DIY Type by Dana Tanamachi Review

Stephs Cheers and Jeers was provided the samples mentioned in this post in return for an unbiased review.  

DSCF1649I received this book through Blogging For Books

This book contains 50+ Typographic Stencils and is by Dana Tanamachi a Texas-bred, Brooklyn-based graphic designer. She has been commissioned by clients such as Google, Yahoo!, West Elm, Bloomingdale’s, William Sonoma, Nike, and created custom cover art for O, HOW, and TIME Magazines.

Inspired by the contemporary aesthetic of rendering type by hand, celebrated designer Dana Tanamachi shares a full set of upper and lower case alphabet stencils to create wall compositions, monogram t-shirts and jackets, personalize journals and school supplies, embroider pillows, and host parties filled with customized cakes and banners. With beautiful photographs and simple tutorials, you’ll find endless ways to decorate with type and joy in discovering the happy imperfections unique to your own application.

The book is LOADED with stencils and tutorials on using them.

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Review:

I think this is a SUPER Handy book! It contains two sizes of each letter which can come in handy for an array of different projects, it has some great tutorials including uses for home and for parties. I think this is great for any artist because stencils especially are very handy.  It has a very accents in it, but I really feel like it could of used more and maybe even numbers. Its all around a great book but left me wanting a few more things like a variety of fonts or even more accents.

You can buy this book for $22.95

 

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