Consider this our formal invitation. On November 3, the Type Directors Club presents a talk by one of the most talented type designers working today: Argentina’s Alejandro Paul, creator of incredibly beautiful faces like Compendium, Feel Script, Burgues Script, and countless others.

To commemorate the event, Nancy Harris Rouemy, renowned for her work at The New York Times Magazine (and an ardent Alejandro fan) designed the beautiful invitation above. (See the PDF — how many faces can you name?*) Letterpress printing courtesy of Davin Kuntze at Woodside Press in Brooklyn.

Hope to see you there!

*Answers in this gallery, minus one upcoming release.

“Dirty Weekend is a series of workshops that provide graphic designers with the opportunity to discover the joy of hands-on, non-digital materials & techniques & how they can enhance their creative process." So says Steve Haslip, creator of the events being held this month at the Art Directors Club, in NYC, presented by Veer. (The workshops also constitute Steve’s MFA thesis project.)

From the Flickr coverage it looks like everyone is having a fantastically dirty and creative time. See the Dirty Weekend channel on Vimeo, too.

(All the Dirty Weekends are sold out, but join the ADC or follow them on Twitter @adcglobal so you don’t miss upcoming events.)

Image above ©Steve Haslip

We realize it’s still summer 2009, but we’re pretty excited for 2010 to arrive. Why? Because the upcoming 2010 Pentagram Typographic Calendar was made entirely with Veer typefaces, chosen by designer Kit Hinrichs.

The 2009 calendar was a hit both in the Veer creative studio and in our merch store, so we’re thrilled to be part of it this year. Like last year, it’ll be available in 18x12" inch and giant 33x23" versions — all the better to savor the pure typographic beauty of the perfectly set dates.

Enjoy Cavetto day after day in March:

Bask in the monolinearity of Los Niches in May:

And enjoy 10 other typefaces on equally resplendent pages the rest of the year (we won’t spoil the surprise, in case you want to give these as holiday gifts).

The calendar is shipping now. Thanks to Pentagram for the opportunity to be part of their yearly tradition.

Canada's international film festival Fantasia has awarded Run Wrake's and Veer's movie The Control Master best animated short in 2009.

Says Fantasia, "The film is an electrifying “melting pop” inspired by imagery from ’50s-era comic books and featuring flying superheroes, a mutant heroine and a mad scientist hungry for power and mass destruction."

I think "melting pop" is a typo but it seems fitting for this surreal pop-art masterpiece built entirely with CSA Images. Congratulations to Run and everyone involved.

Mucca Design has serious typographic (pork) chops, having created dozens of identities for some of NYC's most memorable restaurants and food companies. Check out their latest identity system for Brooklyn Fare, with custom typeface, teasingly revealed through a video presentation. Be sure to stay for the exotic surprise ending.

We've launched a new microsite to celebrate our big new release of green-themed photography. Go to veer.com/green to see Photo Synthesis, a video exploration of images affecting environments and being affected by the environment. Watch the whole reel or choose a mini "verb-clip".

Stick around after the reel for a full-screen slideshow of other new images, like the one above.

It's not all heavy and serious though: you can also enter to win some sweet Veer merch with a small eco-footprint, made of recycled, organic, and renewable stuff.

Darkroom is a strikingly prescient visual survey of London’s last remaining professional darkrooms, as photographed by Richard Nicholson. Partially driven by Richard’s own “nostalgia for a dying craft”, the project was completed over a three year period and shot on large format 4"x5" sheet film. Obsolete, analog media capturing obsolete, analog objects.

Photo: “Mark Foxwell, Primary” by Richard Nicholson

We're loving this recent shoot (HTML gallery, Flash slideshow) by Beau Lark and Art Kaligos for Solus, an homage to the awkward yearbook portrait. Maybe they're not quite teenagers (more like Hollywood/90210-style "teens") and maybe there aren't as many acne pimples as in real life - but the old-school hairstyles, fashions, and makeup are uncomfortably accurate. Who's your favorite? I like this new wave trendoid myself.

Story: Golf dome collapses in record snowfall
Typeface: P22 Yule

Welcome to this new thing we're calling Kerned Events. Watch this space for topical typesetting, based on news items that catch our fancy, in typefaces that suit the story. Got a news item, type choice, or both? Leave a comment or message us on Twitter.

The 7th edition of Netdiver’s Best of the Year has been announced — now with 10% more interweb wonderfulness. Since this year’s compilation features 110 delicious, visual sites to peruse, where does one start? Anywhere you like, my friend. It’s pretty much guaranteed that after a scroll and a click (or several dozen), you’ll come away with a heaping helping of creative appreciation, inspiration, and — hopefully — invigoration for the next twelve months.

By the way, our relaunched Veer Ideas made the cut again this year. Thanks, Netdiver. We’re going to party like it’s 2003.