Design Blog

Maricor/Maricar are twin sisters and co-designers, illustrators and animators from Australia. They craft intricate and beautiful hand-embroidered and paper-cut typography. Their embroidered letterforms are full of texture, pattern, color and character. See a sampling of some of their embroidered type below.

It's easy enough to point out rookie design mistakes on a menu, such as using the cringe-inducing Papyrus (Stop It!) or excessive dingbats and drop shadows. But how often do we ignore our rumbling tummies long enough to note good menu design?

Designer Andy Beach, created this installation, “Up on My Back, and I Will Take You Thither,” taking inspiration from the Centaur Book Shop, Philadelphia’s Prohibition-era radical press, book and record store, and bohemian meeting place. At first glance, the design of the space is great, with modern elements and materials mixed with more traditional counterparts. But the space also has intention and a story.