On that note, visit WoodType.org, the website of the Hamilton Wood Type Printing Museum. It's always an excellent resource for events, posters and other items for sale, ways to support the Hamilton Museum, and general typographic happenings. 5.29

It was great to see Typeface last night, the film by Justine Nagan, at the DAM. It was screened as a part of Untitled #29 (Typo), which also included live letterpress printing by MATTER, who are behind the exhibit Pressed, An Exhibition of Letterpress Printed Ephemera. The exhibition opens today at Denver Pavilions, 500 16th Street, and will be surrounded by additional typographic events, making this weekend officially a Letterpress Weekend. Whew. 5.29

"He gave himself the pseudonym IBOU, which meant ‘inventive book designer and publisher’. In French Ibou means owl, and so this was the start to a gigantic collection of owl-symbols." Belgian designer Paul Ibou, via Draplin. 5.27

Two brief but lovely photography posts over on The Silver Lining: Robert Doisneau, and also Herbert Ponting. 5.27

Celebrate Bike Month with a poster from Poster Cabaret's Bicycle Art 2010 by talented shops like Aesthetic Apparatus and The Small Stakes. Sweet. 5.26

Noting renewed interest in the design of seed packaging. 5.26

50 Tokyo Taxi Tops. 5.26

This Final Friday at the Denver Art Museum, Untitled #29 (Typo), looks like a great time and will feature a screening of the film Typeface, some demos from MATTER Studio, and much more. Go. 5.25

Curious Pages has a really terrific selection of "recommended inappropriate books for kids". I've read many of them, but somehow have missed The Story of the Nostrils. 5.25

"If you don’t ask your children to try things, how will they ever know what they’re capable of?". Thank you. Well said. 5.25

Lettering by Ben Wiseman, via WLT. 5.24

A history of the color wheel. 5.24

An interesting collection of photographs of famous artists and designers for this week's Today by Eric Baker. 5.22

Barbara Kruger's tube map, part of the TfL's Art on the Underground. Via Monoscope. 5.21

Branding Australia with boomerangs. 5.21

More flea market eye candy and visual inspiration: Treasure & Rain Part I, and Treasure & Rain Part II. 5.17

Custom lettering by Alan Ariail, via Ministry of Type. 5.17

Boulder has been featured in two NYTimes articles this week that highlight our tech and creative culture. The first article features the programs over at Boulder Digital Works and the second takes a look at Boulder's role as a magnet for high-tech start-ups. 5.14

CT is a street artist from Turin who creates large, geometric type murals. Interesting stuff, via Monoscope. 5.14

"In an attempt to organize this information into a format that is engaging and reflective of the wayfinding foundations of the project, two large conceptual diagrams in the style of Harry Beck's London Underground diagram were produced." Ben Millen's iPhone deconstruction maps. 5.14

Weightshift links up a FontCast film about New Bohemia Signs, who are responsible for countless stellar hand-painted signs all over San Francisco. 5.13

Steven Heller on the late graphic designer Don Ervin. 5.13

A look at Massimo Vignelli's 1977 Unigrid System design, plus an in-depth article on the Unigrid and a Flickr group showing the grid in action. 5.12

Seriously great load of industrial salvage in this set of images on ACL from the Brimfield, Mass. flea market. 5.12

A lovely and creative effort by Ty Mattson of Mattson Creative for Nashville flood relief. Check it out. 5.12

Checking out the Pard Morrison show currently at RULE Gallery in Denver. 5.12

UP THERE, a documentary film about the painters who create handpainted advertising signage, using centuries-old techniques and materials like patterns and charcoal. Lovely. 5.11

"Why did I start a type foundry?". Christian Schwartz on starting Commercial Type. 5.10

"Hyperactivitypography from A to Z is an activity book for typographers illustrated in a nostalgic vintage style." 5.10

An intriguing choice of images for Eric Baker's "weekly jewel box" this week: Today, 05.08.10. 5.10

A look at vintage issues of the Concrete Quarterly. Some lovely design, and any publication with headlines promising BELGIAN ROADS sounds like something I should check out. 5.7

A number of numerals. Via CP. 5.7

From ampersand tattoos to websites, H&FJ report that designers using and inspired by their typefaces are sharing work on the H&FJ Facebook page, and they've posted up some great samples. 5.5

Czechoslovakian book covers and now some vintage Swedish book covers. As always, plenty of great design-related inspiration from A Journey Round My Skull. 5.4

Fantastic photoset of Graphic Design for Olivetti. Via Monoscope. 5.3