Inspiration can come from just about anywhere, and even something as simple as the ABC’s of the English alphabet can be a great source of creative ideas…

Alphabetical Paperclips by Stephen Reed

Lettered paperclips can be used to file documents alphabetically or linked to form words.

Butterfly Alphabet

Letters and numbers photographed on the wings of butterflies.

Sky Alphabet by Lisa Rienermann

“Type the Sky” alphabet created by Lisa Rienermann while studying at the University of Essen in Barcelona.

Alphabet in Nature

The letters of the English alphabet reveal themselves in unexpected places if you search for them. They hide in the infrastructure that shapes the world around us.

Meat Alphabet by Robert J. Bolesta

Alphabet made of raw hamburger. Each character hand-shaped, packaged, and photographed individually.

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