Fizz on metalic peacock

The Spritza, a piece of unashamedly aspirational car branding which would have surely broken laws of taste in any era other than the 1980's.

I'm assuming designer had been watching Miami Vice videos and wound up thinking that yellow script with *hand-drawn* stripes and a drop shadow on metalic peacock blue was a good idea. It may have been just that in Florida circa 1986 but 25 years later in a south London housing estate car park it comes across as a bit shit.

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Boring. The new interesting

Undergoundboring

Either a deeply ironic comment on the state of counter-cultures and/or the alternative music scene in the UK. Or just a simple statement of fact. As this was a builder's van I'm guess the latter is true but how I'd like it to be the former. 

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Moveable Type update

It's been a long while since I posted any Moveable Type images - photos of peculiarly named vehicles. The delay isn't because I've not seen any of the aforementioned wheeled tings, no. Oh no. Rather, I've been a bit tardy and busy. Enough blah, here are some cracking examples of shite type on wheeled metal.

Tagged Moveable Type Typography vehicle

'Gipsy', Authentic or Incorrect?

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Was this a serious attempt to leverage the nomadic traits of the Romany people onto a holiday van or something far darker? I prefer to the former explanation which is far more convincing than the deep red, beige and rootless script.
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'Real' in Peckham

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A fantastic example of proud but aimless type. Real what? The cheap, machine rendered retina damaging 'handwriting' in red on yellow is a foul joy. Only let down by an overall coating of London filth. Well done van owner, I feel more real already.
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Hello 'Kamper'

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Admirably strident drop shadows and a simple colour scheme mark out this VW van, it's sure to stand-out in a busy campsite, if it makes it that far.
Tagged Moveable Type Typography type vehicle

Not feeling the 'Vibe' myself

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This car was so vibey I've completely forgotten the make and manufacturer. Job done there then naming and graphics bods. Nice rippled metal effect helps.
Tagged Moveable Type Typography type vehicle

'California' screaming

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If ever you wanted evidence of a graphic designer's abuse of mind altering substances this is it. The surfing script 'A's allied with jaunty angled nearly geometric letterforms and jagged lines result in a design which redefines the term unique.
Tagged Moveable Type Typography type vehicle

A Caravan named 'Marauder'

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I know the second pic isn't the best but I had to show this Caravan named 'Marauder'. This edgy sounding traffic jam causing holiday home is the vehicle which got me started on this graphic journey. I will never know how a caravan was given such a name. Genius and/or madness, on wheels.
Tagged Moveable Type Typography type vehicle
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