- ARCHIVE / GD1/F08
- Mladá Fronta DNES
Praha, Czech Republic
Above: Mladá Fronta DNES. Also featured on the Resources page,
check in with Newseum daily, front pages from around the world. - Copy Paste Character
DOT COM
Above: Simple and handy, copypastecharacter offers speedy access to a few extra characters. A project from Konst & Teknik and Martin Ström.
Via Artsmonitor articles. - NYT SE Plus / DJ Wuwu
Art, fake news, camouflage, penguins.
Above: Joshua Callaghan, public art.
Above: Fresh from the Yes Men, a fake NYTimes plus website, all in SE mode.
Above: Público, from Madrid, Spain. Via Newseum.
Above: Via the New School, Ours.
Above: Pingu goes Fishing, via DJ Wuwu.
- Geographic and geotypographic change.
¿Qué significa el futuro?
Above: Signs of the times. Adieux, Obama mark. Servus, presidential seal? How will this aesthetic influence the visual communications of such an historic president-elect?
It already has. America has experienced literal change, and cause for unbridled joy,
and it is interesting to consider the graphic and typographic changes that occurred almost overnight. Click [...] - Typeradio / Reza Abedini
Now he is talking.
Above: Poster by Reza Abedini. Apropo visual language, here is a new interview via Typeradio in Amsterdam. The Iranian master and the Dutch hosts, Donald Beekman and Liza Enebeis, warmly stumble to understand each other at the beginning, but a fascinating exchange ensues.
Amongst many interesting topics, Reza gives a good description of [...] - P22 / Stern Pro
New typeface release via TypeisArt
Above: Apropo type fiction, a screenshot of the entry page to TypeisArt and the new P22 typeface, Stern Pro (released July 18, 2008). The site features a beautiful interactive experimentation zone, where you can create printable work and analyze
the typeface in detail.
Online since 2003, this is an excellent playground for students [...] - NORM
Sign Generator
Above: Screen-grab from Norm’s Sign Generator (developed with Jürg Lehni).
On their site, click on the link for The Things (excellent book!) to find the generator and perform your own experiments (with hard-copy option). Endlessly fascinating, you can determine the variables (in terms of lines), then the generator will produce all possible variables.
Ficciones typografika, and [...] - Israel Hayom
Tÿpø Bueno
Above: Isreal Hayom, from Jerusalem, Israel. Check in with Newseum daily.
Front pages and links to newspapers around the world.
The great master Tim Tozer has said, “I am feeling positive about negative space.”
Ja, just have a look. What typographer worth their salt wouldn’t dream of using these incredible characters?Above: Masthead in isolation, the website is [...]
- Khatt Network / Project Mulsaq
Winners are soon to be announced.
Above: Via the Khatt Network, Kamsa wo Khmeesa, by Bahia Shehab.
Part of Project Mulsaq, a Khatt Design collection of vinyl wall decor. Visit the Khatt Network frequently for new updates by ace director, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès. - GD1 F08 / Pencil, Pen, and Ink
Madeline Queripel
Above: Strong sharpie sketch (4×7 inches) by Madeline from a recent in-class Graphic Design One exercise. Each student was asked to answer seven questions using only hand drawn images in the grid below. Having completed that, they had the freedom to explore a combined message as seen above.
Above: Madeline’s sketch grid (4×7 inches). The [...]