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Metaphors in Motion : Website

Website for Metaphors in Motion, who's message is the "Art of transportation" captured through photography. Focused on collectors of cars, aircraft, or marine who want the objects they love and own expressed as a photographic "art piece".

Metaphors in Motion tells a visual story of a vehicle presented as a series of photographs which delve not only into the form, color, and detail but also the context in which the photograph is taken. The surroundings and reflections serve to enrich the quality and experience of the "art piece".

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Greg Heck : Stationery

A full identity system (including logo) for Greg Heck, a photographer based in Chicago, produced on hand-made Japanese papers.

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Cultura : Stationery

Identity system for Hispanic agency in Texas.

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Corbis : Vintage posters poster

This very limited edition silkscreened poster (which is part of Crop 2) celebrates and promotes the new collection of vintage posters now available from Corbis and is in printed on a very thick sheet of translucent paper, then silk-screened on both sides, creating a 3-dimension effect for each poster thumbnail.

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T26 Digital Type Foundry : Tab newspaper

The "Tab" 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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Corbis : Crop 2 brochure

Crop-2 was the second of an ongoing series of very special and limited edition catalogs for the rebranding of Corbis.

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Corbis : RF-3 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-3.

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Yosho : Poster

Poster for Yosho, a programing, multimedia and web development company in California. This was used as an introductory teaser announcing their new name.

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T26 Digital Type Foundry : Tokyo set

Special Events kits produced specifically for the Tokyo Type Directors Club. An evening featuring a presentation by Carlos Segura and honoring the work from T26.

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Express : Jeans tags

Express Jeans commissioned Segura Inc (among others) to design hang tags for their "Dangerously Bold" jeans line. All of our solutions for the tags double as a "keepsakes" that could be used as fun and functional objects.

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Extensis : MWSF T-shirt

A special and limited edition t-shirt created for the 2008 Mac World San Francisco event promoting Extensis' font server application.

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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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Corbis : Crop Japan brochure

Special version of Crop for the Japanesse market. All pages are clear celofane, with white silk-screen on the back and images on the front, and then french folds.

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MTG Productions : Stationery

Stationery and identity system for MTG Productions, a print and film production company in Chicago.

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Christina Aguilera : Promotional Web Trailer

Limited edition CD and animated flash web registration promotional trailer for Christina Aguilera.

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Country Music Television : Logo

Type treatments and titling sequences for the 2006 CMT Music Awards.

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Corbis : Itch logo.

The Itch identity is part of an ongoing series of catalogs from Corbis created to announce and celebrate the joining of the Zefa collection of images with Corbis.

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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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XXX Snowboards : Logo

A series of logos for XXX Snowbaords.

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Marchandise Mart : Logo

Logo for Chicago's Marchandise Mart.

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Q101 : Jamboree 99 "comics" poster

Comic books poster for Q101 radio's annual "Jamboree" concert series in Chicago. This year's theme was "comics". A comic book was made for each of the 11 bands, which include Hole, Silverchair, 2-Skinnee Js, Local H, LIT, The Flys, Blondie, Kottonmouth Kings, Orgy, Puya, Blink 182 and Offspring.

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Humble Pied. 12-01-09. Another great project by Mig Reyes includes Carlos Segura's "single tip" on Humble Pied. Read More »

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uKre8 Advice. 11-23-09. A few thoughts on how to be happy from George, of the VS Project, who is the main contributor to the uKre8 the VS project website. Carlos throws in a few thoughts in the fifth of 16 posts. Read More »

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Form Book & Promotion. 11-10-09. Sandu Publishing's Form "Book & Promotion" book showcases the very special and limited Rock Shox product catalog for SRAM. Read More »

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Design Chat with Segura. 09-01-09. Join Ryan McGovern at 8PM (Central Time) on Wednesday September 9th for a live video chat with Carlos Segura on DesignChat. The chat takes place at Mashable. Read More »

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Harper's Bazzaar Korea. 07-27-09. Harper's Bazzaar Korea "Designer's Room" segment features Segura Inc, among others in the July 2009 issue. Read More »

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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 »

Blog

[12.01.09]

Backpack

[12.01.09]
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T26's December offerings include Christmas Dingbats by Hannes Von Dohren, Coquette and Lakeside by Mark Simnson, Maryam by Ricardo Esteves Gomes, Don Paco by Tipos Reunidos, Klute by Alias, Arlt Blanca by PampaAquliline by Jim Marcus and Flat Pack by David Lawless

[11.30.09]

Highrise

[11.27.09]
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What an amazing house!

[11.27.09]
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Designed exclusively for MacBook, BassJump is a sweet, one-of-a-kind, go anywhere, USB-powered subwoofer that turns your MacBook into a mini sound system.

[11.26.09]

A fantastic and very funny story by David Thorne that is all too common these days.

[11.25.09]
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Radiohead performs Where You And I Begin (among others) on From The Basement.

[11.20.09]

Basecamp

[11.18.09]
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You can create a font from your very own handwriting. There's no software to download and install, all you need is a printer and a scanner.

[11.16.09]
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“Reflection Passed”, a new concept book written, designed and illustrated by four Chicago artists, will celebrate with a launch party on November 21, 2009, at Golden Age Bookstore. Reflections Passed tackles the subject of collision. Illustrated by Craig Hansen, the book was designed by Chris May at Program Studio.

[11.07.09]
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This "upside down" table is by Claire Ferreira and is made by pouring Jesmonite - a bio-resin supplied as a water-based acrylic liquid and a mineral powder - inside a wooden base intended to become the shelf structure. Resin comes out from a slot, to form a smooth organic surface. Poured in different times, a unique pattern appears.

[11.02.09]
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Italy's Mokamour has taken the time to do a mention on us and we appreciate it.

[11.02.09]
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Join Carlos and a bunch of other creatives at Bevel Emboss on November 5th at The Bottom Lounge at 1375 W. Lake Street. A completely free monthly gathering of passionate people who care about art and design. We talk shop, we drink beer and after a few, talk about everything else that's wonderful.

[11.02.09]
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Very creative art from Glenn Jones, a graphic designer and illustrator from Auckland, New Zealand. You can even build your own custom calendar.

[11.01.09]
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This month T26 presents Proxima Nova and Goldenbook by Mark Simonson, Taper by Tomi Haaparanta, Blockletter by Jakob Straub, Kolinear by Eric Berranger, plus Elsewhere and Exterminate by Comicraft. Last but not least is Yummy, a tasty typeface inspired by cookie cutters, compliments of BANK Associates.

[10.29.09]
bokeh type
A nice little type tool that creates glowing bulbs of text.

[10.26.09]
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Betty Crocker's image has changed many times over the past 80 years. Her public image is still one of the most successful marketing campaigns in business.

[10.23.09]
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Times are bad for a lot of folks, but it's really sad to see Buell go.

[10.23.09]
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I just love the Levi's "Go Forth" commercials directed by Cary Fukunaga for Wieden+Kennedy, Portland using poem by Walt Whitman.

[10.03.09]
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The Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische of hand-crafted decorative initial caps for blogs.

[10.01.09]
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T26 introduces a variety of fonts perfect for the scariest month of the year. They include Flame on, Altogether Ooky and Dead Man's Chest by Comicraft, Fraktendon by Volcano Type, Forge by Rian Hughes, Discord Eroor by Rafael Neder and Heraldry by Micheal Parson (with even more here), as well as a series of limited edition Lance Armstrong posters from our Biketype venture.

[09.27.09]
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A musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn - Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Stephen Hawking's Universe series.