the mehallo blog. beta.

The photographic work of Matt Monath. Interview here.

Found via Design Juices

Tags: cool finds, education, photography by steve
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Here’s an odd little video about this 19th century invention that put metal type in the hands of the general public.

And
Here’s an excellent resource: Professor Richard Polt’s original Classic Typewriter Page – live since 1995. Even answers that age old question, ‘Why doesn’t my typewriter have a numeral 1?’

Polt’s World-Famous Flying Oliver

Tags: design history, education by steve
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‘The Island satirises the London-centric view of the English capital and its commuter towns as independent from the rest of the country.’

Steven Walter’s personality-driven symbol and typographic map of London.

Available to view in full screen mode. Click on images to zoom/jump.

Found via Zara Evens

Tags: cool finds, education, illustration by steve
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‘The Italic Room’ is an installation created by student Linna Xu – shown at the Bauhaus University in Weimar.

Tags: art, cool finds, design, education, exhibitions, typography by steve
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House of the Future part 1 of 2

Back in 1957, chemical company Monsanto gave the world a modular ‘tease’ of the future as part of Disneyland’s original Tomorrowland – a plastic house with plastic dreams.

House of the Future part 2 of 2

monsanto today
These days, Monsanto is doing something else to change the world of tomorrow; it involves soybeans, genetics, lawyers and massive control of our farming industry. Not too happy about it. There is some hope tho. Consumers do vote with their wallets.

This weekend, I saw Robert Kenner’s Food, Inc. It has some of the gory details about how our food is produced these days. Watch it here. Website (and blog and all kinds of stuff) here.

It’s been almost a decade since I read Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation. Things haven’t gotten better.

The House of the Future was demolished in 1967. In first attempts, the wrecking ball simply bounced off its plastic surface.

Tags: culinary, design, design history, education by steve
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‘A look at printing the of House Industries’ Eames Century Modern catalog.’

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Part one of two

‘Charles & Ray Eames show their then-new masterpiece on the Arlene Francis ‘Home’ show broadcast on the NBC television network in 1956.’

Part two of two

Tags: design, design history, education by steve
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‘Inspired by Mid-Century Danish wood toys  . . .  Screen-printed using their very own water-based, hand-mixed inks.’

Get one here. Binth website here.

Tags: education, typography by steve
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Picking fonts, not the easiest thing to do. But design student Julian Hansen has created a poster that kinda breaks it down into easy solutions.

Click the above image for a full size version.

Are there really easy solutions?

Swiss design uberguru Massimo Vignelli believes so. Here’s I Love Typography’s take on The Vignelli Twelve.

Found via Typekit

Tags: cool finds, education, fonts, thoughts, typography by steve
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Intro

Here are some highlights from a candid documentary (shot in 1986) on Saul Bass. The doc is available as a 2-DVD set here.

On making money vs. quality work

Advice to design teachers

Advice to students

Thoughts on his legacy

Tags: cool finds, design, design history, education, thoughts by steve
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Rumsey Taylor’s 2005 Saul Bass site features detailed interactive, frame-by-frame analysis of Bass’ movie title work; as well as some movie reviews.

View em in detail here.

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