I was in Queens getting my taxes done and the typography was just amazing: some great, some bad, and all of it pretty dated. I suspect the neighborhood is pretty working class, not a lot of new revenue coming in. Good people with mainstream tastes, maybe.
- Gorgeous, probably hand drawn, but the paint job is so even, I think it was screenprinted.
- So sad and lifeless. Not terrible, but no soul.
Then I found myself in Park Slope, not in the frou frou part, but the still fairly middle class area near 15th Street. Once again, there was some great work–mostly from a while ago when the neighborhood was up and coming. The more recent stuff was pretty blah or badly designed.
- Gorgeous! I love this so much!
- This terrifies me as a parent, offends me as a designer, and nauseates me as a person. SO much wrong here in my opinion…