Garage sales are definitely a suburban thing because only houses in the suburbs really have a yard to host one! I grew up in suburbia and my grandmother definitely had garage sale radar!!
While this example is not fashion related, it is located on the National "Mall" hah hah...hah...
This jumped off the page when I saw it. The block, 3D letters give the actual type some weight and the color is so trippy! I found in on a website on creative typography. The more I get exposed to type, the more I have an interest in graphic art. It just looks so clean even through the chaos which is hard to accomplish! I think this also illustrates that color can impede on the readability of type.
not even see the typography in the design, but when you zoom in (as in the other picture) you see the mistake!
Digital is the term of the 21st century. Successful companies and organizations without websites are the exception due to consumer expectations of having all information that could ever be needed at their fingertips. The transformation to a digital medium has forced designers to learn a new craft and, as the digital culture has come to be dominated by a handful of companies, are having their hand forced when it comes to choosing a creative solution that can be distributed worldwide. Thanks to Apple, the success of sans serif type in the digital realm was sealed. The following is a brief look at the evolution of sans serif type and the cultural icon it has become today.
German designer Paul Renner is best known for Futura created in 1927. This was a time of political and cultural distress due to the Nazi control of Germany. The country was in a state of unrest and so was the local design world when it came to gothic versus roman. Renner spent countless hours researching the implications of both. Although the abbreviated curves of gothic allowed for a more efficient use of space in typesetting longer words and works, its origins in courts had Renner concluding it was pure "decadence;" not to mention the Nazis outlawed it by decree in 1941. Renner thought roman type was more German in the end having its origins traced back to the first German Reich. Therefore, in his quest to emerge from the "old-fashionned" and to create a balance between upper and lower case letter, Futura was born. It's the forerunner of the geometric sans serif typefaces, recognizable by its signature even-weighted strokes. While Futura appeared in the early 1900's, it is still used on a daily basis today. Futura was made an icon for its use in the Stanley Kubrick promotional campaigns for 2001: A Space Odyssey and Eyes Wide Shut. It's also seen in corporate design - Volkswagen and Union Pacific - further deeming its worthiness as a classic. To quote Toronto 
art director, Nick Shinn, "Futura's severe geometric simplicity, stately proportions, and the lightness of its book weight became a key component of early 20th century modernism."
pects for users. Also, mass availability led to the type's adoption by well-known companies like Crate&Barrel, Jeep, Toyota, American Airlines, Target and more to enhance their branding, being arguably the most used typeface as it tops the online sales charts. Does the prevalence, and perhaps overuse, of a typeface make one type superior to another? Probably not, but being a standard in readability and availability during the digital age has led the majority of designers to embrace the sans serifs with open arms. As technology improves and the digital culture evolves, it will be exciting to see where the sans serif shakes out in the end.
Here is a nice example of a neon sign for a retail store. The store, in my opinion, is a little overpriced, but I think the sign fits well with the theme of the store - trendy, modern, tranquil, and chic.
