entries Tagged as [typography]
Sweet Treats: typographical cookbook
Limited edition cookbook, eight recipes using type. By Edmonton-based Woodward Design. Ships November 30. Order your copy here.
Found via Twitter.com/exspiro
Too many type issues, so little time
Competing Helvetica billboards, a visual from my morning commute
I’m not much of a purist. Well, that’s a lie. When it comes to type I am. Well, not always. I argue with myself a lot about it. It either works or it doesn’t. My litmus test: ‘Does it communicate?’ And if the goal for the local business is not to be read, then often, it works.
An article in this Sunday’s New York Times is all about this. Once one starts to see type, it’s all over. Read here.
Thanks to Susan and Jonathan for forwarding
Bauhaus at the MoMA
”It’s a Haushold word, the Bauhaus, but a misunderstood one. Its influence is all around us, from Ikea furniture to glass skyscrapers, but it is credited – and blamed – for much more than it should be.’ -Candace Jackson, Wall Street Journal
The bauhaus was about advanced thinking in design, and it has its successes and failures. It was a great experiment and it changed the world. Its influence can be seen in everything today.
Workshops for Modernity: Bauhaus 1919-1933 just opened in NYC. And the exhibition is about going beyond the basics, show how far reaching the school actually was.
WSJ article here. Exhibition info here. Catalog here. TIME magazine video here. Show runs thru January 25, 2010.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe armchair, 1927-30
James Dyson: Beyond vacuum cleaners
Dyson Air Multiplier: rethinking table fans
James Dyson actually made a vacuum cleaner that syncs with my dogs. They’re really hairy and they need a no-clog vacuum. And that’s cool. He’s gone beyond this though, and here’s a great write up at the Lost Angeles blog.
Up next, probably the Dyson sphere. At the very least, I’ve always been impressed that he uses a variation of bauhaus boy Herbert Bayer’s universal typeface for his logo.
Julien Breton: More
Interview with calligrapher Julien Breton (in French, above); Virtual calligraphy v.0.1. performed in real time with the Digital Slaves (below).
Unicode typography, interpreted by mehallo
I’ve developed photographic visuals for the past three versions of The Unicode Standard. Unicode is a programming language that makes it possible for computers to operate in any language. This Wiki explains it better than I can.
The Unicode Standard 5.0, wraparound cover by mehallo
Working on the Unicode materials has been an incredible learning process – both from a technical standpoint as well as cultural. These are some of my images.
Mota
Mota Italic the name of a type foundry out of Berlin. Their types are both unique and (most important) very usable. Check out their Vesper text types here.
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