Helvetica-themed interfaces: clean, neat
Sick of overdesigned interfaces? Go Swiss!
Emily Chang does a roundup of Helvetwitter, Helvetical and more.
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Really simple
Ethereal, acrylic
The work of Erin Cone. Love her simple asymmetric compositions, framing, color, restraint. Subdued elegance.
Outlook, acrylic
The Line, acrylic
Liminal, acrylic
Found via Fatima Ronquillo
Alexa Chung &
Alexa Chung’s chatfest returns to MTV this afternoon (with new logo and futurist-like set) – but who would’ve thunk she had a career before arriving in the States? (I say with tongue-in-cheek merican tude, y’all)
Here’s some 2008 reports by Alexa on couture icons Karl Lagerfeld, Roberto Cavalli (with his parrots!) and Jean Paul Gaultier – for UK-based Gok’s Fashion Fix.
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Here’s the new bag that Mulberry named after Alexa . . . (click on the bag for details)
Best of Banksy
Here’s a collection of some of the best work by UK-based graffiti artist Banksy.
Found via Twitter.com/gingdd
Hangul at the Design Museum
Claudia Pungaru, one of my students, turned me on to the work of Dr. Hyunju Lee. Lee’s work is typographic and she uses the Korean script Hangul as a starting point for expressive interpretations – about Korean life and culture.
Ongoing right now is Typographic Exploration in Hangul: An Exhibition of work by Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo (work pictured above) at the UC Davis Design Museum. In the show, letters evoke emotions – all tied to the tradition and sounds of the Hangul writing system.
For more information about the show, go here. The Design Museum’s site is here.
The museum is open limited hours Monday thru Friday, and on Sunday afternoons. Show ends December 6, 2009.
Image found via design in society
Productivity
Interactive dirty poster!
Dirt Poster by Roland Reiner Tiangco
One can’t see the message in the poster unless one’s hands are dirty. See how it works here.
Wood type
Experimental final project from my beginning typography course. Carved by student Rikki Morehouse.
First print . . .
Offset print made from first print
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the cynic
rad anthem
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