Contributor Profile May 2012

Featured Contributor Johan Swanepoel

We're proud to announce that Johan Swanepoel is this month's Featured

Contributor. Hailing from South Africa with a background in engineering and

construction management, Swanepoel pursued his passion for photography as 

young man in the era of manual cameras and darkrooms.

We love his intimate wildlife photographs-powerful additions to the Veer library.

While he claims to value modern digital equipment and techniques, when asked if

he is a wildlife photography "purist" - Swanepoel says: 

"No, cropping, healing, cloning, composites, etc., are part of the tools in order to

create the image I have in mind. The final goal will mostly dictate the rules. When

looking casually at images, I rarely question the processes involved, but rather

appreciate the message or beauty of the subject."

Check out highlights from Johan's work here

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Pantone Easter eggs

This is a seasonal decoration that only a designer could conceive (or create so flawlessly): Easter eggs that look like Pantone color swatches. The best part is that they're surprisingly simple to make - designer Jessica Jones includes DIY instructions on her blog. A new spring tradition.

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Type that's above the fold

Typogami is a font inspired by the Japanese art of origami and kirigami - the glyphs look like they're made from folded paper. Not only that, you can tweak everything from color and fold angles to angle of light and the intensity of shadows. Designer Calango has created an animated version and a static version. (via Co.DESIGN)

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Frustro: The impossible typeface

Inspired by the famous Penrose triangle illusion, Hungarian designer Martzi Hegedűs created Frustro, a highly unconventional sans serif whose characters literally don't line up. In fact, each letterform appears to be facing in two different directions. Whether the font delights you or drives you crazy, there's no denying it makes an eye-catching display face.

Via Jeannie Huang

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A-1 Scrabble designer edition

What began as a student project by designer Andrew Capener has, with the help of HASBRO and Winning Solutions, become a lovely, limited edition typographic Scrabble set. The "A-1 Scrabble designer edition" features solid walnut tiles, an assortment of fonts, six magnetized pieces of walnut that snap together to make the board, and a cork-lined storage drawer. In short, it's pretty fancy.

It's available for pre-order, and each set is signed and numbered. Unfortunately, you still have to use the same old Scrabble dictionary.

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