‘Legend has it that Helvetica came in and vanquished the competition. Paul Shaw shows that it didn’t happen that way’
In his new book, Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story, designer and historian Paul Shaw (below) takes a look at some Swiss type and the trains of the MTA.
Pre-order your copy here (book drops March 11, 2011). Official site here. Idsgn interview with Shaw here.
Found via Delve Withrington
Check out krystian ‘junkyard dogs’ kujda’s photostream at Flickr.
Reminds me of things in my garage.
Picking fonts, not the easiest thing to do. But design student Julian Hansen has created a poster that kinda breaks it down into easy solutions.
Click the above image for a full size version.
Are there really easy solutions?
Swiss design uberguru Massimo Vignelli believes so. Here’s I Love Typography’s take on The Vignelli Twelve.
Found via Typekit
NASA Meatball
Here’s a brief history of NASA’s logos, including the ‘meatball’ (above) and the ‘worm’ (below).
The worm was put to rest in 1992. If you wish, condolences can be left here.
NASA Worm
When it comes to official type, NASA is Helvetica, Futura, Times, Garamond and something . . . Victorian?
Article here.
Plus
Here’s a look at some goofy names for some other classic ‘bugs.’
‘TeuxDeux is a simple, designy, free, browser-based to-do app.’
A collaborative product from swissmiss and Fictive Kin. And it’s FREE.
Demo video above. Grab it here.
I read somewhere that this novel sent Gene Roddenberry into a tizzy. Don’t know if it were true, but this book has some nasty religion stuff, nymphomaniac Ensign Sara George, lots of sex and the crew in a nakkid crucifiction in the rain something or other. I remember reading this as a kid and thinking about the rather frank, adult content, This is NOT going to be made into a movie is it? Also thought: This Star Trek thing is pretty damn interesting (teenage hormones speaking, of course).
‘Ensign George was pure, unadulterated, wanton sex.’
Yeah.
This was one of the first original Trek novels, released in 1976. I loved the stark whiteness of the original glossy Helvetica-set cover (now faded); paired with wonderful artwork by Gene Szafran. Unfortunately, future printings ended up with more literal interpretations up front.
Here’s a blow by blow review. Snag a copy here (is this thing even still in print?)
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