Blog: Graphic design

13 December 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

christian schwartz, paul barnes, type tuesday

Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes deep in the archives: Wilson, 1789
Some typefaces defy the classification of time and place. Wilson’s Roman of 1789 is a…

12 December 2011

Noted #22

Noted #22

noted

Cigarette packs, Geo-magnetism, inspiration and crafty Modernists
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

8 December 2011

Metal on metal

Metal on metal

andrew haslam

Andrew Haslam on the way store lettering is ‘routed’ for public display
Profile-cut letters for public signage are usually ‘routed’ by machine, from a cutting guide based…

7 December 2011

Stamp collection

Stamp collection

dannalie diaz

Royal Mail delivers another set of small-scale graphic design
This year’s edition of the Royal Mail Yearbook is another eclectic collection of British graphic…

6 December 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Stevens Titling from Linotype offers an unexpected brush with wildlife
Typefaces that strive to emulate the idiosyncrasies of hand-crafted letterforms have a patchy success rate…

5 December 2011

Mind and eye ... science and design

Mind and eye ... science and design

henry stanley

CSM Design Science Research Group aims to bridge a gap in understanding
Scientists are often accused of making their work impenetrable. Anatomical slides bearing little resemblance to…

2 December 2011

The Sheffield connection

The Sheffield connection

eye editors

Discovering a diaspora of former TDR designers in Eye 81’s ‘The far side’
A reader has pointed out an unintended pattern in the latest issue of Eye magazine…

30 November 2011

Noted #21

Noted #21

noted

Hebrew letters, famine posters, IBM typewriter ads and early mag covers
Here are some links to sites that grabbed our attention this week. Hebrew typography A…

29 November 2011

Murder most typographical

Murder most typographical

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Edward McKnight Kauffer’s titles for Hitchcock’s silent thriller The Lodger
For all the critical attention Edward McKnight Kauffer attracts (including our preview and review of…

28 November 2011

Working for peanuts

Working for peanuts

john ridpath

50/50’s apples turn a parasitic financial model on its head. For good
Early this summer, digital agency Made by Many and Good for Nothing hosted a hack…
 
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