‘I created this site as part of my graduate thesis at Fort Hays State University in an effort to share with others what I have learned on my own.’
Dominic Flask’s Design is History website – featuring highlights from design history.
Found via Grain Edit
‘an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life . . . and how it could probably end.’
Direction and animation by BLU, production and distribution by ARTSH. Soundtrack by Andrea Martignoni.
Found via Jessica Hische
‘Indeed, Mr. Wong created a stir in 2001 when he acquired Mr. Starck’s plastic Bubble Chair before it was unveiled in the United States, installed a light bulb inside, and transformed it into a piece he called ‘This Is A Lamp.”
That was one of my favorite stunts. Read that Philippe Starck was furious. And I really loved Tobias Wong’s work.
I was saddened to see this article appear on Twitter (via Retinart).
I loved his take on screwing with the norm. Fucking the establishment while being one step ahead of it. [Read more →]
‘Baskerville, a bad asskerville’
This spring, my Digital Typography students set out to make a short film about type history.
The class – held at The Art Institute of California Sacramento – was set up like a working design studio – with myself as ‘hands off creative director.’ All students had a role, from art direction to project management, web design, editing and production.
At one point, songsmith John Slingerland threw a party at his home – and invited a few unwitting guests – just to record the background vocals for the film’s gets stuck in your head musical number.
And, featured in the credits, a very early beta version of Jeanne Texte – which I had to prep for them as my homework assignment.
It was a fun quarter; this was a great team to work with, their enthusiasm snagged everyone in their handmade typographic web.
‘A short and entertaining introduction to typography – made within 4 days. German with English subtitles.’
Short film by Philipp Strahl.
Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) opened today at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
Show details (and video) here.
Found via Blair Barton
Above, Das – Conduct of War, a cool clogged up font by Stephen Faustina.
And here’s a link to some free fonts (below) available thru FontFabric.
And from The Font Feed, here’s a great article on what the deal is with Free Fonts – and why they’re not always totally free.
‘Football and typography may seem like an unlikely pairing, but they’ve been getting along quite well since a while. In 2006 Dalton Maag claimed the team with the best typography won the World Cup.’
Here’s two overviews of World Cup typography: The work of Paul Barnes and the work of Yomar Augusto – over at The FontFeed.
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