Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
6.16.2009
8.13.2008
Peter Grundin: Information Graphics
As the summer winds down, get ready for info graphics. We are all going to tackle them. Here is some inspiration. This appeared in WIRED, the August issue. Designed by Peter Grundi, to check out more of his work go HERE. Click through his website, he even has his portfolio, which is very nice, as a PDF. Also check out Catalogue Tree! And read this blog, there are lots of examples of work posted here for your inspiration!!!!!
Originally posted by Ramon on Typoblogger.
Check out Optimo—
Optimo is an independent type label developing and distributing original typefaces.
Dick Cheney's Thought Process
Thought Process Flowchart: Dick Cheney
According to numerous news reports during the week, Dick Cheney was opting out of this year's convention. In response to this, the Republican National Committee announced Friday that Cheney WILL in fact speak on the same night as President Bush. Nonetheless, we can't help trying to figure out why a sitting vice president might skip his party's convention.
8.07.2008
Design Mind, Magazine
Originally Posted by Ramon—
I found this new magazine, design mind, put out by Frog Design in San Francisco, and found these 2 articles to be of interest. Check them out!
* The Collective Instinct
Exploring the human inclination to curate: what we keep, why we keep it, and what it means for design.
* Erik Spiekermann
Legendary type designer Erik Spiekermann talks type with frog, expounding on the beauty – and the difficulty – of designing numbers.
This Month's Type Studio Newsletter
View this month's All Things Typographic, by The Type Studio.
In this month's issue:
- TypeTalk: Have you ever wondered...
- Small Cap Confusion in InDesign CS3 and QuarkXPress 7
- Font Conference: If fonts were people...
- Type Designers' Handwriting
- Gourmet Typography Training
7.14.2008
I found Found (Magazine)
Found this note on FoundMagazine.com:.jpeg)
Check out the site for yourself, click here.
What is Found Magazine?
We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles - anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life. Anything goes...
7.13.2008
7.11.2008
Do type well on the web!
I know you have seen bad type on the web, well there is a way make sure you are not the author of any of those atrocities.
Read The Elements of Typographic Style: Applied to the Web
This is based on Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style, which I know you must have in your collection. So bookmark this page!
7.08.2008
All Things Typographic
View this month's All Things Typographic, but The Type Studio.
In this month's issue:
- TypeTalk: Have you ever wondered...
- Headline Line Breaks
- Trajan, the Movie Font
- TypeCon2008: July 15-20
- Onsite Gourmet Typography Training SUMMER DISCOUNT
7.02.2008
6.27.2008
In Love with Le Corbusier
New book from Phaidon on Le Corbusier.
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Drawing on an array of archival material, including sketches, photographs, and correspondences, Le Corbusier Le Grand depicts in roughly chronological order not only the vast and varied output of Le Corbusier, but also the major events, people, and forces that shaped the life of an artist who continues to fascinate those in and outside the architectural world.
» Comprehensive visual biography of one of architecture's greatest innovators
» Extraordinary insight into his private and professional worlds
» Over 2000 images, including rare and unpublished documents
» Slipcased set includes a 72-page booklet with translations of all the major documents
» 420 x 320 mm, 16 ½ x 12 ½ in., 768 pages
Spreads from this book:
Find Le Corbusier on the web:
» At Flickr
» At MOMA
» At Google Images
» At Wikipedia
» At Time Magazine
» At Fondation Le Corbusier
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