‘The intertwining of science, art and technology: An animated and interactive installation based on the poster of the same title by Fritz Kahn from 1927.’
Animation by Henning M. Lederer, sound design by David Indge.
More info here. Original poster below.
Der Mensch als Industriepalast, Fritz Kahn, 1927
Found via Gábor Kóthay
The work of Chad Hagen.
Also available: Prints of his Nonsensical Infographics.
Found via Designer Daily
The work of Mark Weaver.
I really enjoyed his redesign of the incredible Paste magazine (sadly, now an online-only venture) – and do check out his Make Something Cool Every Day project.
‘An original 21st-century design by Alejandro Paul, Brownstone is a monoline sans-serif with ornate details inspired by historic brownstone buildings of Brooklyn, NY.’
Love type. But also love Artie Shaw.
Nina Stoessinger does great work. Pictured, a bilingual birth announcement she designed for a friend, using my Jeanne Moderno Titling font, paired with FontFont’s Dagny Thin.
She dropped a few to me in the post. It’s always great to see how my fonts end up being used.
Congratulations to the new parents – and Laura!
‘Storytime, an animated short made in 1968 by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python.’
Found via Laughing Squid
‘The third issue of Avant-Garde, May 1968, ran an attention-grabbing feature entitled ‘Revaluation of the Dollar: 19 Artists Design a New One-Dollar Bill.”
I have this issue of Avant Garde. Managed to acquire a stack of them at a rummage sale. Just thumbing thru, it’s great to see the original stuff that inspired so much 1970s revivalism this past decade.
A look at the money article here.
Found via the Eye magazine blog
‘The mostly black-and-white collection of works includes ornate latticed designs and cursive phrases ‘tattooed’ with lasers into dollar bills.’
The ‘currency’ work of tattoo artist Scott Campbell.
Found via Young and Brilliant
Justine Lai’s art reminds me of the naughtiness that was typically seen in Ralph Ginzburg and Herb Lubalin’s groundbreaking Avant Garde magazine – where the ITC Avant Garde typeface was born. (Avant Garde predated Lubalin’s U&lc)
Posits the question: What would it be like to have sex with every American President?
Answer here.
Found via sfgirlbybay
‘Benguiat has frequently said he chose the number 224 because it was the address of the building where he did most of his work.’
Ed Benguiat couldn’t leave well enough alone. And in 1982, created one of the funkiest versions of Caslon ever – for ITC.
I love the swoops and the ear on top of the lowercase g.
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