Designspiration: The Daily Life Of Darth Vader

I recently came across an interesting photo on pinterest of Darth Vader in a house coat. The photo immediately caught my interest, not only because of it’s humour but because the photo was beautiful as well. I pinned it, as you do, and clicked it to follow the link.

What I discovered was even better. Pauel Kodysz, a Polish designer, is the mastermind behind this quirky project entitled: The Daily Life of Darth Vader. This humorous photography series is an ongoing 365 day project challenging the photographer to take a new photo daily as part of the same series. This series came immediately after this talented designer finished his last 365 day photo challenge.

Every day Kodysz posts a new photo of the Sith Lord in different scenarios portraying him as a regular, average guy. The photos are actually taken of himself, hidden under Darth Vader’s mask. Pauel says he is not a professional photographer, just an amateur with the will to learn. All photos are taken using a mirrorless Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark with a few M.Zuiko lenses and a cheap, amateur strobe.

You can see more of his photos here.

Free Font Friday!

Friday is already a great day, but why not make it even better with some great free fonts! For designers a great font can make a huge difference in a design, a font can make or break your design. There are tons of free fonts all over the internet, but truthfully a lot of them aren’t great and probably not worth the download. Many of us spend hours searching the web for the perfect font. I thought I would save you some time and share some great free fonts that I’ve found myself.

Behance is a great place to find unique and beautifully designed free fonts, and that’s exactly where I found these 8 typefaces. You’ve got to admire these designers for their hard work and dedication to create an entire typeface. It can be difficult enough to find a typeface you’d like to use, but I can’t even imagine where I would begin to design my own. I must note that all of these typefaces are free to download for personal use, otherwise the full versions are available to download for commercial use at a fair price.

Coco gothic is a contemporary geometric sans serif typeface family available in 6 weights. The typeface is full of open type features including ligatures, small caps, old style numerals and more. This typeface is similar to traditional grotesque typefaces, but made softer and contemporary.

Stellar is a free typeface with 4 different weights, designed by Mathieu Desjardins from Montreal. This is a slightly condensed sans serif typefaces with a taller x-height to give the font legibility and personality.

Audrey would work well in fashion editorial or beauty design. This elegant sans serif typeface was designed by Cristina Pagnotta in 3 weights and two variations: regular and oblique. Audrey works well in both headers and body copy.

Moderne Sans is a clean sans serif typeface by Marius Kempken, inspired by 1920s typography and based on upper case letters.

This typeface was inspired by the sea and creatures within it found deep on the ocean floor. Aquatico is a geometric, rounded typeface designed by Andrew Herndon.

Alcubierre is a geometric sans serif typeface by Matt Ellis. The font is clean and minimal, making it easy to use for numerous applications.

Nickainley is monoline script font brought to you by Seniors Studio. This handwritten font has a touch of classic and vintage.

Pier is another typeface designed by Canadian Mathieu Desjardins. This sans serif typeface has 4 styles. Pier is a modern and structured type, it is slightly geometric and looks great whether it is used in a large or small format.