More tales from Chicago.
We were lucky enough to have a visit to the Hillside Fire Dept. If this was a different blog I'd say how kind they were for showing us round and how brilliant the tour was. Hero is one of those tags that gets bandied about too easily, but people that run into burning building for a living qualify in my book.
Anyway. This is a graphic design blog so take a look at some of the gorgeous hand painted typography. A few more pictures over here.
I think it is a common thread in designers that, while everyone else is paying attention to ... say ... the 50m fire ladder, a designer's eye goes straight for the typography.
Also, those flourishes on the '403' circle are sweet as well. (also hand painted?)
Posted by: Daniel Coulbourne | Mar 10, 2008 at 08:50
Yep, all hand painted.
Posted by: Ben | Mar 10, 2008 at 09:52
That's really cool. I wonder how the designer got that gig.
"Yes, We'd like to hire you to paint flourishes on our big red fire-trucks."
Haha
Posted by: Daniel Coulbourne | Mar 12, 2008 at 01:55