Aug
20
The Ampersand
Filed Under All Entries, Design and Aesthetics |
The ampersand is easily my favorite logogram. It originated from the written version of the Latin for ‘and’, et (thanks, Wikipedia)! So it appeals to me not only on an aesthetic level, but for being a bit of classics nerdery too.
This t-shirt from Ser-vice is the first ampersand paraphernalia I’ve ever owned. It’s printed very nicely on a creme American Apparel shirt, so it fits and looks excellent. There’s even a bit of embroidery on the back, in the shape of an abstracted stalk of wheat (Ser-vice’s logo).
This t-shirt from Turn Nocturnal is my second ampersand shirt. Also printed on American Apparel, it features a nice big ampersand that more clearly reveals how the ampersand is a ligature of the Latin ‘et’, and has a subtle oversized pattern print of many different kinds of ampersands in the background.
A couple of gorgeous ampersand bookends from House Industries, in cast iron and cast aluminum. I would love to have these sitting on a bookshelf… they’re currently a bit out of my price range, unfortunately.
You can satisfy most of your ampersand-centric urges with The Ampersand, a blog started in May 2008 devoted to that most beautiful ligature.
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