- ARCHIVE / Interviews
- Typografika in Designnet / NewWebPick
My wee studio featured in Korea and China. Above: Spread from Designnet Magazine (May, 2011). It’s humbling and exciting to have my work featured in two publications, Designnet in Korea and NewWebPick (No.33) in China. I am grateful to the editors for their invitation and kindness. The Designnet feature covered efforts to help Japan 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 [...]
- Yossi Lemel / Holocaust Memories
Our hero interviewed by Leadel. Above: Yossi Lemel via Leadel, discussing his deeply moving work on his family and the Holocaust. Bravo, Yossi, bravo.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- Plumbing Tool
Say it ain’t so, Joe. Above: Plumbing tools. Joe the Plumber, a shooting star thanks to yesterday’s impromptu debate with Obama before the real deal with McCain. His real name is: Samuel Wurzelbacher. Guess what? He is not a plumber (New York Times). “An official at Local 50 of the plumber’s union, based in Toledo, [...]
- To all Running Dogs of Capitalism
Above: O Povo, from Fortaleza, Brazil. Via Newseum. Geotypografika: To all Running Dogs of Capitalism Respected global members of the greater capitalist infrastructure, your theme for the week: Think positive and remember us little people you effing’ bastardos! Oye, mira! A happy market place equals a school yard. Basta! Above: Via Der Spiegel, Reuters/Philippe Wojazer. [...]
- 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 [...]
- United Daily News
Taipei, Taiwan Above: United Daily News, from Taipei, Taiwan. Check in with Newseum daily. Front pages and links to newspapers around the world. For more, the NYTimes has an informative interactive review of these past few weeks of falling arrows. Der Spiegel (English version) has a good overview of the escalating fallout in Europe.
- Democracy Now!
Reporters arrested covering RNC will not be charged. Above: St. Paul, MN, Sept. 4, 2008. A photo I took of some reporters gathered to observe a small crowd that day. The main march was cross from this bridge, and this group occasionally chanted words of support. In the news, St. Paul has released a statement [...]
- City Pages / Matt Snyders’ RNC Arrest
St. Paul, MN Above: A photo I took on the way home on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. City Pages reporter Matt Snyders has his version of last weeks concluding RNC events online. Mr. Snyders was seated next to me as we waited through the process for several hours, and was arrested himself (his credentials blatantly [...]
- An arresting development.
St. Paul, Minnesota Above: From the Star Tribune’s photo series from last night (Sept.4, 2008). That’s me on the left with my old black messenger bag. (Thanks to K for finding this.) As it happens, a friend and I were caught between two opposing sides last night and were arrested while we were trying to [...]
- Guardian / Polish Posters
Film Poster History and Analysis Above: From the Guardian, a welcome review by Paul Rennie on the history of the Polish film poster. With Poland playing an awkward role in the renewal of archaic Cold War tensions and games, the irony of this history of state-sponsored design is striking. Tangentially, it is also interesting to [...]
- Apropo aluminum cans…
Coke adds life. Above: From a pack of Coca-Cola in Minneapolis. Chris Jordan’s latest reminded me of a lost text pic from Lathrop and these cross-cultural messages (tied to a mono-culture product), from Coca-Cola’s latest campaign. The can on the left is from Thailand, and, on the right, Ethiopia. The cans on the inside? All [...]
- Bernard Canniffe / USA-UAE
Graphic Design Students Engage in a “Social/Cultural Intervention.” Above: Process board from an ongoing exchange in Dubai between MICA (Baltimore) and students from Zayed University. The project involves a collaboration between students and faculty led by Bernard Canniffe (MICA), Dr. Nanci Takeyama (GD Instructor from Zayed University) and Peter Chomowicz (Env. Design Chair MICA). Bernard [...]
- Aftonbladet
Stockholm, Sweden Above: Your columns got you down? Good medicine for a bad type day, one can always rely on some pulse-raising zeug from the Aftonbladet. Check in with Newseum daily, front pages from around the world.
- Free Radicals Still Swim
Above: From a helmet-cam sequence by messenger/director Lucas Brunelle, a new version with a great track from Überdose (ignore the paint filter/slo-mo moment…)! The original footage is a true welcome to the jungle (and includes a priceless one-hit at the beginning, tee hee), and makes me think of twenty years ago today… DC Messengers were [...]
- Jean-Benoît Lévy / Helvetia + 10,700
Guiness World Record Above: Jean-Benoît Lévy, from Studio AND, a Guiness World Record video short of a human scaled, 10,700 participants, version of Jean-Benoît’s Helvetia stamp (below). See more of his stamps here, and click here for an interview with this San Francisco based designer.
- Jenny Tondera / Wim Crouwel
Above: Wim Crouwel’s “New Alphabet” typeface, 1967. Tondera / Crouwel A fresh installment of Jenny’s interviews with contemporary designers on the Bauhaus. See her previous interviews with Michael Bierut, Experimental Jetset, Steven Heller, Paula Scher, Ellen Lupton, and Jessica Helfand. Jenny Tondera writes: Dutch designer Wim Crouwel (born 1928) is one of my favorite designers [...]
- Jenny Tondera / Jessica Helfand
Above: Cover of Jessica Helfand’s book Reinventing the Wheel (Princeton Architectural Press, 2002). Tondera / Helfand A fresh installment of Jenny’s interviews with contemporary designers on the Bauhaus. See her previous interviews with Michael Bierut, Experimental Jetset, Steven Heller, Paula Scher, and Ellen Lupton. Jenny Tondera writes: It was so heartwarming to receive such an [...]
- Jenny Tondera / Ellen Lupton
Above: The cover of “The ABC’s of Bauhaus, The Bauhaus and Design Theory” edited by Ellen Lupton and J. Abbott Miller. Princeton Architectural Press, 2000. Tondera / Lupton A fresh installment of Jenny’s interviews with contemporary designers on the Bauhaus. See her previous interviews with Michael Bierut, Experimental Jetset, Steven Heller, and Paula Scher. Jenny [...]
- PEN World Voices / Rattapallax
International Film Feast in NYC, April 29 Above: A flyer front I designed recently for Ram Devineni, Rattapallax Editor and Founder. Images, from top to bottom, are stills from two featured films, Unfed by Jason Lam, and Some Days, by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins. (See his film below.) The Rattapallax/PEN World Voices Literary [...]
- Jenny Tondera / Paula Scher
Above: Paula Scher’s Citibank. Tondera / Scher A fresh installment of Jenny’s interviews with contemporary designers on the Bauhaus. See her previous interviews with Michael Bierut, Experimental Jetset, and Steven Heller. Jenny Tondera writes: I was first introduced to Paula Scher’s work at age 16 when I was a student at a pre-college program at [...]
- Jenny Tondera / Steven Heller
Above: Cover of “Paul Rand” by Steven Heller. Design by Hans Dieter Reichert. Tondera / Heller A fresh installment of Jenny’s interviews with contemporary designers on the Bauhaus. See her previous interviews with Michael Bierut, and Experimental Jetset. Jenny Tondera writes: Known more for his art direction at The New York Times and his design [...]
- Jenny Tondera / Michael Bierut
Above: A poster by Michael Bierut for the Yale School of Architecture. Tondera / Bierut A fresh installment of Jenny’s interviews with contemporary designers on the Bauhaus. See her previous interview with Experimental Jetset here. Jenny Tondera writes: Omnipresent in our current design culture, designer and design critic Michael Bierut works at Pentagram, is an [...]
- Jenny Tondera / Experimental Jetset
Above: Experimental Jetset poster for the Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam, Holland.
- Jenny Tondera on Jenny Tondera
Geotypografika welcomes a fabulous new contributor. Above: Grafik Gung Fu student Jenny surfaces at last. Jenny Tondera writes: Hello! My name is Jenny and I’m in my sophomore year studying graphic design at MCAD (Minneapolis College of Art and Design). I am currently working on an exciting project that I’d like to share with all [...]
- Apple Daily / Taiwan Edition
Today’s front page is from Taipei, Taiwan Also featured on the Resources page, check in with Newseum daily, front pages from around the world.
- Part DOS: Four Writing Systems and a Microphone
Part Two: Asahi Shimbun front page from February 4, 2008. Geotypografika Kommentario: What follows is a continuation of a first posting, Part UNO: United Nations/Nations Unies? La Futura? Form can help create function, it does not simply have to follow. Typographic and graphic problems as metaphor for troubled and complex world organizational issues? Ja, warum [...]
- The West Australian
Today’s front page is from Perth, Australia Also featured on the Resources page, check in with Newseum daily, front pages from around the world.
- Geotypografika Interview 005: Verena Gerlach
Berlin (Type) Designer / Educator 001 Studio link fraugerlach Verena Gerlach (Type) Designer / Educator Berlin, Germany Geotypografika Interview 005 Verena Gerlach What developments are you following in the world of graphic design/typography today? VG Technical: I’m fascinated by the possibilities of the still young OpenType technology. My next font (FF Chambers Sans) design will [...]
- Shinnoske Inc. / Shinnoske Sugisaki
Graphic Designer / Osaka, Japan Above: Shinnoske Sugisaki, from his current exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. These will immediately remind you of Basel and Weingart. Above: Shinnoske Sugisaki, from his current exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Above: From his recent Anonyma Exhibition. I love the contrast to the living visual environment just outside the hall, typical. Urban [...]
- Geotypografika Interview 004: James Bertoni
Graphic Designer, San Francisco James Bertoni, Graphic Designer San Francisco, CA Estados Unidos 001 Portfolio Geotypografika Interview 004 James Bertoni What developments are you following in the world of graphic design/typography today? JB I am following the development of design as it relates to the online community. What new developments are occurring specific to your [...]
- Sacre Vache / Ragnar Freyr Pálsson
From Iceland (via Michigan) with Love. Athvarf Poster / Veggsjald Litli Dímon og Kvennaathvarfið Dauði trúðsins Book cover / Bókakápa JPV Click here immediately, don’t read this. Well maybe just a little. I plan a much longer story, but the work speaks for itself. An amazing collection of contemporary work by Ragnar Freyr Pálsson, an [...]
- Geotypografika is one month old.
Irashai! Welcome to the Backstube… There is a test proof of the new poster on my homasote. The banner up top used to hang on our house in Bellefonte (we lived across the street from a little league baseball diamond). It worked. Type is Akzidenz Grotesk by the way. This? Well, I am Arial, pleasure [...]
- Geotypografika Interview 003: Jerrold Maddox
Professor of Art, Photographer, Web Designer Jerrold Maddox Professor of Art, Photographer, Web Designer State College, PA Estados Unidos 001 Site Design Examples: FrontRowPhotos, Center for Well Being 002 Course Sites: One, Two 003 Personal Work: One, Two, Three 004 Typographic Work: here Above: Umbrellas. Geotypo Interview 003 Jerrold Maddox What developments are you following [...]
- PingMag / Malaysian Engravings
Look into these, amazing… Excellent feature on a certain Mr. King, here. Humbling. Story by Ian Lynam, look into his work here (studio in Japan!).
- Heller in Design Observer
An excellent article on Wilhelm Deffke Fascinating little piece with massive implications, typical of Heller to unearth these stimulating and controversial gems.
- Diario de Yucatan
Today’s featured front page is from Yucatán, Mexico. Check in with Newseum daily, front pages from around the world. Quite the education.
- Modeling in India: But who are the models?
This just forwarded by Ben Wood… In India’s Huge Marketplace, Advertisers Find Fair Skin Sells By Rama Lakshmi, Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, January 27, 2008 “MUMBAI The TV ad shows an Indian movie star walking on a beach, flaunting his brand-name sunglasses and his six-pack abs. A white woman in a black bikini drops [...]
- Aktuell / Artsmonitor
New Feature in Resources My friend JBL, recently featured in Interviews, just sent along this fantastic recommendation. Look into the Artsmonitor’s extensive graphic design section (as well as their other resources). They feature news links to many relevant and contemporary news sources. A welcome find!
- Geotypografika Interview 002: Bernard Caniffe
Designer/Educator. Welsh. Above: Blue Collar Theory. I know Bernard as an intensely intellectual and entertaining educator. In this interview, he generously offers his keen insight into the contemporary world. Bernard Canniffe: Designer/Educator Baltimore, USA Estados Unidos Studio: Blue Collar Theory and Piece Studio 001 ALR Design 002 project {m} Above: Link to (and from) Project [...]
- Persian Gulf Studio Visit
Doha, Qatar: Manar Al-Muftah Manar, featured earlier, is a young Qatari artist preparing for her upcoming show, and has generously shared this glimpse into her studio. Above: Various ephemera. Above: Family. Above: Cabbage Patch collection. Like many of us, Manar is inspired by Reza Abedini. Here are some framed cards she received from him. Above: [...]
- Geotypografika Interview 001: Jean-Benoît Lévy
You can take the boy out of Switzerland, but you can’t take the Switzerland out of the boy. Above: JBL as himself. Please take time to examine his h-and-s font, a font developed as an international language. An AGI member, he is an internationally known poster designer. Geotypografika knows him best as a devoted teacher, [...]
- Coming Soon
Geotypografika Interview Questions Go to Eleven Above: Old school days sketch from my Flügel Serie. 1997. Photocopy, pencil, colored pencil. I am very pleased to be posting some early returns from my interview request release last week. This list included artists, writers, typographers, graphic designers, students (young and old), professionals, and dear friends. I have [...]