{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Design"],"cover":{"alt":"Wood Typography: Read the Trees!","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/wood-typography-design/typography-wood-design.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-05-25T10:43:25Z","description":"Do you know that fantastic typographic wood design by the british graphic design company Why not Associates from 2009? Typography friends and nature lovers should read carefully! ","html":"\u003cp\u003eSince I asked whether \u003ca href=\"/holz51-urban-wood-art/\"\u003e“Back to the Roots”\u003c/a\u003e is a new trend in design and urban art, I was still on the search for some example which underline my theory. Recently I found something interesting on \u003ca href=\"http://b-uncut.com/blog/2010/05/24/crawley-library/\"\u003ea blog of one of my commentators\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"wood-meets-typography\"\u003eWood meets Typography\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2009, the british graphic design company \u003cstrong\u003eWhy not Associates\u003c/strong\u003e recently created so called typographic tree columns in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://gordonyoung.net/projects.html\"\u003eGordon Young\u003c/a\u003e, a visual artist who focuses on creating art for the public domain. If you like words and nature, I guess you will love this great wood typography!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor celebrating the art of words and letter forms, they shaped slogans, words and typographic elements into trees and created in this way designer pieces for enthusiast of unconventional typography and nature lovers\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info about that special form of typography, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.whynotassociates.com/en/crawley/03.php\"\u003ewhynotassociates.com\u003c/a\u003e. Do you know any other examples for creative wood art or projects with \u003cem\u003eBack to the Roots\u003c/em\u003e tendencies?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1532\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1532\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1532\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_f3cf1183f9ff4fa3.avif 480w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_6522685d962c9089.avif 960w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_8e6f874efd7e5209.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_d7e22536e90b2722.webp 480w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_4f486f3f168d5f76.webp 960w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_d9492e69fcae3528.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_8bd9637e422ad504.jpg\" srcset=\"/wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_2618e912f235f1e0.jpg 480w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_14130f486199810f.jpg 960w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography_hu_8bd9637e422ad504.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"848\" alt=\"wood typography\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ewood typography\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1552\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1552\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1552\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_f243091abb4839.avif 480w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_93bd0346520e75c.avif 960w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_29ebafe11696859e.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_249d75cce28aca96.webp 480w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_46c7fe727921e3da.webp 960w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_4f88ab8097763216.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_e063231fc21a84cc.jpg\" srcset=\"/wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_9abb4e8ee80b1df4.jpg 480w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_e63a4e46eb71ddd5.jpg 960w, /wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design_hu_e063231fc21a84cc.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"860\" alt=\"wood typography design\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ewood typography design\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nSince I asked whether [“Back to the Roots”](/holz51-urban-wood-art/) is a new trend in design and urban art, I was still on the search for some example which underline my theory. Recently I found something interesting on [a blog of one of my commentators](http://b-uncut.com/blog/2010/05/24/crawley-library/)...\n\n\n## Wood meets Typography\n\n\nIn 2009, the british graphic design company **Why not Associates** recently created so called typographic tree columns in collaboration with [Gordon Young](http://gordonyoung.net/projects.html), a visual artist who focuses on creating art for the public domain. If you like words and nature, I guess you will love this great wood typography!\n\nFor celebrating the art of words and letter forms, they shaped slogans, words and typographic elements into trees and created in this way designer pieces for enthusiast of unconventional typography and nature lovers...\n\nFor more info about that special form of typography, visit [whynotassociates.com](http://www.whynotassociates.com/en/crawley/03.php). Do you know any other examples for creative wood art or projects with *Back to the Roots* tendencies?\n\n![wood typography](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/wood-typography-design/wood-typography.jpg\u003e)\n\nwood typography ![wood typography design](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/wood-typography-design/wood-typography-design.jpg\u003e)\n\nwood typography design ","tags":["Typography","Art Installation","Wood Art"],"title":"Wood Typography: Read the Trees!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/wood-typography-design/"}