Bebel Platz’s Berlin memorial to Nazi book burning; even the font used in the memorial used to piss off the Nazis
This week is The American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. Here’s a link to the 11 Most Ironically Banned Books of All Time. Go read something that might change your view of the world. Something you shouldn’t be allowed to read. [Read more →]
Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo
‘The Typophile Film Fest 5 is a one hour selection of typographic films hailing from all over the world including Argentina, The Netherlands, Russia and the United States. The films vary in subject matter and style; creating a dynamic presentation of motion design, typographic animation, short stories, documentaries and interviews.’
More info here.
From 2003: What Barry Says by Simon Robson & Barry McNamara. Short anti-US fascism animation. This controversial film won Best Animation at the Brooklyn International Film Festival in 2004.
from the netherlands
Driver on cocaine + police + high speed chase + corn field = art!
Found via The Daily Mail
I’ll be giving a talk Wednesday as part of The DESIGNSPEAK Series at The Art Institute of California-Sacramento:
Changing the World:
The Russian Avant Garde, NEP and Soviet Graphic Design
An overview of the history, politics and graphic design of the Soviet Union and how it changed everything.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at noon
at The Art Institute of California-Sacramento, 2850 Gateway Oaks Drive, Room 241, Sacramento, CA 95833 [map]
Free admission
and limited ‘first come, first served’ pizza, cut into geometric triangle forms.
John Downer doing his thing, via The FontFeed
An Exhibition of Hand Lettered Posters by John Downer
Opening Reception Thursday, August 13, 2009 from 8 to 11 p.m.
At RESERVE, 420 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036
(directly across from Canter’s Delicatessen) [map]
Details here.
TONS of vintage printing stuff and ephemera.
Want to volunteer or sponsor? Give them a hollar.
There’s also a some vendor highlights posted on their blog.
I’ve been working on this one for a few months and as I write this we’re about 1/2 way thru set up. [Read more →]
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