocking many of my pieces tonight (nov 9) so stay tuned should you want one of the pieces on my sold out list.
Posted by: jen | Monday, 09 November 2009 at 23:39