I caught this excellent parody of the Catch Me If You Can title sequence on The Simpsons a couple of weeks back. You can watch the full Simpsons Catch Me If You Can parody or watch the original title sequence over at The Art of Titles.

The original title sequence for Catch Me If You Can has to be one of my favourites, directed by Kuntzel+Deygas and produced by Nexus Productions. Whilst researching both title sequences, I also came across another one of my favourite title sequences for Thank You For Smoking by Shadow Play Studio. If you’re interested in the title sequence for Thank You For Smoking check out these stills on flickr.

I took the time out to visit Anthony Burrill’s latest exhibition last night at Kemistry gallery. ‘In a New Places’ the title of the exhibition was very fitting, with the work on show moving away from previous iconic typographic pieces that have become synonymous with Burrill’s brand of prints. The bold lines, flat colours and simple geometric shapes are all still present, but there’s clearly a focus on illustration taking influence from nature. The show also showed Burrill’s experimentation with with laser cut perspex in the form of some beautiful wall mounted sculptures.

All in the all the private view was pretty packed, as always at Kemistry, with a small collection card reproductions of prints in the show, being given away (I’m sure I’ll post them later on in the week) along side small postcard books that showed off more of Burril’s work that most of his patrons would be familiar with. There’s also a really bold mural on the wall outside Kemistry, so make sure you don’t miss it.

Wallpaper* magazine were also there last night and have put together a small critique of the site along side production shots of the show as it was hung yesterday. The show runs until and check out the Kemistry website for more information and opening times.

Image lovingly borrowed from Wallpaper*.

MyFonts.com have released their Fonts of 2008. Some interesting choices which I thought I’d share with you all. Personally I’m loving Museo (pictured above). Maybe it’ll find it’s way into a job in 2009?

I Love Typography is an amazing site for anyone who has an addiction to typography, which probably means you’re a graphic designer of sorts. They produce so much great content I find it difficult keeping up and often gets stuck on my ‘list of things to do when I have more time’. One of the best things about their blog is it’s been expertly crafted to demonstrate the love of typography but in a webpage which can inherently by quite restrictive and unpredictable when it comes to typography. So hats off to thier designers/css coders for their efforts.∑

They’ve recently done a feature recapping the best typefaces of 2008 which is definitely worth a butchers at. I’m loving Face Buster—maybe I can use it in some artwork in 2009?