Font talk on the CBS News
Steven Heller, Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones on type.
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Font moustaches part two
‘Amazing fontstaches! I love Mr. Jeanne Moderno myself =D’ –Darren Evans
Hm.
I actually am Mr. Jeanne Moderno – since I did name the font after my wife.
And I did kind of base that bracket on the facial hair of this particular potato chip mascot.
Really.
Household architecture
‘Artist Dave Trautrimas is known for re-inventing household items into post-apocalyptic structures, and the Spyfrost project follows the same unique path’
Info about Dave Trautrimas here. Spyfrost here.
And
For fun, here’s Hardware Wars.
North Carolina Metropolis
‘a quirky and very abridged narrative history of the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. It uses stop motion video animation to physically manipulate aerial still images of the city (both real and fictional), creating a landscape in constant motion.’
More details here. Created by Rob Carter.
Building buildings
Beekman Tower by Frank Gehry, Lower Manhattan, 2010; photo by Karie Jacobs
One of my favorite authors, Karrie Jacobs, reviews Stanley Greenberg’s new book, the coffee table-ready Architecture Under Construction.
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