Driven by a bit too much sake and the nostalgic melancholy that followed, I spent the evening listening to Soft Cell singles. Driven by even more sake I decided to scan all the covers. It’s the first time I’ve seen the front & backs simultaneously so although I managed to listen to all of Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing and side 1 of The Art Of Falling Apart before I was done, it was worth the effort.

The 80′s weren’t all bad you know. When I was a boy this was the man I wanted to be.

for more info:
fontshop.com
bpfoundry.com

Must have run out of pegs by the time they got to Y and Z.

the last issue of vogues hommes international, art-directed by our friend Patrick Roppel uses the Romain BP of B&P typefoundry, which—as everybody knows—also is the font used (and specially developed) for Sang Bleu!

I am not posting this because it is body-modification related, only because the image is genuinely beautiful.

Design by Stephan Sagmeister

In esquire uk, there are no dots at the end of the titles’ sub-captions. I wonder why. But why not?