Type Kita

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Many, many weeks ago, I dragged Rap over to 10a Alabama to check out Type Kita, a typography exhibit for the benefit of Heart School. I had first heard about this event through the Type Kita Facebook page, and while I am not a letterer or a typograph-er, I knew I just had to go. Typography is something of a newfound love for me. I love words, I love art, and typography is the combination of both!


       Rap and I commuted there from Ortigas by taking a bus and then a trike. The bus was a mistake. We should have taken one bound for Cainta, but instead we ended up near UERM and the V. Mapa LRT station. So from there we took a trike to 10a Alabama, and that cost a hundred bucks. If you find out a better way to commute there, please let me know for future visits :)

Pillows by Pop Junk Love (links at the bottom of this post!)
Spotted on the free-for-all chalkboard.
10a Alabama. 

Those paper cups are too cute to just throw away.
"Para kang student number. Di kita makalimutan."

I found this "balbon" poster really cute. Later on I found out that Rap had bought it! It now hangs in his condo.
The world is full of magic.


That piece on the left is the word "Hi," but illustrated to look like houses and a hot air balloon. If it weren't so expensive I would've bought it! It's too lovely!

This is the alphabet made of peso bills! Paper money origami by John Ed de Vera.

This is just rolled up paper. Amazing.

So many pretty things. Too bad the lighting was kinda dim, so my tablet camera couldn't capture the prettyness in its original glory. 

SO PRETTY!!! Art by Laraine Navarro


SO AMAZING but I do not know who the artist is :(

God knows Hudas not pay. 


Beautiful.


I think this was by Abbey Sy.





I actually wrote a blog entry about the event right after it happened, but my Bloggeroid app crashed just as I was about to publish -_- 

Anyway. I had a blast at Type Kita. I was in type heaven!!! I could have stayed there forever. I'm just sorry that I didn't bring a legit camera to the event to capture all the loveliness. To see some of the original works in better quality, check out the Type Kita Facebook page, which regularly posts works of talented local artists. 

I also forgot to take a picture of this booth where you could get signs made by a guy, Kuya Ipe, who does lettering work for jeepneys. Check out his work in this album by Popjunklove, a local enterprise that makes and sells all sorts of handcrafted goodies.

That's all for now! Be sure to check out the next Type Kita (if there is one) and prepare for a type-induced coma.

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