I was recently turned on to the Korean designer Ahn Sang-Soo through the folks at Theme Magazine.
Its always nice to discover somebody new, but I'm surprised that I'd never been exposed to Soo's wonderful typography.
Here are a few bits:

Another great artist that seems greatly unrecognized is the Syrian calligrapher Mouneer Al-Shaarani.
His work is simply beautiful.

I'm also a fan of Ali Augur's music-inspired illustrations.