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Pencil set inspired by Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. Hand foil-stamped in Futura Medium.

I just picked up a copy of Ed Fella Documents — a catalog in support of the exhibit of the same name, held in France this summer — which offers up a selection of the artist’s energetic typographic art projects. Looking forward to having a flick through Fella’s expressive work this week, as well as some other recent purchases — Graphic Design: Now in Production, and Joost Grootens’ I Swear I Use No Art at All. Merry Christmas to me!

I was recently turned on to the work of Cyan, a Berlin-based design studio founded in the early 90s by Daniela Haufe and Detlef Fiedler. The site is full of big, bold, bright type and well-worth a look through if you haven’t had one before.

Issue 2 ships mid-January and features interviews with Buffalo Zine, El Celso, Damien Gautier (Éditions 205), Martine Mathijsen, Rob Lowe (Cagoule, Anorak, Fire & Knives), Anna Gerber and Britt Iversen (Visual Editions), and Wayne White; a new installment of Type Affairs with Astrid Stavro, a special centerfold by Mark Pernice and a screenprinted insert hand-lettered by Kathryn Murray. Pre-order now.

Coverjunkie, a great online resource of magazine covers, has recently released Coverjunkie Magazine. The blog’s first foray into print celebrates the best covers of 2011, and features interviews with some of industry’s most prolific art directors. Buy it here.

Wonderful, restrained work from Seoul-based design Shin Dokho.

Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of this handsome type specimen from the Brighton-based Colophon type foundry. Only 70 available online.

Some super, bright new type created by EINE in Miami last week.

Issue 2 is vacationing at our printers in Canada, and is due back in town (and available for purchase) in mid January. Expect sneak peeks all this month, and a few surprises from some GT friends celebrating the release.

Update: Get GT No. 2 first! — PREORDER ISSUE 2.