Blog: Graphic design

15 August 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Back with a flourish #3. Of swashes and cookbooks
Typographic embellishment is the theme of this week’s Type Tuesday, as we continue to examine…

11 August 2011

Escher meets Isotype?

Escher meets Isotype?

eye editors, john l. walters

Danae Diaz and Patricia Luna animate Brandt Brauer Frick
Writing about ‘organic techno’ trio Brandt Brauer Frick for the Guardian last week, Eye editor…

9 August 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alex cameron, type tuesday

Scholarly and beautiful, a 1918 book by typographer Frederic W. Goudy
Frederic W. Goudy was one of the most prolific type designers of the twentieth century…

8 August 2011

Modern visions

Modern visions

the events department

Estorick exhibition to crown Edward McKnight Kauffer the ‘poster king’
While debate furiously rages as to whether the poster is still (or ever has been)…

5 August 2011

Noted #5

Noted #5

noted

Type on camera, infographics, outdated technology and fake logos
More links to sites, articles and interviews that grabbed our attention this week. Top: Fictional…

3 August 2011

A neon splash

A neon splash

the sign department

Morag Myerscough rubs shoulders with the ‘diving lady’ of North London
Many London visitors and locals are familiar with the famous ‘diving lady’ sign on Hornsey…

2 August 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Mário Feliciano’s Grotzec and Sueca: guest typefaces in the new issue of Eye
Every new issue of Eye since the redesign of Summer 2009 features different ‘guest’ typefaces…

31 July 2011

Noted #4

Noted #4

noted

Branding the cosmos, road-trips, crowdsourcing and the type of life
More links to sites, articles and interviews that grabbed our attention this week. NASA brand…

29 July 2011

Visual sonata

Visual sonata

john l. walters

The Quay Brothers create an intimate spectacle for Bartók and beyond.
Film-makers might spend a lot of time and effort trying to make a set look…

28 July 2011

Lost in space

Lost in space

archive, homepage

Why do architects believe their wordless buildings are easy to read?
‘Sign designers are convinced that architects don’t like them,’ writes Rob Waller, in his provocative…
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