‘The building is a work of kinetic architecture a cube that opens expands and morphs according to the building use. The building is potentially different every time someone visits.’
Jorge Fontan’s conceptual design for the Franz Kafka Cultura Centrum in Prague.
‘As you work’
NYC-based Natasha Cooper is Coco Black. And Coco Futura is her site.
Her Futura Mix is music to listen to as you work, sleep, play.
Go here – click, download, share.
‘it took a week to do it’
For anyone who’s taken an intro to typography course with me – there is a fair amount of stippling involved as part of some really complex letterform studies.
And one of my former students – Freya Kiessling – who dotted her way thru letters – has gone national with her work.
Her color Conan O’Brien pointillism illustration (above) was used as a bumper on Conan’s show, April 11, 2011. The drawing was submitted thru their Coco MoCA page (many, many images abound).
And today – per show request – a print hangs in the show’s green room at Warner Bros. in Burbank.
Below, another Freya-produced Conan piece – from a beginning animation class.
Tonite this link just sort of popped in from former student Campbell BrownKorbel. It’s secrets that every creative – from illustrator (the focus) to designer to comedian to (hell) anarchist – should know.
Phil McAndrew’s Super Obvious Secrets That I Wish They’d Teach In Art School. Read the whole thing here.
Well, I see it this way. I’ve been using my time listening to the greats and nights spent in comedy clubs as part of my teaching ‘act’ for years now. And after reading Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up and all the insane prep he did to do what he did (never realized how neurotically obsessive he was), it all seems to resonate.
Michael Bierut – who had one of the best lines in the Helvetica film – takes a look at the parallels between hard work as a designer and a comedian. Great read for anyone working in a creative field.
‘Azuro, the first typeface that’s perfect for reading on screens’
FontShop has released Georg Seifert’s Azuro. Humanist in origin, with large counters and oldstyle numerals; Azuro has been tested in all current on screen media, including Apple’s iOS.
Gizmodo review here. FontShop details here.
And Azuro is on sale – 90% off – thru May 31, 2011.
Also check out Seifert’s Graulau Sans, types he started working on while studying at Bauhaus University, Weimar.
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