Beth Arnold

Letter From Paris presents...ParisTypes

imperfect cirCles

By Contributing Editor Louise Brody, Graphic Designer, Art Director and Galerist

 

A CIRCLE IS the perfect shape; continuous, symmetrical, harmonious. It is said that Leonardo da Vinci could draw a perfect circle freehand… but I prefer imperfect circles such as these:

 

...or these...

 

Tower on the Quai de Grenelle, 15th arrondisement

Letter From Paris presents...ParisTypes

LETTERS EVERYWHERE

By Contributing Editor Louise Brody, Graphic Designer, Art Director and Galerist

I LOVE LETTERS. I love the way they speak to you, tease you, entice you to look closer, be it on a poster, a shop sign, a traffic indication, a metro station, an exhibition banner... I’m a type fiend, I see letters everywhere in Paris, and being a graphic designer, I also see Paris in letters...

When you say Paris, the first image that comes to mind for the great majority of people is this...

  

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