Blog: Typography

14 October 2011

Gag pile

Gag pile

alexander ecob

Gordon Young’s Blackpool Comedy Carpet with Why Not Associates
Blackpool Tower now has to fight for attention with a wordy groundscraper sprawled at its…

12 October 2011

Significant others

Significant others

anne-marie conway

Steven Heller invites designers to come clean about their graphic passions
Steven Heller loves design, but he’s quick to admit it’s ‘not a monogamous relationship’, writes…

11 October 2011

Red top

Red top

alexander ecob

The Independent gets a ‘friendly’ facelift for its quarter century
The Independent’s fourth redesign in three years greeted readers of the UK daily this morning…

11 October 2011

Type Tuesday: Neon skeletons

Type Tuesday: Neon skeletons

type tuesday

A pop-up showroom explores the possibilities of a new typeface
Commercial Type is an award-winning type foundry with typefaces used around the world. Their latest…

10 October 2011

Noted #14

Noted #14

noted

Powerful graphics, Alexey Brodovitch and underground newspapers
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

7 October 2011

Design for drugs in NYC

Design for drugs in NYC

Exhibition will explore the graphic world of pharmaceutical products
A new exhibition at The Herb Lubalin Study Center at The Cooper Union will explore…

4 October 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Lust and likeability #5: Elettriche, an exercise in modularity
The Berlin-based Italian designer Alessio Leonardi is known for his whimsical cartoons and hand-drawn typefaces…

2 October 2011

Songlines

Songlines

the music department

Designers turn lyrics into graphics for Warner Chappell’s bicentenary
A new exhibition at London’s Stolen Space gallery features large (B1) posters commissioned by Nick…

1 October 2011

Noted #13

Noted #13

noted

Numerals, French alphabets and Chinese posters online
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

27 September 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

Back with a flourish #5. Christian Schwartz on swaggering swashes
In this final extract from ‘Back with a flourish’ from Eye 62, Christian Schwartz examines some…
 
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