Ampersands With Attitude
One designer lists his ten favorite examples of the ampersand.
From Smashing Magazine. Sent in by Chris.
The Ampersand
F & H Vaccum
Austin Ampersand No. 3
Lettering on the back of a Toyota van.
Austin Ampersand No. 2
Artists & Hipsters:
How are You Helping to Gentrify East Austin?
Austin Ampersand No. 1
Longbranch Inn. Austin, Tex.
Gocco Ampersand Card
After checking out your blog, I was pretty inspired to do my next set of gocco cards with an ampersand theme. I looked through all of the ampersands I could find in about 300 fonts and narrowed it down to a diverse set of about 20. I then used these small fonts (12-20pt) to create a repeating pattern which fill a much larger sans-serifed arial black ampersand (300pt) in dark green.
Gocco products have been discontinued, but you there is a campaign to save this unique printing system.
xkcd
I am not nerdy enough to understand XKCD, but I still read it anyways. Thanks to Harris for sending it in.
Sin & Win
Sin & Win.
From a gallery/antique store last week in Yucca Valley, Ca.
Not an Ampersand
I am not going to embarrass the loyal reader who sent this in, but I thought it could lead to a nice new series of educational posts called “Not an Ampersand.”
This lovely garden sculpture is actually the musical symbol called the clef.
Metal Ampersands are Everywhere
Anthropologie (Urban Outfitters for grown-up ladies) has them now. Sweet.
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Thanks to simmerdesigns.
More metal ampersands: The House Industries original, Potterybarn, and this one.