- ARCHIVE / Globalization
- Goddur
The world is new again, all over again.
Above: Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon, aka Goddur, poster from the series for Bjarni H. Þórarinsson. Just when you think you have a bit of a perspective, a new friend introduces to you something miraculous. Seeing the work of this Icelandic master has made the whole world new again [...]
- Jenny Schmid / MAPC 2010
Super fast for a super friend, with super friend font.
Above: Postcard front (4×6) for Jenny Schmid, awe inspiring printer and educator who is also spearheading the MAPC 2010 Conference New World/Old World here in Minneapolis this coming fall. Check out the MAPC Facebook page here.
Jenny supplied the logo, color choice, scroll image, and a Level [...] - FFFound / Rattapallax 16
Rattapallax flyer found.
Above: Sweet! Got word that this Rattapallax flyer I made in April, 2008 was posted on fffound. Cherry Garcia! More on that in an older post here, but in more recent news…
Above: Cover and back cover for Rattapallax 16, Fall 2010. I worked with publisher Ram Devineni on this last issue of his [...]
- Julián Naranjo / A call for Chile.
Chile Quake 8.8, a personal call from the acclaimed designer.
Above: Photo by Julián Naranjo in Santiago, Chile, Fotos Terremoto Chile 2010.
Above: From our dear friend Julián Naranjo in Chile, a call for participation with a “international collective of designers in the creation of posters in support and solidarity with Chile called: “ChileQuake 8.8, Posters of [...]
- ITF / Indian Type Foundry
International collaboration yields beautiful forms.
Above: Via the ITF site (also see their Facebook and Flickr pages). ITF is a growing collaboration between Peter Bilak (Typotheque), Rajesh Kejriwal (Kyoorius Exchange) and Satya Rajpurohit. I ran across an update of their work via Hindy Rinny. I think you’ll agree it that this is truly inspiring work, and [...]
- Dan Sinclair / Elliott Earls
MCAD student initiates Skype interview series.
Above: 18×24 poster by MCAD student Dan Sinclair, March, 2010. In exciting news, Dan is organizing Skype interview sessions and started things off last Friday with Elliott Earls. His hope is to extend the exposure our community has with active designers and artists, and, in concert with the MCAD Design [...]
- Papergirl No. 5
Random art distribution project in Berlin.
Above: Papergirl No. 4 poster by Florian Lamm und Lisa von Billerbeck. In a hot tip from our friend Verena Gerlach, the very cool Papergirl project announces it’s May 19, 2010 deadline for new submissions. Check out the sweet video of Papergirl No. 4 in action. In more [...]
- Yunker / 2010 Web Globalization Report
Byte Level Research releases it’s new findings.
Above: John Yunker’s world map by country code. In exciting news, bytelevel research is back and has released it’s 2010 Web Globalization Report Card and the data on the world’s top websites is fascinating: Google and Facebook are numerically tied for for first place. Yunker explains that since Google [...]
- Erik Brandt / RVA Exhibition
Shameless self-promotion, Act 16.
Above: Letterpress print I made in 1998, the first posters to promote the original Bowe House Print Collective, yo. I am grateful to announce that Virginia Commonwealth University will be hosting an exhibition of my work on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 6PM (1509 West Main St., Richmond, VA). [...]
- ATypI 2010 / The Word
Dublin, Ireland.
Above: The logo for the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) conference this September in Dublin, Ireland. Designed by Clare Bell and Dara Ní Bheacháin, it uses the typeface Nib by Thomas Foley. Foley, a master’s candidate at Central St. Martins, designed Nib under the mentorship of Freda Sack (ISTD).
Above: Nib glyphs from Foley’s developing website.
Above: [...]
- Ted Guerrero
A fine tribute to a great man.
Above: MCAD student Ted Guerrero, final poster for Black History Month at MCAD, organized by fellow students Jenny Tondera and Amalia Nicholson.
- GRD_2000_SP10_P004
Process from our Posters for Haiti project.
Above: MCAD student Sara’s brilliant first response. Inspired by The Haiti Poster Project that benefits Doctors Without Borders. Our introductory graphic design grupetto is trying to solve this problem from a point of empathy and have, with great respect, tried to orient ourselves to the desperate conditions on the [...]
- Osloposters (dot) net
Amazing poster archive from Norway.
Above: On a John Malinoski tip, here is an excellent poster resource, Osloposters. Showcasing a vibrant poster scene, the site is run by Stig Anderson, whose own website (see splash page below), offers it’s own fascination. Stig explains that he was inspired by Jarr Geerligs set, often referenced here. He also [...]
- Letterpool
New book release announcement.
Above: Via the Letterpool site and on a hot tip from David Criado at Tipos Latinos Bolivia, an exciting new collection of urban typographic images from Liverpool, UK. Check it three times? ¡Abrazos, David! The world is going round.
- André Felipe
typo/graphic posters (dot) com
Above: Splash page for typo/graphic posters, a true labor of love by André Filipe, a Brazilian graphic designer with a big heart and a passion for typography. André has recently redesigned the site and it now features a full Flash exhibition mechanism that allows the designers to display their samples display with [...]
- SOTA / Font Aid IV is live.
Over 400 designers for Haiti and Doctors Without Borders.
Above: Via the SOTA announcement, a sampling of ampersand glyphs donated for Font Aid IV, sponsored by the Society for Typographic Aficionados. The collection of over 400 glyphs will be USD $20 and is now available through, Veer, and Ascender Fonts (FontShop and MyFonts soon). As posted [...]
- GGGrafik
Götz Gramlich rules OK.
Above: Götz Gramlich, Glass Candy poster, 2010. I have to apologize right from the start, this post is long overdue. Aside from being an incredibly talented designer, Götz is also extremely generous and shared some of his silk-screened posters with me some time ago (see further below). Surely you might agree, he [...]
- They Can’t Deport Us All
Chingo Bling.
Above: On a recent visit to Los Ocampo (MPLS), I noticed a guest wearing this t-shirt and was struck by the message. After some searching, I found Chingo Bling’s single from last Fall. You can listen to the song here, ¡Para Justicia y Libertad!
Please find immigration support here, it’s time to legalize all human [...] - NYTimes / Nobel Laureates for Iran
Open letter from Feb. 7, 2010.
Above: Open letter calling for action on Iran (NYTimes). Sponsored by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, it asks the question, “How long can we stand idly by and watch the scandal in Iran unfold?” How long indeed. May the Green Wave rise again!
- Naz / Oral Defense
Invitation to her final presentation.
Above: Naz Moosavi (2010), invitation to the final hurdle toward her Masters degree. We have been lucky enough to share Naz’s work here before, see examples here.
Mamnoon am, Naz, and good luck! - Poster4Tomorrow / 100 for Freedom
New poster exhibition online and in galleries around the world.
Above: Frank Arbelo (Cuba/Bolivia), see more at Poster4Tomorrow.
- Naz / Abadan
Upcoming poster exhibition in Abadan, Iran.
Above: This just in from Naz, congratulations! The exhibition opens this Saturday,
and we hope to see more soon. - BICeBé 2009 People
New Flickr set from the recent poster biennial in La Paz.
Above: Servus, Freunde! Julián Naranjo (Chile), Marina Córdova Alvéstegui (Bolivia),
and Andrew Lewis (Canada) above Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.
Many more images are now available, I re-organized the Flickr sets and they are now divided into two sets, Geotypografika La Paz, and BICeBé 2009 People.Above: From the Geotypografika [...]
- Brahmi Computing / Media Storm
The Indian Keyboard revolution continues.
Above: Via the intrepid Adria Chilcote, more on the Brahmi Computing keyboard featured in Geotypografika earlier this year. The IBN splash page above features the video, “Brahmi Computing: Typing in your own mother tongue.” As posted earlier, Brahmi Computing has launched a potentially revolutionary new keyboard that will allow millions of [...]
- El Alto and beyond…
More images from Bolivia and BICeBé 2009.
Above: The Andes mountain range on the road between Lake Titicaca and La Paz/El Alto. New photos from La Paz, El Alto, Lake Titicaca, and more have been uploaded to Geotypografika Flickr. New contributions are welcome! More to come today! Please click on the images for a larger view.
(UPDATE: [...] - Geotypografika La Paz
Graphic and typographic images from La Paz, Bolivia.
Above: Just one of several new graphic and typographic photographs from the street of La Paz, Bolivia. Please see the Geotypografika Flickr page for more and check back often, I will be uploading new photos as time (and internet access) allows.
Above: From the hotel window, the striking Illimani [...]
- Bienal Internacional del Cartel Bolivia
BICeBé 2009, Nov. 17-21 La Paz, Bolivia
Above: Via BICeBé 2009. This coming week, I am delighted to be traveling to La Paz, Bolivia to attend the BICeBé 2009, Bienal Internacional del Cartel Bolivia. Organized by Susana Machiado and David Criado, it promises and amazing array of international speakers, workshops, and exhibitions. I hope to share [...]
- Alex Roche / AES+F
Travel Agency of the Future, Islamic Project.
Above: AES+F, New Liberty (2006).
She writes: AES+F is a group of four artists from Moscow, working with the juxtaposition of East and West, as well as identity and folklore. Their Islamic Project (1996-2003) is self-described on their website as “a kind of social psychoanalysis – visualization of fears of [...] - Annie Yiling Wang / New contributor.
More from MPLS.
Above: Annie Yiling Wang, spread from her type hunt projection, Nothing Lasts. Geotypografika is pleased to welcome new contributions from Annie, bienvenue!
- Khatt Network / Al Jazeera Interview
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviewed on Arabic type issues.
Above: Via the Khatt Network, an excellent interview with the Arabic type network’s founder on Al Jazeera’s Artsworld.
- More
GRD_3020_F09: Additions to our recent efforts.
Above: MCAD student Christopher. Several posters have been added to a former post, and more images to Geotypografika Flickr.
Above: MCAD student Christopher, black and white proof, 24×36. More.
Above: MCAD student Mitchell.
Above: MCAD student Amy.
- HypeForType / Exclusive Volume 2.0
Fresh Type from Nottingham. Sugoi, ne?
Above: Capset, by Suprb (Keywords: Slab, Swedish… Oh, and I say Hell Yeah!).
Via Alex at HypeForType, Exclusive Volume 2.0 is now available.Above: Protozoa, by Richard Perez. Much more at Exclusive Volume 2.0.
Many thanks for sharing this new release, Alex. - Let it snow.
Final experiments with Perso-Arabic type.
Above: MCAD student Amy’s final vision (24×36). After last week’s sketches produced by hand, our intermediate typo grupetto, switched back to the computer and produced these final impressions of snow falling, using our thirty-two Perso-Arabic characters. I am sure all would agree, these final attempts really found some new lightness and [...]
- Perso-Arabic Snow
Some gems from early experiments with Persian type.
Above: MCAD student Amy’s stunning first sketch, developed by hand.
Be on the lookout for a new upload to Geotypografika Flickr with process shots from this exciting new project from two type classes I am really enjoying this semester. Minneapolis had snow last Monday and we were also doing [...] - Basically Yeah
Developing experiment from a typography class.
Above: Just one of MCAD student Peter Steineck’s experimental font projects.
Happarently, the lyrics are from the Pixies, Hey. More of these soon.
Quelle entrée, Peter! - St. Cloud State University
One rabbit for typography.
Above: Greetings to Keith Christensen and the students at St. Cloud State University, Department of Art. Many thanks in advance for this kind invitation to speak and interact.
Servus, St. Cloud! Ich bin kein Berliner. - SocialDesignZine / Jean-Benoît Lévy
New posters send messages of love and support to Iran.
Above: Jean-Benoît Lévy,poster from Studio And. Many new contributions have
been added to SocialDesignZine’s effort to rally support for Iran. Jean-Benoît adds
the following message to the above:
To me the door is red,
the wall is green…
There is no door without wall.
Meaning the door needs the wall.
Green is the [...] - SocialDesignZine / Ferdowsi
New poster for a green Iran.
Above: Erik Brandt, 2009 (70×100cm). Photo: Green Bird (Tehran, 2009).
A new poster I made inspired by the kind invitation and photo by Green Bird
is now online as part of the SocialDesignZine’s effort to rally support for Iran.
Many will recognize the statue of Ferdowsi (935-1020) symbolizing a high point
of the Green [...] - Rene Wanner / Tehran
A cavalcade of contemporary images.
Above: Via Rene Wanner’s Posterpage, a new online gallery of
contemporary images from the streets of Tehran, Iran. - Brahmi Computing / A keyboard revolution.
Striking new development promises access for millions.
Above: Logo for Brahmi Computing, designed by our adventurous friend
Adria Chilcote, who shares exciting news from India. Brahmi Computing
has launched a potentially revolutionary new keyboard that will allow millions
of Indians access to computer technology, heretofore limited to approximately
5% of the English speaking population (from Brahmi’s own estimates).
This remarkable breakthrough [...] - Persian cartoonists boycott Tehran Biennial
Signed statement issued by 156 brave souls.
Above: Via persiancartoon, a manifesto detailing the grave circumstances of life
in contemporary Iran, and the unwillingness of these brave cartoonists to participate
in the upcoming Tehran biennial. Read the full signed statement here. - HypeForType
Fresh releases from Nottingham, UK digital type foundry.
Above: Fresh fonts from HypeForType, in recent news via Alex Haigh at Thinkdust.
Look for updates on this exciting new project via the HFT Blog, and watch for the
upcoming release of Exclusive Volume 02. Make sure to see Exclusive Volume 01,
with work by Si Scott, Alex Trochut, Jon Burgerman, [...] - A-W-E-S-O-M-E, Snakes!
Three new songs by The Awesome Snakes, who are awesome.
Above: “Color me.” 7/30/2009 8:00 PM at 18+ show! 7th St Entry
w/ Coconut Coolouts and Personal & the Pizzas , MPLS!
I admit it, Awesome Snakes made me join MySpace. Three awesome
new songs, Fist Fight! You Got Another Thing Comin’! Birthday Party Sally!
Oh damn… - UPDATED: July 17, 2009
The Green Wave rises once more!
Above: Via The Huffington Post’s Liveblog, stunning images and reports from the aftermath of Rafsanjani’s key sermon in today’s prayers. The word is that thousands are streaming into the streets well past the conclusion of the sermon, itself strongly critical of the current state affairs. May the people rise up [...]
- Plug-in to blackout!
July 21, 9PM Tehran/Iran
Above: Word on the electronic street from Iran, a call for a mass demonstration
by plugging in and turning on all home electronic devices at the same time (July 21,
9PM Tehran time). The action hopes to create a blackout in cities nation-wide,
and the people will once again take to the roofs and cry [...] - Jean-Benoît Lévy / Innerstate
New songs about the road.
Above: Jean-Benoît Lévy, Innerstate. Image via Todd Biederbeck’s excellent
Dynamic Graphics article, “Found Fonts.” Jean-Benoît’s latest is available in a
wide variety of formats via cafepress. Intriguing and engaging, it’s exciting to
see this simple shift from the Swiss poster master’s more recognizable form. - CNN International / Green
Small logo, massive statement.
Above: CNN International goes green. It may be part of the
green eco stories they are running, but it may be safe to say
this is a nod in the right direction?
A good friend notes from Italy: “La CNN diventa verde!” - And they sang.
Remarkable voices from the streets of Tehran.
Above: Remember this song from July 4th and before? The most significant
message from today is that Iranians no longer feel alone, they know they still
have each other. Let them know they still have all of us! - Shirin Neshat / Women Without Men
Speaking out on and analyzing the Green Revolution.
Above: Via FLYP Media, Shirin Neshat, director of the film, Women Without Men,
see trailer below. A invaluable resource to help gain a more balanced historical
perspective during these times. Simply amazing. Mamnoon am, Shahram! - UPDATED: Iran / 18 Tir
27 seconds from today, Bolvare Keshavar.
Above: Posted on YouTube, scenes from earlier today.
Above: Keshavarz, also up recently today.
After quiet morning, in terms of uploads, video is now starting
to pour in via Twitter and more sources, follow #iranelection.
UPDATES are going to follow quickly below, no way to confirm
if many of these are from today. I will [...] - Abbas Kiarostami
Two Solutions for One Problem
Above: Abbas Kiarostami, Two Solutions for One Problem, posted to YouTube on
November 23, 2007. Shared via a friend in Tehran, it offers a simple alternative to an
age old problem, and another view into Iranian life and creation. - Shahram Azad / Bearing Witness
“It shall be a most glorious story, and it has just begun.”
Above: Photograph by Shahram Azad, Tehran University protests, 1999.
Below, a moving essay by a friend of the photographer that eloquently describes
the feelings and motivations of many within the Sea of Green. On the eve of what
may be the largest and most widespread demonstrations we [...] - Yüksel Doğru / Istanbul
Faces on the Wall.
Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009. Really striking
new visions from Istanbul, Turkey. Teşekkürler, Yuksel!Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009.
Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009.
Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009.
Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009.
- Free voices still sing.
Kashan University, July 2009
Above: This striking video is making the rounds on the FB and is posted here
at Revolutionary Road, with an English translation of the song and sentiments.
How appropriate on July 4th, the living, beating heart of humanity reaches out
through these voices. An inspiring example of peace and beauty for the ages.From the translation:
My [...] - Greg Chadwick / For Neda.
A California artist manifests the world’s collective mourning.
Above: Greg Chadwick, The Call - ندا - Neda, 2009. See also his blog, Speed of Life.
Mamnoon am, for sharing this work here, Greg. - Dr. Massoud Pezeshkian
A brave man implores the Iranian Parliament to act with fairness.
Above: A recent speech to the Iranian parliament by a very brave an impassioned
Dr. Massoud Pezeshkian. He warns of dictatorship and reminds the members
of the just actions of the Imam Ali and his proscriptions for benevolent government.
Quoting the martyr Beheshti, “…I prefer the bitterness of [...] - Rietveld for Rietveld
Protest in full spectra color!
Above: The latest on the Rietveld for Rietveld’s efforts to prevent the closing of their beloved building. A new Flickr set celebrates color and humanity all at once. Check the full R for R set here and consider signing the petition here.
By the way, guess who designed this T-Shirt? - Ghoba Mosque
The brave and the brutalized still march!
Above: Video of Sunday’s rallies around Ghoba Street and mosque. Many apologies
for the funkstille as of late, moving days are now (more or less) complete. As we know,
the mood in Iran seems subdued, but there is continued protest even today.
The Huffington Post began archiving their liveblog into daily sections [...] - Green balloons over Tehran.
Fresh video via the Huffington Post.
Above: Without words, yet with no small measure of emotion.
May these green wishes come true. - Kalameh-ye Sabz / PDF
Via the Guardian Liveblog, June 25.
Above: Cover of the recently released Kalameh-ye Sabz, Mousavi’s paper. Via the
Guardian Liveblog, pass it on, another excellent source of information. The political
cartoon, the Guardian explains, depicts a bleeding angel, shot by an accusatory finger
saying, “It was your own fault.”
Kalameh-ye Sabz - Marina Córdova Alvéstegui / La Paz
From peace and for peace, a poster lives in Tehran!
Above: From recent protest in Tehran, Marina’s recent poster for peace in Iran
makes it into the streets. The bravery and courage of this simple act is beyond belief,
since the targeting of protesters has become even more murderous and bloody.
This empathetic and sincere message from Marina in [...] - UPDATED: Strong like bull.
Awe inspiring (faked).
Above: Found floating around in a social networking site, this image has
to be shared, and shared… UPDATE: Fake. Ooof.
Below: The latest video from brave Tehran via the Huffington Post Liveblog,
where one of our heroes, Nico Pitney, has also asked President Obama
a question during today’s news conference.UPDATE BELOW: A courageous and outraged woman confronts [...]
- Ragnar Freyr Pálsson / BREAKBEAT.IS
New poster for 2009.
Above: Ragnar Freyr Pálsson, ‘kireee’ new event poster form our good friend
in Iceland. See an example from 2008 here. Sugoi, ne? Domo, Ragnar. - TABRIZ: Re-Posto!?
Why we care.
UPDATE: May 29, 2009: ‘Now this is a type workshop!’ Thought it was worthwhile to
look back just until last May and see these amazing images workshop images again
via Rang Magazine. This is Iran. Original post text below:
Above: Via Rang Magazine, type workshop at the Art University of Tabriz, Iran, led by
Mr. Isapour. The [...] - Kiyan Forootan / Tehran, June 20 2009
Two brave young men venture into the streets.
Above: All photos by Kiyan, sent into Geotypografika via his good friend Hamid.
Both are students who braved the streets of Tehran yesterday, and it is humbling
to include these images here. Mamnoom am, Kiyan and Hamid.Above: Allah O Akbar! Surely the world has heard these voices, may we
somehow find [...] - UPDATED: Iran June 21, 2009
The voices will not be silenced.
Above: The only thing left to say? Feel free to use as a profile.
Above: This video is purportedly from today and airing via CNN International
and several other outlets. Nico Pitney at the Huffington Post continues his
work to share the latest developments, and reports that many Iranian’s are
following the Liveblog as [...] - Naz / Iran
Posters from a graphic design student in Iran.
UPDATE: Naz has just sent in a second poster, there may be more. Avanti, Naz!
Above: Naz sends in a special poster (rem her last?), such an inspiration.
Mamnoon am, Naz, and thank you for your courage. - Reza Abedini / Iranian
New profile online from a master.
Above: Reza Abedini, Iranian.
- LiveGeo: Avanti popolo, ‘Khas o Khashaak’!
June 20, 2009, The Sea of Green is under fire.
Above: Latest from BBC Persia (5:54). Trying to follow the news from Tehran
and will keep posting updates here today. Best liveblogs are the Huffington Post
and the Guardian. Twitter: #iranelection, or #gr88. Andrew Sullivan has also
been performing heroically through his liveblog. Photos from Tehran via Demotix.
Images from [...] - Where is this place…?
A heartbreaking voice from Iran.
Above: Via the Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney, simply devastating testimony.
Watch the original, then got to the HuffPost Liveblog (5:30PM ET posting) for
a new version with English subtitles. Video posted June 19, 2009.
“Where is this place, where people are simply calling to God?”
UPDATE: The above original with subtitles (now available).UPDATE: Alternative YouTube [...]
- Vai, verde, vai!
Fears of a bloodbath are rising.
Above: Some images from friends as we reflect on the implicit threats made against the green movement today. Parvez Sharma has a worrying article in the Huffington Post, and we must hope together that the worst fears of a crackdown will not be realized. The candles below are commemorating those [...]
- Montreal
Pour l’Iran!
Above: Montreal, Canada.
- For the Sea of Green
Persian proverb.
Above: A humble offering from Geotypografika.
- UPDATED: A green message.
More brave and poetic words via the internets.
Above: A poster that started appearing on Facebook pages recently, it carries
the following message, translated below.Above: Inspired by the sentiment? Another Persian proverb I learned recently:
“Together, ants can defeat a roaring lion.”
VIVA the Sea of Green!
UPDATE: New Flickr images available on Moussavi1388.Above: The latest video via HuffPo’s Nico [...]
- UPDATED: Iran Google Petition
One day protest proposal.
Above: Via the Mousavi Facebook page, a petition
to ask Google to change their logo for one day.
Please consider voting. Below, the latest video from
today, June 18, 2009, via the HuffPost hero Nico.UPDATE: Via Nico Pitney, Huffington Post. “8:59 PM ET — Huge news. For the last several days, people have been pressuring [...]
- VIVA Marjane Satrapi and Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Today’s important press conference in Farsi/English.
Above: Via friends on Facebook, the amazing press conference with the
Iranian filmakers Marjane Satrapi and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
One can only hope that one day, like her, young women and men will tell
their own stories of revolution and hope.Above: Via the HuffPost, new video from today’s massive rally in Tehran.
- UPDATED: Tehran June 17, 2009
New footage of today’s massive silent protest.
Above: Via the ever-vigilant HuffPo writer Nico Pitney, compelling images from
today (6.17.09). The Guardian Liveblog reports over 500,000 marchers. May the
people’s resistance flourish and may the the thieves and murderers be arrested
and brought to justice!
UPDATE: Via the Guardian Liveblog: “4.51pm: Saeed reports that Mousavi’s wife
Zahra Rahnavard today joined injured [...] - Guardian / Jinoos Taghizadeh
Ian Black’s recent article on the controversial Iranian artist.
Above: From Ian Black’s Guardian article in March, 2009,
compelling images from this artist’s beautiful and controversial
work. Read the full article from the Guardian. - UPDATED: Subway in Tehran
A quick collection of recent messages and findings.
Above: An inspiring subway ride in Tehran from yesterday. The Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney is back at work (fresh from a stint on the Rachel Maddow show). Please follow the updates there, events are unfolding quickly and there are glimmers of hope (Police with green armbands, much more).
Above: [...]
- UPDATED: Tehran June 16, 2009
A silent green wave marched peacefully today.
Above: Original images from today’s protests (June 16, 2009) in Tehran via friends,
Geotypografika is blessed and humbled to be able to share these images of peace
and longing. May their protest succeed!Above: May the people’s will be understood and respected. Below, YouTube footage
from the same parade via Nico Pitney’s Huffington [...] - @Twitter #nomaintenance
Please cancel the maintenance, leave Twitter open for the brave Iranians!
Above: Twitter’s explanation for a scheduled service interruption. If you use Twitter,
please consider sending a message of support to CANCEL the maintenance and leave
the airwaves open for the GREEN WAVE in Iran. Send your message to:
#nomaintenance
UPDATE: Twitter postpones! See screenshot below. - UPDATED: Open letter to the World.
A YouTube message being shared on Facebook.
Above: Via friends in Iran on Facebook, an open letter to the world posted by
iranartexile. They ask for help to pressure our governments NOT to recognize
the illegally formed government. Global solidarity with Green!Above: Via Facebook, students and protesters being beaten, including a
female student at the end who stand vigorously [...] - UPDATED: From La Paz, a poster for Iran.
Marina Córdova Alvéstegui stands with Green!
Above: Marina Córdova Alvéstegui, an art director and designer from La Paz, Bolivia, sends this poster expressing her suport for Mousavi, Green, and Iran! Gracias, Marina!
Es lebe die Grüne Welle!
UPDATE, June 24: Incredible image from Tehran. Bravo, Marina! Bravo, Iran! - UPDATED: VIVA The Green Wave
The green wave rolls on, hundreds of thousands protest in Tehran.
Above: Via our hero Nico Pitney on the Huffington Post, today’s rally, initially
postponed, is the largest yet. There is news that an unprecedented reversal from
Khatami could mean an official investigation of the voting process. An earlier
story in the Telegraph (UK) describes a leaked document proving [...] - UPDATED: Iran / Allah O Akbar
The voices of the people cry out for help.
Above: Found via Rene Wanner on Facebook, video footage of the Iranian people calling out ‘God is Great’ at night, from windows and terraces, rooftops and streets. Truly some of the most moving moments ever caught on video? As I prepare this,
I hear via a friend on [...] - UPDATED: Iran Facebook Protests
Limited access yields protest form.
Above: The ubiquitous profile photo being adopted by many pro-Mousavi supporters
in Iran. Many Iranian Facebook users are adopting this badge and urging friends to
post in English whenever possible, hoping to share news. Consider using this or the
below variant to voice your support for change in Iran. The Facebook group is
Go Green [...] - UPDATED: The people take to the streets.
Images from Tehran, the day after.
Above: Via friends in Tehran, thousands upon thousands stage massive protests
of the disputed election results of last night. There are claims of equally massive
fraud from the popular candidate Moussavi, stirring the response in Tehran.
(CNN International, Yahoo, NYTimes, Al Jazeera)UPDATES TO FOLLOW BELOW:
UPDATE 001: The protests turn violent. Feel free to [...]
- iA / Interactive Web Trend Map
Preview of Information Architects interactive web trend map.
Above: iA’s Webtrend Map 4 (click image for a larger view), also available via their own
site. In exciting recent news, we can look forward to an interactive version of the map
(webtrendmap.com), see the sweet promotional trailer below. Visit iA on Flickr for a
great collection of photos from the [...] - MRS / VIVA Iran
A strong message for the ‘Greens.’
Above: MRS, VIVA Iran! Iran votes for a new president, after a passionate election cycle, M expresses his favor for the reformist Moussavi. He posted this on Facebook, where a thriving Iranian design community is incredibly active. Thank goodness the current government’s ban on Facebook was lifted, and may the [...]
- Pascal Zoghbi / FF Seria Arabic
FontFont’s first Arabic release.
Above: From Pascal Zoghbi’s own posting on his exciting new release with FontFont.
Pascal’s FF Seria Arabic is based on FF Seria by Martin Major, and has a lovely choppy flavor especially at the heavier weight. The new font is based on a collaboration between both designers from the Khatt Foundation’s recent Typographic [...] - new createmake
Ragnar Freyr Pálsson launches a fresh look.
Above: Live from Reykjavik, Ragnar has introduced the new createmake. Catch up with great new posts like this one on abandoned houses in Detroit, plus the usual expert overview of contemporary personalities in visual communication.
Avanti, Ragnar! - Tabriz Type
Now this is a type workshop!
Above: Via Rang Magazine, type workshop at the Art University of Tabriz, Iran, led by
Mr. Isapour. The post is entirely in Farsi, but the images speak volumes for what was
clearly a brilliant workshop. The pulse-raising scale of the type seems to lead naturally
to some stunning work. Special thanks to Mohammad [...] - The drop shadow lives.
Sofia, Bulgaria.
Above: 24 Hours Daily, from Sofia, Bulgaria (via Newseum). A dreaded moment of synthesis, web aesthetics merge with print, or just plain old fashioned horrorshow? Interestingly, the website is much more attractive and ’subtle’. Oddly compelling, regardless, non? Long live the drop shadow!
- Andy Scott / Singapore
A is for Andy.
Above: Live from the streets, new photos from ‘our man in Singapore’, Andy Scott
(you remember). A is for Andy promises to be an excellent reportage from our
intrepid friend, fresh impressions of the city and beyond. Sure enough, he’s got
a Twitter going, yo.
Kyotsukete onegaishimasu, Andy-kun! - Hindy Rinny goes to Reading
Süper MPLS type blogger to join UK MA program.
Above: Photo by Erin McLaughlin, from a recent Hindy Rinny post. Erin has shared some excellent news recently, she has been accepted into the MA Typeface Design program at the University of Reading (UK). Mabrouk, Erin!
Gambade, kudasai! - Rietveld / Bas Oudt
A teacher’s legacy, a building’s heart.
Above: Bas Oudt, W139 invitation poster, via Harmen Liemburg’s excellent resource on some early process for ‘Based on Bas Oudt,’ an exciting new work by seven former Oudt students of the Rietveld Academie. Manystuff has a recent announcement with more data on the contributing artists and designers.
How perfectly apropos, a [...] - Jean-Benoît Lévy / Concert Poster
Diverse approach yields rich process.
Above: Jean-Benoît Lévy, new poster from Studio And. Fresh from a friendly
morning email (Ciao, JBL!), see the link here to the Posterpage overview of the
designer’s process and his work with photographer Daniel Furon.
Merci beaucoup, JBL! - Rene Wanner / Chaumont 2009
Intriguing video from the poster festival.
Above: Your Posterpage hero and mine, Rene captures a view from the streets
and then into an exhibition space for the Festival international de l’affiche et du
graphisme de Chaumont 2009. (Link)Above: More from Les Silos. Many thanks to Rene for sharing this via YouTube,
what an inspiring view into this festival. Spoiler [...] - One thousand posts on the dance floor.
Urbi et Orbi… ‘ere me now.
Above: From the flat files and just pour vous, an old slide from ‘old school days,’
(photo by John Dixon). Le lapin? C’est moi. This post marks number 1000 in
Geotypografika’s archives. This can only mean one thing, time for an orderly and
thorough organization of all of this material. Und zwar sofort! [...] - Verena Gerlach / Vielzweck
Sneak peak via Kreuzberg.
Above: Sample of Vielzweck, a new font from type designer Verena Gerlach,
soon to be released through primetype. Danke Schön, Verena!Above: Vielzweck, by Verena Gerlach.
- Wolfram | Alpha
New computational landscapes?
Above: Ne var, ne yok? Like many, I am fascinated by the new search engine,
Wolfram Alpha, and after enjoying the excellent tutorial, I couldn’t help but
input the famous Turkish punch-line, “Ne var, ne yok?” From a previous post,
a “common greeting (slightly antiquated?) in Turkey, loosely translated, ‘How’s
everything?’ Literally translated, and infinitely more pleasing, [...] - Poster Festival Ljubljana 09
Web exhibitions now open.
Above: Official poster for the recently concluded Poster Festival Ljubljana 09 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Web exhibitions are now available through the Coexistence and Masterpieces pages. An inspiring collection of contemporary international work.
- GRD_3020 Process Books
Final documentation for Spring 09 grupetto.
Above: Dan Sinclair. Please see the latest addition to Geotypografika Flickr,
the final process books from GRD_3020, a great summation of our work this
semester in various forms.Above: Tousue Vang.
Above: Emily Reile.
Above: Michael Aberman.
Above: Eric Gorvin. (Yo, G.)
Above: Liam McMonagle.
Above: Josh Nelson. More on Geotypografika Flickr.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Avanti [...] - Chile / Letritas
Letterforms through another prism.
Above: Cover of a Letritas PDF. Just came across this link through an Artsmonitor stroll, a hibernating type blog by Juan Pablo De Gregorio, in Curicó, Chile (no entires since December 2008). Have a look, you’ll hope for more as well. Especially fascinating, El contenido de la forma, from June 14, 2007.
- Heaven and Hell
Chelsea vs. Barcelona
LINK UPDATED: New video featured, though Piqué’s statement is scrambled.
Above: By far the best compilation of evidence from yesterday’s horror show at Stamford Bridge. This may be the game where international football finally decides they need some form of instant replay. Heartbreaking for Chelsea, on the other hand, one can imagine there were [...] - diversamente onlus poster contest
Olivotti announces winners.
Above: Detail from the announcement page of the Facebook poster contest
sponsored by Sergio Olivotti of diversamente onlus, an Italian non-profit
group. Mabrouk to the medalists and participants! Congratulations to Sergio
for driving this exciting project.
http://www.olivotti.net/PREMIATI.jpg - typo/graphic posters
Emerging poster site hosts some tÿpøgrafika.
Above: Erik Brandt, Kodak Sketches, 1999. Some typographic work of mine is now part of the typo/graphic posters website. I’ll be updating that regularly, but have a look in the meantime. Special thanks to André.
Above: An old lo-fi screenprint of mine from 2000, made with the help of the intrepid [...]
- Dan Sinclair / Papyrus
Challenge and proposition.
Above: I’ll Eat Your Sould, 2009. MCAD gung-fu student Dan Sinclair’s experiments with the dreaded font, Papyrus. His challenge? To solve the problem in an appropriate way. Well on your way, Dan!
Above: Dan Sinclair, 2000 Years Ago, 2009.
Dan Sinclair writes:
Project Papyrus is an effort to bring the typeface Papyrus under analysis.
I want to [...] - Liz Plahn / Work in Progress
Detail from a larger installation.
Above: Liz Plahn, detail from her installation at MCAD (in progress). Avanti, Liz!
- Jenny Tondera / “Let Me Twitter Dat”
“We got no more eggs, let me twitter dat!”
Jenny Tondera writes: Social networking anthem, 2009!?
- Naz Moosavi / Pixelated Bannaei
Some work in progress from Tehran.
Above: Naz Moosavi, a graphic design student in Tehran, Iran, just sent along these sketches of her work in progress with Bannaei, a form of Kufi. Just like the last time she wrote, Naz is interested in feedback on these directions and has been looking into other examples of pixelated [...]
- Newstalgia / 1964 Che Guevara Interview
Audio from ABC’s Issues and Answers interview in Havana.
Above: Issues and Answers graphics from 1974, much later than the story in question! In a remarkable post, C&L and sister site Newstalgia provide audio from Lisa Howard’s 1964 interview with then Minister of Industries, Major Guevara. A remarkable document.
- Majid Abbasi / Literary Images
Online exhibition of the Iranian master’s book cover designs.
Above: Tehran based designer Majid Abbasi’s web exhibition, Literary Images. Discovered via the omnipresent Rene Wanner, a stunning new online exhibition of book cover designs by the Iraninan master. The web exhibition includes English and Farsi background material and insightful remarks from Uwe Loesch. Mabrouk, Majid!
- Mehdi Saeedi / Paroles Sacrees
Dubai exhibition April 23 through May 23, 2009.
Above: Mehdi Saeedi, announcement for his new new show, Paroles Sacrees, at the
Heritage House Gallery in Dubai, U.A.E. - Benjamin Heckendorn / Commodore 64 Laptop
Laptop conversion boggles the mind.
Above: A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Found via an article in Der Spiegel (’Von diesem Notebook träumten die Achtziger‘), the work of Benjamin Heckendorn.
Images via his site (full article). Sugoi, ne?! - Yale University Library / Early Arabic Books
Many documents also available online.
Above: An early arithmetic manual, part of the Yale University Library collection. Follow the link for more exquisite samples. Thanks to my colleague Jochen Sokoly (VCUQ) for forwarding this information. Shokran!
- Front Pages: Venezuela
Changing our world, one handshake at a time.
Above: El Universal, from Caracas, Venezuela (image via Newseum).
At last, diplomacy. Moving forward, smiling. - Andy Scott
Latest and greatest fictions.
Above: MCAD student Andy Scott, typographic experiment from his developing GRD_5010 fiction. Simply breathtaking, I am sure you will agree (see an early sketch here). Sugoi, Andy-kun! Kire, ne?!
Above: Andy Scott. Andy has developed a massive resource of hand-cut forms and his experiments are many and varied.
Above: Andy Scott. Gambade, Andy-kun!
Feel [...] - WFDJ Rules
World Famous Design Junkies is off the hook.
Above: From a recent post on World Famous Design Junkies, stop by and see the recent changes and explosion in content, seriously. Chris Burns has ramped up his ambitions and the new series of posts are both varied and intriguing, con gusto!
Fightoh, Chrisu-san! Ipatz! - GRAFiK TASARIM
New issue from Izmir, Turkey.
Above: Grafik Tasarım, via Ömer Durmaz in sunny Izmir. Teşekkürler!
Cover by Barış Sarhan and Ahmet Eken (3D illustration). - The Blue Masks
Michael Aberman’s inspired tangent.
Above: MCAD student Michael cut out these felt masks for our GRD_3020
grupetto, and we gladly donned them toward the end of class the other day.
Click for a larger image, I believe this was when Michael asked us to do a
serious pose. Much more, soon. Wait, you ask our style?!
Typogeekomus graficus. - Manar Al-Muftah / Almarkhiya Gallery
Group show in Doha, Qatar.
Above: Manar Al-Muftah, mabrouk! This just in via Doha, Qatar, Manar sends
along some photos of her work being exhibited as part of a group show at the
Almarkhiya Gallery. (Click images for a larger view.)Above: Manar Al-Muftah (earlier post here).
- Local Type
Random container truck, MPLS.
Above: Typogram from a long way away, some type from a container, parked locally.
Lucky find on a lovely Minneapolis day. - Front Pages: Turkey
Obama reaches out to the world.
Above: Olay, from Bursa, Turkey (image via Newseum). What a welcome image, our President, shoeless, visiting and admiring, communicating. Obama’s global message has found special resonance in the Middle East. Often cited in the past few days is the Turkish Bank that has used an Obama lookalike to promote it’s [...]
- Obama in London
G20 meeting filled with hope and cold reality alike.
Above: Kleine Zeitung, from Graz, Austria. Images via Newseum.
Above: The Times, from London, UK.
- Adieux, adieux… to you, and you, and you?
The International Herald Tribune Online is gone.
Above: It’s confusing, but this is one masthead from the NYTimes’ new splash page.
Above: Here’s another (now gone?) masthead via the NYTimes. Don’t worry about your favorite tabs, The New York Times officially absorbed the Herald for it’s new ‘Global Edition’. (See story by Emma Heald of editorsweblog). But, [...]
- autismo / diversamente
Facebook poster competition.
Above: My entry for a Facebook poster contest sponsored by Sergio Olivotti of diversamente onlus, an Italian non-profit group. The Autism Poster Design Contest is an open group seeking to raise awareness of the issues surrounding autism and those it affects. (Submission deadline open through March 31, at 12PM CET.)
In first considering this [...] - GRD_2000 Explorations
More details from our recent workshop.
Above: MCAD student Charlie. Check the Geotypografika Flickr page for
additional images from this group’s Perso-Arabic experiments.Above: MCAD student Charlie.
Above: MCAD student Charlie.
Above: MCAD student Jenny.
Above: MCAD student Jenny.
Above: MCAD student Joe.
Above: MCAD student Sam.
Above: MCAD student Sam.
Above: MCAD student Mary.
Above: MCAD student Brittany. More images at Geotypografika Flickr.
- GRD_3020 Perso-Arabic Images
More detail from the workshop.
Above: MCAD student Eric. Check the Geotypografika Flickr page for additional
images from our Perso-Arabic experiments.Above: MCAD student Emily.
Above: MCAD student Sarah.
Above: MCAD student Tousue.
Above: MCAD student Liam.
Above: MCAD student Michael.
Above: MCAD student Ryan.
Above: MCAD student Dan.
Above: MCAD student Brendan. More at Geotypografika Flickr.
Mash Allah. - GRD_2000 Workshop
Process photos from a second Perso-Arabic exploration.
Above: Leland Hill, VCUQ. Check the Geotypografika Flickr page for classroom
shots from today’s Perso-Arabic Workshop with Leland Hill, a colleague from
VCUQatar on his Spring Break. We introduced a modified workshop concept
explored earlier in the week, with exciting results. Merci, les étudiants!Above: MCAD student Charlie’s work in progress. Process and [...]
- GRD_5010 Experimental Jetset
Workshop at MCAD following their recent Walker Insights lecture.
Above: Lucky photo of an unguarded and reflective moment for MCAD students gathered following their workshop with Experimental Jetset’s Marieke Stolk and Danny van den Dungen. Both GRD_5010 sections participated in a stimulating afternoon creating sandwich boards, culminating in a hallway crit.
We extend a thousand thanks to [...] - GRD_3020 Workshop
New process photos from our Perso-Arabic workshop.
Above: MCAD student Tousue’s sketch in progress. Check the Geotypografika Flickr
page for classroom shots from yesterday’s Perso-Arabic Workshop with Leland Hill,
a colleague from VCUQatar on his Spring Break. Leland introduced a workshop
concept from The Fifth Color we had worked with some years ago in Doha, and
brought along many of [...] - Jenny Tondera / Ballyvaughan Credit
Above: Signage on a gas pump in Ballyvaughan, Ireland.
Jenny Tondera writes: During a brief stop at the local gas station this weekend while visiting friends at the Burren College of Art, fellow MCAD student Zach Nash and I noticed this sign that aims to duplicate the logos of major credit card companies.
What I love best [...] - Ryan Hageman / Akzidenz on the Wall
Where can’t Akzidenz go?
Above: Akzidenz Grotesk in projection via Eric Gorvin.
Ryan Hagman writes: Building off previous sightings of Akzidenz Grotesk around
the internets, this typographic experiment (google translation) was conducted by a
German design student, Tobias Battenberg. Interjecting this classic German sans-serif
into the realm of graffiti, Tobias projects the typeface on various structural forms
throughout Köln, Germany. - Obama: Time for Global Action
Economic crises addressed in global op-ed pages.
Above: El País, from Madrid, Spain. One of more than thirty global newspapers that ran
an op-ed column by President Obama, according to the Huffington Post.
Image via Newseum. - Shakeup Media / Gulf Times
A new design for a Doha paper.
Above: Via the Shakeup Media Blog, one example of the new design for the Qatari newspaper by Shakeup Media partners Richard Addis and Ryan Bowman. See the full set of images and story by Ellen Carpenter. Mabrouk!
(Earlier post on The Manual here.) - Oded Ezer
New book to be released by Gestalten.
Above: Oded Ezer (image via moonriver), experimental type. See this intriguing interview and review (Haaretz, Letter Perfect by Yuval Saar) of his upcoming work, Oded Ezer: The Typographer’s Guide to the Galaxy (Gestalten, 2009).
- NoRuz Mobarak
President Obama’s New Years greeting.
Above: A special new year’s greeting. The phoentic Farsi is interesting
(NoRuz, Nowruz), how will this be received in Iran? - Adria Chilcote / Hrvatska Croatia
Website updated with new work.
Above: Via Adria Chilcote, a typographic treatment, 2009. See also Adria’s work
from a recent show here in Minneapolis, as well as her new book animations
from her Berlin experiments. Gambade, Adria! - Ficciones Nuevo
Fresh from the ice-cream totin’ GRD_5010 grupetto.
Above: A lovely typographic elephant I spotted from our graphic-designers-exercise
walk today.Yosh, ikimashoka! Seems a perfect companion for viewing the latest
process shots from a few intrepid typonauten. More soon!
In the meantime, please visit Geotypografika Flickr to see the complete
process collection as of March 19, 2009.Above: MCAD student Sarah.
Above: MCAD student [...]
- 14:00 MPLS Time, 61ºF.
Mongo feel human.
Above: 26th and 3rd Ave., Whittier neighborhood. Approximately 08:45 AM.
Minneapolis, MN. March 16, 2009.Above: 25th and Stevens, Whittier neighborhood. Approximately 11:30 AM.
Minneapolis, MN. March 16, 2009.
Perfect timing for a new tag, just as we notice the odd sensation of warmth
upon our cheeks. - Lindley Warren / Expanded Dictionary
The Photographic Dictionary
Above: Leo Postma, Assassin. Via Lindley Warren’s The Photographic Dictionary
project. Perfect for a Sunday, there is always The Ones We Love. - Oportuna de emergencia
Geotypografika was down for a bit this morning.
Above: Fresh Doha truck type via Kayane this morning, before the internets came down, taking both Geotypografika and Typografika with them for a bit.
Thanks for the photo as always, K. That counter in the cap R is
staring straight into our souls! - Omid Hamooni / One, three, and eight
Logotype for an exhibition.
Above: Omid Hamooni, logotype for an exhibition titled, Solar Year of the Cow, 1388/2009. Omid employs essential elements of the numbers one, three, and eight (1388). Below are two process pages that help explain his thinking in developing both the form and movement required to achieve this subtly zoomorphic form.
Above: Omid Hamooni, [...]
- A football.
Roger Arquer / Made In Pakistan
Above: Roger Arquer, found by Chris Burns recently. Arquer’s design reflects
the Islamic patters below, he also notes that 80% of the worlds footballs are
made in Pakistan. Apropos to Verena’s point in yesterday’s post, Arquer explains:
“In a globalized world where we cannot identify the origin of many of the objects
we live [...] - Kevin Byrne / 300 Jumps
Sabbatical Exhibition at MCAD 2009
Above: Kevin Byrne, 2009. From his current exhibition, 300 Jumps.
Still teaching, still sharing, MCAD Professor Kevin Byrne is currently
showing work from his mapping research. My own revelation from
Kevin’s complex exhibition is that of course Powers of Ten was
influenced by the work of Kees Boeke (see this recent post).
From Kevin’s exhibition statement: [...] - Ryan Hageman / Akzidenz Grotesk
Akzidenz meets Nihongo.
Above: A publication designed by the Italian design studio, Temp.
Ryan Hageman writes: Temp compares the classic German typeface,
Akzidenz Grotesk, with the equally structural Japanese typeface,
Kozuka Mincho Std (小塚明朝 Std). - Transatlantis / R26
Tom Kaczynski of MPLS, MN
Above: Tom Kaczynski, of Robot 26 here in Minneapolis. Tom was kind enough
to include Opolis in a review of the Walker Art Center’s Multiples Mall recently.
Shokran, habibi!Above: Tom Kaczynski, Vague Cities cover. Now on order for the Geotypografika collection! More investigation of his excellent Transatlantis blog reveals a broad international [...]
- New York Times / Ruth Gwily
‘Islamic Revolution Barbie’
Above: Via The New York Times, Ruth Gwily.
- Bolivian Rug
Update aus dem Hause Brandt.
Above: Detail of a Bolivian rug from Mutti, how apropos.
Más información en breve. - Geotypografika Twitter
Um abraço, Twitterati!
From Geotypografika Flickr: Photo by Erik Brandt, 2006. Posters somewhere in
Lisbon, Portugal. Anunciando: You can now follow updates for Geotypografika
via Twitter here.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Above: Gumball, 1992 cover of The Damned classic, New Rose.
Coming to you in both of your eyes, yo. Um abraço! - Dadabase
Vancouver, Canada
Above: Sameh Habeeb, Victim’s Victims, 2009. Via the incredible online
gallery Dadabase, a new acquaintance, Mohammed Salemy, has generously
encouraged this post. Visit Dadabase now, a truly diverse collection of artists
from around the world.Also, please visit the inspirational I heart Gaza project,
started by Dadabase in 2007.
Salaam Dadabase! - Surrounded / Do Good Design on Flickr
David Berman hosts an open group.
Above: Erik Brandt, 2008. Part of five prints in the Faculty Show last fall at MCAD,
these experiments are now on David Berman’s Flickr Group, Do Good Design:
Tell us your story. Special thanks to David for allowing free access and participation
to all, I encourage all interested to start uploading so we [...] - Ryan Hageman / Pubblico Project
Artwork that deserves to be torn apart.
Above: Pubblico by the artist Eltono, seen on NeuBlack.
Ryan Hageman writes: The Pubblico project seems to represent a blended graphic language, combining the visual styles of the Iranian vernacular with the structure of Japanese Kanji. Acting as an interface which encourages the participation of the local community, the Pubblico [...] - Ryan Hageman / Testing the Water
Allow me to introduce myself…
Above: Ryan with his recent poster.
Ryan Hageman writes: Hello World. The name is Ryan Hageman, a student studying graphic design at MCAD (Minneapolis College of Art and Design). I’m acting as a new Geotypografika correspondent to share interesting gems which I find myself immersed with, in addition to expanding the context [...] - Geotypografika Interview 006: David Berman
“Don’t just do good design, do good!”
001 Take the Do Good Pledge.
David B. Berman
Designer/Strategist/Expert Speaker
David Berman Communications
Ottawa, Canada
Editorial note: David’s new book is out and, thanks to him, in my hands. It is a fascinating and inspiring narrative that captures all of his well-known precision and passion. Too put it simply, it must become a [...] - masr wa7ashetni awi!
I miss Egypt so much.
Above: Better late than never, und very lovely indeed. MCAD student Eric Gorvin
shares his final card from our el 3arabia dada grupetto di due. I spent my high school
years in Cairo, and I agree with the sentiment Eric captures wholeheartedly.
Mona-chan?
An’ it’s the E to the Ri to the C, y’all
down with [...] - Dylan C. Lathrop / Ficciones Typografika
Fresh from a notebook of some great promise.
Above: MCAD student Dylan, from a series of new typographic sketches also
available here in his Flickr collection. Forza Lathrop! - Deven Sansare / Indian SMS Booklets
Delightful snippets from far away, ever so close.
Above: SMS instructional booklets from India via Deven Sansare,
of Umbrella Design in Mumbai. According to Deven, these are “thinner
than a cigarette pack, slightly bigger and I guess, equally addictive.”Above: Ohne Kommentar. Deven explains that combining Hindi and
Roman text for communicating became popular in the 90’s, and is now
firmly [...] - Expanded: Geotypografika on Flickr
Fotografías del mundo, para el mundo.
Above: Geotypografika Amsterdam.
Update: I realized recently that I had uploaded relatively small files to the
Geotypografika Flickr account and have updated and reorganized the sets.
I hope these images, various and many, become a useful part of the greater
dialogue occurring here. The images themselves are amateur at best, and
represent a general catalog [...] - Single Prints
From our recent letterpress experiments.
Above: MCAD students Sonja and Andy.
Above: MCAD students Eric and Max.
Above: MCAD students Dolly and Sarah.
Above: MCAD students Sami and Ben.
Above: MCAD students Justin and Dylan.
Above: MCAD student Austin and El Conejo. For more process, please see the
Geotypografika Flickr page.
Gracias, compañeros! - GRD_2000_P004
We move forward, always.
Above: MCAD student Charlie Hunter. Today, our introductory level graphic design
class meets to critique the culmination of a series of exercises that combined
hand-drawn, photographic, and typographic elements. I am sure you will agree
that these few examples (all I have from an early deadline), show much promise
and real passion.
See more of our grupetto’s [...] - MCBA Letterpress Redux
On a typographic fiction tip.
Above: An older print of mine from around 2001, slab-serifs make the world go around.
Our GRD_5010 grupetto is heading for the MCBA letterpress studio today to try their
hand at typographic experimentation, with an eye to produce more experiments for their
own typographic fictions. Nun ja, ficciones typografika!Above: Another early print of mine [...]
- Wa7ashteeny
I missed you.
Above: MCAD student Sami Foust is taking a step back and exploring
some purely typographic possibilities for this endearing phrase.
Nun, mahl to, Sami! - new process / austin baker
Fresh GRD_5010 sketches.
Above: MCAD student Austin, new directions for his 24×36 PS26 poster.
Above: MCAD student Austin, new directions for his 6×9, el 3arabia dada.
Gambade, Austin-kun! We are still working on the type here. - The Kennedy Center / Arabesque
February 23 through March 15, 2009
Above: Via The Kennedy Center, a three week celebration of arts and
performances from the Middle East. This just in: Khatt Foundation
director Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès is there to represent her
amazing network. Hup, Huda!
Follow the link here for an AP story on the event (one of precious
few that I could find?). - Enjambement
Widows and orphans, unite!
Above: From William Packard, The Poet’s Dictionary, Harper & Row Publishers,
1989. (Click for a larger image.)
Enjambement, an age-old literary or poetic device, “to create the illusion of energy
being carried over to the following line.” This will require careful study for those of
us used to ‘forced returns’ out of common practice. Indeed, it [...] - ana fee el9af
I’m in class.
Above: MCAD student Michael (fold). Fresh sketches from our
Typography: Hierarchy + Expression grupetto.
Again employing Verena Gerlach’s recent typeface, FF Chambers Sans,
the students have refined their work with Arabic cell phone type.
These sketches are almost there… stay on target! We welcome any
and all feedback.Above: MCAD student Michael.
Above: MCAD student Michael (interior).
Above: MCAD student Sarah [...]
- Mona Makhlouf
On the scene.
Above: The Egyptian Tiger herself, at Khan il Khalili in Cairo, Egypt.
Now practicing GD gung fu in Dubai, watch this space! - Ragnar Freyr Pálsson
Latest and greatest.
Above: breakbeat.is, Ragnar Freyr Pálsson’s poster is ‘awarded silver
and nominated the best in print at the annual FÍT award of The Icelandic
Association of Graphic Designers.’
Mabrouk, Ragnar! - Una voce appassionata.
Strong accents, con gusto!
Above: Seen above the free New York Times newspaper stand at MCAD last week.
Strong accents for difficult times, these pointed comments remind us of how much
is actually at stake. See today’s CNN International reports here, and here.Above: A pixelated reference to the recent Shepard Fairey/AP controversy.
Via Dylan, Print Magazine has Milton Glaser [...] - mb / rh
Honto ni, my bad.
Above: MCAD student Michael. Ana fee el9af, “I’m in class.”
Above: MCAD student Ryan. Wain bnro7 elioum? “Where are we going to today?”
Missed sketches from a former post due to rushed exuberance, my mistake!
Sumimasen, Miguele y Ryan-kun! - Pleasantly Exhausted
A great day at the Walker.
Above: Elisabeth and I, kindly photographed by our table mates, during the Multiples Mall: A Bookish Fair at the Walker Art Center yesterday (about 12:36PM). We want to thank the Walker, MN Artists, and all of our friends and students who stopped by and gave a cheer to two rather [...]
- el 3arabia dada / max march
Fresh sketches yield new direction.
Above: MCAD student Max, hand-rendered typographic ideation for el7amdou lilah,
“Thank God,” or, “Thanks be to God.”Above: MCAD student Max, from a recent email offering new directions in his experiments with our common Arabic cell type problem. Most positive, Max’s sketches show a typographic bent, where early on it was more tempting [...]
- One Night Lexicon
Facebook Page, yo!
Above: Brouse + Derobertis. In most excellent news, One Night Lexicon
has a page. No, seriously. On FB, yo. - Kirsten Peterson
MPLS painter and educator.
Above: Kirsten Peterson, Untitled (Yukon), 4′ x 4′, Oil on Panel 2006
Above: Kirsten Peterson, White Trash, 4′ x 8′, Oil on Panel 2006
A thousand thanks to Kirsten for sending these timely pieces, she also reminded
of the opening this weekend at The Soap Factory, featuring a new installation by
Clive Murphy. Grazie, Kirsten! - SPACE RACE
Red Rocket Gallery
Above: Derrick Buisch, pinkhornetson white=Hornets Nest, 2009. Red Rocket Gallery. Armagedion Time, a collaboration with Damon Locks, Tracy portrait, below.
- saba7 el 7′er!
Oh my, and isn’t it a good morning?
Above: MCAD student Josh, aside for a few hics and tics, not a bad sketch and certainly a very ohiogozaimasu! Fresh sketches from our yes we did Typography: Hierarchy + Expression grupetto.
Oh, and it is on!
Several of our groups are approaching this problem from varying degrees. Again relying [...] - Mon Dieu.
Via The Huffington Post
Above: 1-2-3-4-5-6 years on earth. Youth is NOT wasted on the young,
and not a bad track either. Madin Mohammed, you rule the school.
Sacre vache! - createmake
Ragnar features new work, of course.
Above: Ragnar Freyr Pálsson’s createmake splash page. If you haven’t already, link-up to his feed and enjoy the amazing work coming in. This outstanding Icelandic designer has been featured here before but probably not often enough.
Shouts to Rejkyavik or wherever he may be working, Ragnar’s internet presence
is truly incredible.
Takk, Ragnar! - Multiples Mall: A Bookish Fair
Walker Art Center, MPLS
Above: Opolis, 2007. As mentioned previously, we are grateful and excited to be
participating in this Saturday’s Multiples Mall: A Bookish Fair at the Walker Art
Center (Jan. 29, 2009) We are especially excited and humbled to meet the other
artists and see their work.
We will have fifty copies of Opolis on display (and for [...] - David Berman / Do Good
Timely discussions.
Above: David Berman’s latest effort. If you have ever seen Berman speak,
you know this book should be everything it promises. Since the early 80’s,
David has been a passionate advocate of design ethics and practice, helping to
advance these ideas through his work and lectures around the world.
From the inventor of the “Sorry!” ping-pong paddle for [...] - Lizardman
Opening at SSCA
Above: Matt Wells, AKA Lizardman, Citizen/Terrorist. From an invitation
to the opening here in MPLS at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts (SSCA)
on February 28, 2009. - POS / Drumroll
Rhymesayers Entertainment
Above: Via Dylan and TheRealRhymesayers, 2:47 of WTF. Check it.
- Complexity
Owen Jones
Above: Owen Jones, via the spectacular but does it float collection. Thanks to
Dylan for sharing this and mabrouk to Atley of but does it float and FFFFound,
amazing collections and somehow perfectly apropos.
In the same breath, make sure to check in with kindra is here,
some stunning recent additions. - How to fight.
Valuable self-defense tips for the big city.
Above: From the internet scanning machines of Colin Trechter, this reminds me
of another internet classic by the intrepid Amalia Nicholson. - Tagged
Late night, contemporary forms.
Above: A tag that appeared on our access stairwell late last night. Translation?
Reminds me of this one. - POPYÖUDESIGN
Sandra Chui Huynh
Above: popyöudesign: Check, check, one two…
- 3arabia dada / 3revisions
Revisions from Dylan C. Lathrop, who has the rock.
Above: Senior Gung-Fu student Dylan C. Lathrop.
GRD_5010_P003, option 001.Above: Dylan C. Lathrop, GRD_5010_P003, option 002.
Above: Dylan C. Lathrop, GRD_5010_P003, option 003.
Sugoi, ne? - Walker Art Center / Process Type Foundry
Eric Olsen, MPLS
Above: Eric Olsen, Process Type Foundry. From a really kind invitation via
popyoudesign to go see a typographic lecture at the Walker Art Center.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009. ¡Súbete! - Fann 3arabi
Lamia Ziadé
Above: Red Shoes, Blue Song. Painting and collage, 2004. Via Fann3arabi,
work by brilliant Paris-based artist Lamia Ziadé. Below, Hotel’s Wars, 2008. - Surrounded
Some long overdue documentation.
Above: Erik Brandt, Surrounded 001, 2008.
Above: Erik Brandt, Surrounded 001-005, 2008 (click for larger view). A set of
five digital prints I made on newsprint, from last fall’s 2008 Faculty Show at MCAD.
I neglected to post these before, having only documented them recently.
Quote is from Charles Baudelaire, “N’importe où! n’importe où! pourvu que [...] - Izmir, Turkey
A splash of sunlight.
Above: Grafik Tasarım, via Ömer Durmaz in sunny Izmir. Teşekkürler!
Cover design by Yeşim Demir. - TO | YO | TA
Good morning from Doha.
Above: More truck type via K in Doha, many thanks!
- Posterpage / Mehdi Saeedi in London
Rene Wanner points the way, thank goodness.
Above: Via Posterpage and on to Iran Heritage, a link to a London exhibition
of calligraphic paintings by Mehdi Saeedi. - A valentine for a Bindu.
Some love poems.
Above: North Lincoln Hills by Way of Ulan Bator, Mongolia (2003, 08′11).
For Valentines Day 2009, for love! A short film die liebe Bettina and I made in 2003.
It premiered at the Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh, PA (NOV 2003). What a perfect day to resend these simple messages.
Created in a collaboration with [...] - Economic Recovery
President Obama’s weekly address.
Above: February 14, 2009. By the way, Happy Valentines Day, Orbi.
Video and full text available via The White House blog.
Special thanks to A Tiny City for the friendly reminder. - Let’s walk it out.
Low-fi in Hi-Fi.
Above: Highly recommended by the irrepressible Kelly English, and linked by
Chris Burns in a recent comment here. Let’s walk it out, yo. - Verena Gerlach / Neues
New book for Hatje Cantz.
Above: Verena’s latest project, published by Hatje Cantz Verlag.
Even at screen resolution, the ampersand sings. Oi, Typonauts…
guess the typeface?
Hup, Verena! - Designq / Czech Revolution Posters 1989
Filip Blažek curates a remarkable show in Tokyo.
Above: On the left, your hero and mine, Filip Blažek, defender of all diacritics great
and small. Filip is in Tokyo for the opening of his collection of posters from the Velvet
Revolution, sugoi ne?! Geotypografika readers will know Filip as the tireless editor
of Typo Magazine.Above: Via Filip’s posting of [...]
- tDR / Signs of Life
Ian Anderson will start small.
Above: tDR, The Designers Republic. The Sheffield Telegraph
talks with founder Anderson about their recent closing and
a possible future. Hup, tDR! - el 3arabia dada redux
Yella! Yella!
Above: MCAD student Dolly Vu. Enigmatic, silly, somehow brilliant.
Our advanced typography group is trying an experiment with some Arabic cell type based on an idea originally advanced here, some time ago. We received some new txt samples via Mona Makhlouf and Manar Al-Muftah and the students set forth. We will be having our first [...] - Obama: Feb. 9, 2009 Press Conference
VIVA Obama!
Above: The full press conference via the White House. It is worth noting
how enjoyable it is to watch and listen to nuestro Presidente. - New Pixel System 26 Directions
Refined directions.
Above: MCAD student Andy, still pushing his PS26 experiments. See more.
Gambade kudasai, Andy-kun!
Fightoh GRD_5010! - Front Pages: Brussels
Financial crisis in a sobering format.
Above: De Standaard, from Brussels, Belgium.
Check in with Newseum daily. Front pages and links
to newspapers around the world. - Vandalog / Fairey
Excellent review of all recent issues.
Above: Vandalog has an extensive accounting of all the recent
Shepard Fairey controversies. - Verena Gerlach / 20 Jahre Mauerfall
The Wall: Twenty years later after the fall.
Above: Verena Gerlach, Nie Gegeben, 2009. Detail from a recent photo
from Berlin (see below). “The DDR never existed.”Verena Gerlach, Nie Gegeben, 2009. Verena captures the ‘Loch” by the Palace of the Republic. Click for a larger view and typographic greeting to the left. Note the splash of light [...]
- K / Qatar
New truck type from Doha.
Above: Via the mysterious K in Doha, Qatar, a welcome surprise from the inbox
this morning. Shokran, K! Below, some of K’s work from the past, if only we had
Fontstruct then, eh, K? These sketches still resonate, 300dpi mechanical pencil! - Objectified News
Hustwit’s new film will premiere at SXSW ‘09.
Above: Via the official Objectified newsletter, sneak peaks have been announced
in San Francisco and Atlanta, with more cities to be announced. MPLS? The official
premiere is at this year’s SXSW, March 13-21, 2009.
This film will surely supercede Helvetica. Hup Hustwit! - For club or country?
Russia manager Hiddink considered for Chelsea vacancy.
Above: Guus Hiddink. This is fascinating. According to CNN International, Chelsea have received permission to negotiate with Hiddink for their managing vacancy.
Roman Abramovich, Chelsea owner, is also the dominant financier and voice of the Russian national side. Permission to “negotiate” could not have been difficult to secure.
Which project is [...] - Front Pages: Southampton
At least they are consistent?
Above: Daily Echo, from Southampton, UK. Tracking, outlines, nappy rashes…
Check in with Newseum daily. Front pages and links
to newspapers around the world. - Adeus, grande Phil.
Chealsea manager is dismissed.
Above: Legendary football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari via Sky Sports News.
When global economic ruin strikes fear even the once mightiest of Oligarchs,
nothing matters more than winning, or losing. Via The Sun, Sir Alex Ferguson
empathizes with Scolari and says: “There is absolutely no patience now.”
Were the players, as the saying goes, playing against [...] - Beijing / CCTV Building Fire
Rem Koolhaas’ iconic tower is destroyed.
Above: Via the Huffington Post, dramatic images from Beijing.
A contemporary architectural icon is gone?UPDATE: See below from Ryan, news reports confused the building
in question. This structure remained largely unharmed. - Spaghetti Mag
Cairo, Egypt
Above: Ahmed Foula via Spaghetti Mag. The intrepid Mona Makhlouf writes from Dubai with some fascinating links. Her former art director in Cairo, Sherif Samy,
helped build Spaghetti Mag, and has his own fascinating way of sharing his work.
More from Ahmed Foula below and make sure to read the interview.
Shokran, Mona! - Front Pages: Albury-Wodonga
Bushfire ravages southeastern Australia.
Above: The Border Mail, from Albury-Wodonga, Australia.
Check in with Newseum daily. Front pages and links
to newspapers around the world. - Bad Gals Radio
Live from Blogadelphia.
Above: Via Bad Gals Radio, ‘Roots Rock and Real Truth since 1999′, an honest and open blog from a vibrant perspective. The image above is from a brief post on Fela,
the legendary Nigerian artist and activist. ¡VIVA Bad Gals! - Front Pages: Toronto
Sadly, not everything is better with PBJ.
Above: National Post, from Toronto, Canada.
Check in with Newseum daily. Front pages and links
to newspapers around the world. - Compromise
President Obama’s weekly address.
Above: February 7, 2009. Some first moves against the tide.
Video and full text available via The White House blog. - BoingBoing / Pardon?
Mon président parle français couramment.
Above: Via BoingBoing, “Barack Obama is Tired of Your Motherfu*king Shit,”
with more details on the background story. The audio is real, the techno OK,
and the below would be very pleased indeed?
Update: Language warning!Above: Lenny Bruce, First Amendment Champion.
- Boston Globe / Shepard Fairey Arrested
ICA Guest DJ goes down.
Above: The man himself in a dated photograph from 2008, via a a tiny city.
The Boston Globe reports that Fairey was arrested on two outstanding warrants
while arriving at the ICA in Boston last night as a guest DJ.
Story link on The Huffington Post. - Front Pages: London
Running Dogs of Capitalism Stampede?
Above: The Times, from London, UK.
Check in with Newseum daily. Front pages and links
to newspapers around the world. - Adieux, iPhone.
Projected internet data.
Above: Fresh from the latest TED conference, and via Wired and Robots Dreams,
a stunning new development from Wear Ur World (website coming soon).
MIT Media Lab students Pranav Mistry and Pattie Maes have developed relatively affordable demo versions, seeing is believing.
Sugoi. - Crowdspring / Global GD Marketplace
Forbes Magazine
Above: Splash page from Crowdspring. MCAD student Dolly Vu alerted us to this story via Forbes Magazine, “The Creativity of Crowds,” by Christopher Steiner.
From the article: “The beauty of our site is that it doesn’t matter if you have a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design or if you’re a grandma in [...] - Front Pages: Guangzhou
Seamless print/web integration.
Above: 21st Century Business Herald, from Guangzhou, China.
Check in with Newseum daily. Front pages and links
to newspapers around the world. - Posterpage / In memory of Shigeo Fukuda
Rene Wanner’s moving collection of tributes.
Above: Yasser Lamei, Iran. Via Posterpage.
- Jared Tarbell / QR Invaders
Code variants generate fascinating images.
Above: Jared Tarbell, Invader.Fractal, found via All About Mobile Life. Shokran!
Image built using a random mix of invaders possible within QR Code. As Mobile Life
recommends, run the Flash generator (look for ‘Huge/Launch Flash’).Above: Jared Tarbell. Endlich, ficciones typografika.
Above: Geotypografika QR code, generated for free via Wolfgang Hafenscher’s excellent resource.
Above: An antique [...]
- Random
Not so wuvvy.
Above: Random find from the depths of the internets.
Info, translation welcome. - Charles Bremner / Citroen Revival
Up, up and way back.
Above: Via The Times Online (UK), Bremner’s Paris blog
reports the revival of an old classic. - Modernizing Propaganda
はがき
Above: Via Dylan and found via butdoesitfloat, this amazing collection of historical Japanese postcards from Modernizing Propaganda: Avant Garde Postcards.
Part of a larger MIT project, Visualizing Cultures. - Front Pages: Johannesburg
Zimbabwe’s inflation numbers rise dramatically.
Above: The Times, from Johannesburg, South Africa. Check in with Newseum daily.
Front pages and links to newspapers around the world.