Amor is a jewelry collection signed by Parisian designer and sculptress Annelise Michelson. The wordmark, designed by eschenlauer sinic, authentically captures the essence of the collection: empowerment and self-love. In addition to the typeface taking up the curved shapes, both generous and sharp of the jewels in this collection, the letter A hides a heart shape in its drawing. A comprehensive digital campaign with a pop, light and joyful tone reflecting the spirit of the collection was designed alongside the wordmark.

Graphic design by eschenlauer sinic. Campaign photographs by Teresa Ciocia, with styling by Nelly Carle and post production by Gloria Torquati.

Chicago record label D.J. International Records, formed in 1985 at the birth of house music with releases from seminal artists of the genre such as Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Steven “Silk” Hurley, Joe Smooth, Sterling Void, etc. Also responsible for early acid house and hip-house records from Fast Eddie and Tyree Cooper. Their logo made fantastic use of Chromium One.

I was looking for inspiration for a forthcoming BMX product brand and remembered their logo… it’s a bit like Quicksilver, it came to me, must be Chromium One.

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The Acid Megamix, ZYX 5973, 1988

Sterling Void – It’s All Right, 1989

Tyree featuring J.M.D. – “Move Your Body”, 1989

Yamasa’s Planet T “Pachislo” slot machines use Stack for the logo.

The E.T.-themed model shown above additionally uses Broadway and Futura for the “Medal” labels, Eurostile for “Bar” and “Stop”, and oblique Helvetica caps for “You are champion / Have a good time / Good luck”.

The Super Planet T Type-A shown below features Revue for the logo extensions. “Super Bonus” is in Chromium One, “Bonus Game” and “Stop” in Futura Black, “Medal(s)” in Hawthorn, “Start”, “Medal In” etc. in Optima, “Bar” in ITC Souvenir, and “Super Bonus” in Eurostile. The inline numerals are probably custom (based on a bold extended Helvetica?). All Japanese fonts are unidentified. [edit: according to commentator A, these are Sūbo, Gona, Nāru, and Ishii Gothic.]

Hans Jørgen Wærner unearthed the Letraset classic Chromium One (David Harris, 1983) for his poster advertising an “Illegal Boogie” night at Illegal Burger in Oslo, Norway:

Killer burgers, good drinks and three of the city’s biggest boogie heads at the controls ... […] Strictly vinyl and just good vibes. Unleash your dance foot and turn your hips to illegal raw boogie, soul, disco and other soulful dance music this Saturday!

Chromium One’s glossy glyphs are paired with caps from ITC Busorama for the info about venue, date, and line-up.

Detail.

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Żoliborz by Marian Misiak / threedotstype

MAMSAM mugs —

are associated, first of all, with an aesthetics of PRL (People’s Republic of Poland), although they were also inspired from the German design of 1960s. The first patterns referred directly to the Polish applied graphic design of 1970s. However, with time the designers cooperating with us started to treat them as a medium of comments towards the present days and to make reference to the current events or texts of the culture.

MANSAM Mugs, are first and foremost good Polish design as well as the gallery presenting the works of Polish graphic artists and designers distinguishing themselves.

They are formed as limited series, not exceeding 100 pieces (there are mostly 30 pieces of them of one pattern). Each series is an unrepeated collection of logotypes, which are not produced more by us in case if they have beeen already sold.

The MAMSAM shop currently lists 979 different designs submitted by 173 designers, sorted in 12 categories like cities, sport, animals, objects, words. This post shows a selection of mugs with typographic designs. Unless otherwise noted, all depicted mugs were designed by Janek Bersz, one of the most prolific contributors. The selection also includes mugs by Polish type designers who have used the MAMSAM mugs as a platform to showcase their typefaces.

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Śląsk by Marian Misiak / threedotstype

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Singiel by Tomasz Tkaczyk

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Służew by Szymon Sznajder

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Bielany by Joanna Angulska

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Żoliborz by Zuzanna Rogatty

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Ursynów by Rafał Buchner

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Bemowo by Mateusz Machalski

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Śródmieście by Mateusz Machalski

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Saska Kępa by Ludka Niezgoda

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Wilanów by Anna Wieluńska

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Mokotów by Robert Jarzec

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Żerań by Maciej Połczyński

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Praga by Maciej Włoczewski

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Białołęka by Beata Kurek