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Hische in photos

Designer Jessica Hische at her studio in Brooklyn.

Photographed by Pascal Béjean, October 14, 2010. Part a series on graphic designers at work.

More photos here.

Found via Jean François Porchez

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Godard titling

A selection of trailers and title sequences from the films of Jean-Luc Godard.

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Doret’s type

I have one little parallel with Michael Doret.

I like to do type revivals – interpretations – of vernacular lettering that we often take for granted.

My Martini at Joe’s fonts are all about this. I based them on my favorite restaurants, the Joe’s of Northern California.

And Doret based his fantastic Deliscript on signage lettering of world famous Canter’s Deli on Fairfax in LA. This led to him developing their catering truck. All elements of an incredible body of work. [Read more →]

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Canter’s in pen and ink

The work of Michael Rubin.

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Glaser’s mom’s spaghetti

Legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser has been a foodie for years.

His original Underground Gourmet column for New York magazine – collected in book form here – looked at NY ethnic cooking before the rest of the food world jumped in.

And his mother’s very Jewish spaghetti recipe takes things to a whole other place.

Recipe here.

And Glaser can be seen explaining how it came together – which in this version includes the extra step of baking before frying – in Wendy Keys’ documentary Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight (2008).

Photo found via Slumber Dept

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Allen

‘The Many Faces of Woody Allen’ by Brandon Schaefer. Prints available here.

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Found via a place for pretty things & the occasional giggle

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Making the A

More from Jessica Hische. Click to view full size/jump to source.

And check out Jessica’s daily caps here.

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The letter A

A look at the letter A. From Alan Fletcher’s The Art of Looking Sideways.

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Brains on inspiration

‘Why you should know your shit’

Above, a look at how inspiration from multiple sources work better than tunnel vision. And design school tends to help with this.

Good design influences are everywhere. Ignoring it is like cutting off a limb. Or two.

Illustration by Jessica Hische. Click to view larger/jump.

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Taste and graphic design

I’ve been drawing my ‘taste’ chart on a white board for about six or seven years now.

Taste in graphic design is a concept I’ve been aware of for a long time – but as I looked out at what other designers were doing, taste wasn’t always a part of it. I kept seeing graphic designers who were stuck in one mode and not going any further.

‘I know that’ – is typically the term that shuts down most creativity. I’ve heard it from a lot of professionals in my field.

Diversity is the key to being a graphic designer today. Understanding concepts of other design industries – fashion, interior, architecture – even music – takes one further.

So one day in a classroom, I spontaneously drew this ‘taste’ chart.

I’ve since used it with clients, students and other designers to show different ways of approaching graphic design – so we’re not all just sitting here with blinders on, our heads in the sand. [Read more →]