TypoTrip – typography on the road

4.11.2009

SKUP

Filed under: Poland — Tags: , , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 13:04

Peculiar shop in downtown Warsaw nowadays selling second hand clothes. The beautifully rendered image of
a camera seems to be the leftover of the shop’s previous trade. /// Specyficzny sklep na Poznańskiej.

typotrip_skup

typotrip_petax

2.11.2009

OLESEK & KADZIDIELKA

Filed under: Poland — Tags: , , , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 12:58

A couple of snapshots from Warsaw’s most colourful, lively and multicultural bazaar. Featured are Polish product
names misspelled my immigrant merchants. /// Przykłady egzotycznych produktów ze stadionu XX-lecia.

typotrip_kadzidielka

typotrip_olesek

21.10.2009

BLOKOWISKO

Filed under: Poland — Tags: , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 18:13

Such consistent and carefully rendered typography is not typical even for apartment block house districts.
This is a quiet neighbourhood with few passers-by which might’ve given more time to finish off the artwork.

typotrip_blokowisko1

typotrip_blokowisko2

typotrip_blokowisko3

NAMUNAKKI

Filed under: Finland — Tags: , , , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 15:08

”YUMMY SAUSAGE”

All connotations are welcome.

typotrip_namunakki

typotrip_namunakki2

20.10.2009

TERMINATOR

Filed under: Ukraine — Tags: , , , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 15:07

TERMINATOR – Salvation Will Come

I was very pleased to see that the practice of painting custom film posters prevails in Ukrainian cinemas.
I find this an admirable tradition and will be sad to see it replaced by homogeneous, glossy banners.

typotrip_terminator

WIESE FREI

Filed under: Poland — Tags: , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 13:27

FREE MEADOW

Don’t be mislead by the German words for this is a Polish camping ad targeted at German tourists.
This is fairly common in northern and western Poland.
This particular example is quite saturated even for local taste.

typotrip_wiesefrei1

typotrip_wiesefrei2

12.12.2008

ICE CREAM AND CUTTLERY

Filed under: Poland — Tags: , , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 2:55

First is the memory of an ice cream from Warsaw’s dodgy neighbourhood – Praga.
Then is a sign of a neglected Vietnamese restaurant on a colourful bazaar in eastern Warsaw.

typotrip_lody

typotrip_knifefork

10.12.2008

ONE, TWO, FORTY-THREE

Filed under: Latvia, Poland — Tags: , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 2:45

A few hand-painted numbers from different parts of Eastern Europe. Number one is the platform number from
a bus station in Riga, Latvia where I often used to stop over on my trips between Warsaw and Helsinki – quite
beautifully rendered in black-on-white and inverse. Number two is from Augustów in north-eastern Poland where
a hand-made sign had to do in lack of official street signage. Number forty-three is same story but from Nowogród
where a lovely folk party takes place once in a year.

typotrip_jeden

typotrip_dwa

typotrip_czterdztrzy

8.12.2008

AUTO CZĘŚCI

Filed under: Poland — Tags: , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 2:44

CAR PARTS in two intriguing versions both part of the same chaotic premises.

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typotrip_autoczesci2

26.11.2008

FOR THE ANIMALS

Filed under: Poland — Tags: , , , — Wojtek Mejor @ 9:03

SHOP, ANIMAL SUPPLIES, FISH FEED
It’s not often you encounter advertisements that can boast a similar variety of letterforms and dynamic
composition as this local animal supplies shop. It seems clear that both signs underwent many adjustments
in both form and content in a constant pursuit of perfection. Please note the little fishes in the second specimen.

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