About Stewf / Stephen Coles

I'm not as sad as Dostoevsky
I'm not as clever as Mark Twain
I only buy a book for the way it looks
And then I stick in on the shelf again
- Stuart Murdoch

Type director at FontShop San Francisco
Editor of Typographica and
The Mid-Century Modernist

Here are some tunes and other things

Groups I boss around:
Mid-Century, Modern
Chromeography
Painful Upholstery, Caca Carpets
Control Panel
Typography and Lettering
Typeface Identification
Wash Your Hands Say Yeah
Helvetica
Eames
Eric Rolph And The Longing Of Futures Past
FontStruct
FontBook

I'm Male and Single.

Stewf.com
Oakland, USA

Stewf's contacts (306)

Stewf's public groups

Lifeless Faces - always something to talk to From the Airplane Window IJ - u0132 Product Typography PechaKucha-San Francisco Laundromat Chairs NO on 8 Magazine Pile Mid-Century Script (1940-1970) Bulb Signs (vintage) Christmas Past: 1970-1989 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Obama '08 2008 Presidential Election Barack Obama Photos [CameraBag] IKEA Lovers The Cantilever Project Carlo Mollino, architect Bird Identification Help Group Retro Gaming What plant is that? Picnikers UPrinting.com International Poster Design Competition Cinema and Typography	Tacky Patterns am i still ill? TASCHEN West Elm Story handmade_typography/lettering TYPO Berlin 2008 Vintage Stove - You know the one! FF DIN Vintage Education LTypI: Lack of Typographic Imagination Lovely Ligatures Fancy Diacritics FontStruct Design Public Peeps VideoGame Life Rest Areas & Welcome Centers - Coast to Coast Same Same BUT Different Caffè Italic Group Retro-Modernism What is Graphic Design Poster Competition ITC Avant Garde Gothic FontBook: Digital Typeface Compendium OfficeMac 2008 annoyances vintage matchbooks and -boxes Dick Bruna

A bit more about Stewf...

Hometown:	Salt Lake City
Occupation:	Designer, Writer
Interests:	typography, graphic design, product design, furniture design, documentary film, NPR, PBS, maps, people watching
Favorite Books & Authors:	The Elements of Typographic Style, The Gashleycrumb Tinies, David Sedaris
Favorite Movies, Stars & Directors:	Brendon Small, Ira Glass, Terry Gross, John McLaughlin, Blackadder, The Muppet Christmas Carol, What's Up Doc, Brazil, Time Bandits, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Gosford Park, Lost in Translation, Spellbound, any documentaryTV/BThaha: The Daily Show, Arrested Development, The Office, Home Movies (Adult Swim), The West Wing, Frontline, The Mclaughlin Group
Favorite Music & Artists:	rickie lee jones, david byrne, talking heads, lucinda williams, clem snide, modest mouse, built to spill, four tet, gil scott-heron, nina simone, vince guaraldi, early rilo kiley, sufjan stevens, something new every day

Testimonials

sfgirlbybay says:
"Stewf is a big surprise....full of unique perspective and amazing taste. All hidden away by that camera blocking a pair of eyes that see things in the beautiful way we all should see things more often. Thanks so much for the inspiration and refreshing ideas. You just kinda rule!"

mjanean says:
"Stewf is awesome. He used to be my neighbor. Salt Lake is less for the lack of Stewf."

normanhathaway says:
"he seems nice
but he deletes all my comments"

Jordan Scrivner says:
"Stewf is one of the most charming men I've ever met. Seriously, the dude REEKS of charm."

Fancinista says:
"All that I know about beautitude I learned from Stewf. He gets five stars!"

Gaela says:
"8 out of 10 cat owners said their cats preferred Stewf."

lentil says:
"mountain man or mod boy... he's good people."

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