- ARCHIVE / Typography
- Live Streaming Rabbit
Tomorrow’s VCU lecture live via the internets.
Live Streaming from the Grace Street Theater
In excellent news, VCU has decided to project it’s first live-stream for the lecture on my work tomorrow (March 8 at 4:30PM EST at the Grace Street Theater), and it will be available via this link: http://video.vcu.edu/ramgen/broadcast/elconejo.rm
You’ll need Real Player to view [...] - Exhibition Tonight / Poster Rescue
Recent rejected poster finds new life.
Above: Cropped version of a 18×24 poster sketch by yours truly. Geotypografika
readers might remember this reference to a past poster project gone fission. On the
occasion of a upcoming visit to ol’ VCU, I thought it appropriate to revive it in this
form. Hope you enjoy. Self-promotion Act 16 continues, intermission ahead.
Friday, [...] - 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: [...]
- Site M 012
Large musical cubic note.
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2010.
Pen, marker. - 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 [...]
- El Conejo / VCU Objects + Methods Lecture
Rabbit lecture, workshop, and exhibition.
Above: Event poster by John Malinoski, 2010. Photo: John Dixon, 1997. The rabbit lives! El Conejo, a conglomerate character that first rose back in 1997, the spirit of which still vibrates awkwardly here, and especially here. A special thanks to my
dear friend and mentor, John Malinoski, for making this poster.
I am [...] - 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.
- Seen at MCAD
Two recent posters/bulletins in the hallways.
Above: MCAD student Ted Guerrero, “on the wall.”
Above: MCAD student Peter Steineck, “off the charts.”
- 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 [...]
- Dabireh Collective
Fresh initiative via orien+ation lab and beyond.
Above: Poster for Alef (Oct. 2009), the first publication from the inspiring Dabireh Collective, founded by Reza Abedini and a group of graphic designers from Iran.
Just one part of Reza’s new project with Paul Hughes and Anne Miltenburg, orien+ation lab, Alef will be included in the OK Festival in [...] - John Moore / Blockee Font
New work from Caracas, Venezuela.
Above: John Moore’s exciting new Blockee Font, available soon (click image for a larger view). I am very grateful to John for sharing this new work here, and special thanks to Marina Córdova Alvéstegui for help with the Spanish translation. See the Blockee-Man himself below and please visit John’s site for [...]
- John Malinoski / VCU
New poster.
Above: John Malinoski, 2010.
- Font Aid IV / Ampersands for Haiti
One from the home front.
Above: My two-cents for Font Aid IV, sponsored by the Society for Typographic Aficionados (SOTA). From their website:
“Type designers, graphic designers and other artists from around the world are invited to contribute artwork to be included in a typeface created exclusively for the Font Aid IV effort. The theme of Font [...] - 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! - Tovar Estovo
Website as Zirkus still operative, over.
Above: Original ¡ü16.øäk! silkscreen bulletin invitation for a BVR Messages event, 2001. Four BVRS Printing. Glenside, Pa. Tovar Estovo (web-based version).
BVR Revival: And why not?
I was happily reminded of this project from ol’ BVR days, and thought it would be nice
to share once again. The event was an exhibition [...] - Avatar / Papyrus
Fu*king fu*k.
Above: Dan Sinclair, from an earlier post. Geotypografika readers may remember Dan’s experiment as a serious attempt to create an appropriate design/interaction given the limitations of Papyrus. A successful experiment to say the least, and also worth the debate, a good designer should be able to design something beautiful/good with Papyrus (insert any ‘limitation’). [...]
- Un abrazo! Guten Rutsch.
Feliz año nuevo from MPLS.
Above: Happy New Year from Geotypografika. =:-) Un abrazo! An embrace! All the best to you for the new year from a frozen but warm Minneapolis. Servus, Freunde!
- MCAD_GRD_2010_F09 / New Fonstructions
Final experiments from Los Typonauts.
Above: Peter W.’s font, Atlas, 24×36 promo poster. Building on the experiments with Fontstruct from last year, our introductory typo grupetto developed a wide range of fonts, all available for download and commentary (most type specimen’s here are linked). Along with several others, Peter W.’s Atlas Condensed has been awarded Top [...]
- 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 [...]
- Arlen / Fontstruct Top Pick
Courtney Billadeau’s work in progress.
Above: MCAD student Courtney’s Fontruction, Arlen. Already selected as a ‘Top Pick’ by Fontstruct staff in October, Courtney has been diligently updating and refining her font. Look for more examples of student work from our introductory type grupetto soon! More process shots on Geotypografika Flickr.
Above: MCAD student Sam’s Fonstruct in progress.
More [...] - Annie Yiling Wang / A Secondary Education
Political graphics.
She writes: A couple of summers ago I interned at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics out in Los Angeles. This was before I knew that I would someday become involved in graphic design and visual culture. I was an archival intern so I was lucky enough to have been exposed to [...]
- 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.
- MCAD_GRD_2010_F09_Brandt
Long overdue update from this beginning type grupetto.
Above: MCAD student Daniel, from a recent update to Geotypografika Flickr.
I am please to share some work from this hard working grupetto, and have
finally had time to post these. Please for to be enjoying.Above: MCAD student Courtney.
Above: MCAD student Peter S.
Above: MCAD student Tara.
Above: MCAD student Tuesday.
Above: MCAD [...]
- 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. - John Moore / Greetings from Venezuela
¡Ambigrama!
Above: Ambigrama Rama-Moore, un Video de John Moore con música de Angel Rada.
Some really fascinating possibilities from Caracas. ¡Gracias, John! - Naz / Final MA Work
Recent work from Iran.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009, three images from her final master’s thesis work in Iran.
Mamnoon am, Naz! A thousand congratulations, hoping to see more.Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Updated Oct. 27, 2009 with these three last posters.
Thanks again for sharing these with us, [...] - 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 [...]
- John Malinoski / Waldorf School
New poster for a Richmond, VA holiday bazaar.
Above: John Malinoski, 2009. ¡Que Viva!
- 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 [...] - Typonauts in Space: 20 Jahre Mauerfall
Posters from a recent type workshop at MCAD.
Above: MCAD student Ana, 24×36 inches. (All posters are listed alphabetically.)
Our GRD_3020 grupetto welcomed Verena Gerlach to our class on the day before her recent lecture at MCAD. Based on some advance preparation, we were ready with sketches based on the theme of the workshop, the commemoration of [...] - 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. - Lucky Find
Poster sketch remnant.
Above: Found on the street outside of MCAD, a small remnant of a poster sketch (a fallen leaf) by Alexa, a vibrant part of this Fall’s 3020 typo grupetto. More soon on our recent work with Verena Gerlach’s typefaces and, 20 Jahre Mauerfall.
- John Malinoski / Electroacoustic Poster
Music festival in Richmond, Virginia.
Above: John Malinoski, new poster for the Modlin Center of the Arts,
University of Richmond. Sugoi desu-ne, John-san?! Bravissimo! - 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 [...] - Verena Gerlach / MCAD_Emily Reile
Ein Berliner in Minneapolis.
Above: Lecture poster for Verena Gerlach by MCAD student Emily Reile, 2011. Verena’s presentation (Sept. 22, 2009, 1PM, MCAD Auditorium 150), is sponsored by the MCAD Design Department and AIGA Minnesota, and is open to the public. All are welcome! Look for updates soon on a workshop with Verena and the neue [...]
- 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 [...] - Sorry, eh?
Geotypografika has been quiet lately.
Above: Something from the Minnesota State Fair. Amid the recent controversies over
IKEA’s decision to change faces, it’s nice to see into la Futura again.
My sincere apologies for the recent funkstille. The studio move has experienced a few delays, and the time to finish has been pleasantly interrupted by the beginning of [...] - 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 [...] - Ragnar Freyr Pálsson / Neues
New poster for breakbeat (dot) is.
Above: Ragnar Freyr Pálsson, new poster for breakbeat.is, ‘All Nighter.’
More at Createmake, keep it going full steam, Ragnar. - 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… - Para Fukuda
BICeBé 2009 La Paz, Bolivia
Above: My small contribution to the BICeBé 2009 exhibition, “Hommage to Shigeo Fukuda: 76 Designers for his 76 years.” Part of the upcoming biennial taking place in La Paz in November, 2009, I was humbled and grateful to be invited to participate by Susana Machiado and David Criado (BICeBé 2009). A [...]
- 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 [...] - 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!” - 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 [...] - 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.
- Adria Chilcote / Don’t Give Up!
New profile photo echoes cherished old work.
Above: Adria Chilcote’s latest profile photo in support of the Iranian Green
movement, adapted from a lovely project she undertook while traveling in
Berlin last year. See this link.
Now Adria is venturing into the Indian design market, setting up shop in India!
Can’t wait to hear more. Bon voyage and bon chance, [...] - 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? - 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 [...] - John Malinoski / VCUarts
New poster to help break the clouds.
Above: John Malinoski, new Poster for VCUarts (24″x36″), 2009.
Image includes registration marks. - 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 [...]
- 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 [...]
- 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.
- 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! - 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.
- Tipo de local: ATOMC
The ‘atomc’ punk.
Above: More MPLS tipo de local, large volume trash receptacle.
- 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 [...] - K Line
Local container stop, happarently.
Above: A “K,” from a local container hauler that parks on our back street.
More recently… - Andy Scott / Typo Short
Giving & Taking.
Above: Andy Scott, 24 sec typo fiction short.
Domo, Andy! - GRD_5010 Ficciones Typografika
Some sample spreads and covers.
Above: Sonja Rostad. A few more samples below of our final efforts with our ficciones typografika. For more, please see our Geotypografika Flickr set.
Above: Sonja Rostad.
Above: Sami Foust.
Above: Sami Foust.
Above: Max March.
Above: Sarah Pfeffer.
Above: Sarah Pfeffer.
Above: Andy Scott.
Above: Ben Wood.
Above: Dolly Vu.
Above: Austin Baker.
Above: Austin Baker. More on Geotypografika Flickr.
Mash Allah, [...] - Desktop rabbit.
Seen at MCAD.
Above: Random image found at the start of class on a computer in our GRD_2000 room, this past Friday. Much appreciated! Updated material is now available on the GRD_2000 Logopesto post from yesterday. Sample spread from Dan Sinclair’s
work below. (More on Geotypografika Flickr.) - Sarah Pfeffer / Dolly Vu
Exclamation points.
UPDATE: Sarah sent in this detail. Cheers!
Above: Sarah Pfeffer, comma chameleon. A good morning update via Sarah
and Dolly, click on the images for larger views.Above: Dolly Vu, follow the link for more on Dolly’s project.
More, especially some lovely books, coming soon. - GRD_2000 Logopesto
Carteles final.
Above: Jaid! Some shots from class today, final process project logopesto from
our GRD_2000 grupetto. More images available via the Geotypgrafika Flickr set.Above: Jaid Jacobsen, spreads.
Above: Jenny!
Above: Jenny Da, spreads.
Above: Charlie!
Above: Charles Hunter, spreads.
Above: Samm!
Above: Samm Langer, spreads.
Above: Sean!
Above: Sean Hartman, spreads.
Above: Joe!
Above: Joe Hrabbe, spreads.
Above: Ben!
Above: Ben Rummel, spreads.
Above: Mary!
Above: Mary Nelson, spreads.
Above: Brittany!
Above: [...]
- Austin Baker / O la ciencia
Inspired.
Above: Austin Baker, Handwriting Deletion And Abstraction
Performance 02, 2009.Above: Austin Baker, Handwriting Deletion And Abstraction
Performance 03, 2009.
Austin’s performed work was inspired by his discussions with Marieke and Danny
of Experimental Jetset during their recent workshop at MCAD. His live performance
from that event translated into these simply edited versions, preserving some of
Austin’s inimitable humor.
Bravo, Austin. Mach weiter! - Sonja Rostad / Typo Short
Sonja has the rock.
Above: Sonja’s 54 second typo fiction short, sugoi, ne?!
Gracias, Sonja! - 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.
- Sami Foust / With Cat
A wee typo-short.
Above: Sami Foust, 41 hand-made seconds starring many of her
delightful variants, plus gato. Obrigado, Sami! - System Analysis: Check.
Max… in space.
Above: The latest from GRD_5010, Max’s poster, full system breakdown.
More updates later today. - 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 [...]
- Elevator going up.
GRD_5010 typographic fiction posters.
Above: Andy’s final poster in situ. Half-life: about four hours. Many more photographs available on our Geotypografika Flickr site. There will be many more updates in the coming days as well, as the typonauten conclude their experiments. Bon chance!
Click images to activate the latest Geotypografika tech update (Science!),
a more pleasant viewing environment, [...] - 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 [...] - Rumors
Sight unseen, no puedo esperar.
Above: Dylan C. Lathrop’s latest poster sketch from our GRD-5010 effort,
and in the latest news, it should be up in MPLS in wheatpasted form soon. - GRD_5010 / Posters
Four from beyond, plus deux.
Above: MCAD student Austin Baker’s final posters from his typographic fiction.
Later this week we can hopefully enjoy a complimentary book and short film on the
making of one of these posters.Above: Austin Baker. Along with his colleagues in GRD-5010, we near the
end of a productive and expansive search. See below for a [...] - Flashbelt 2009
MPLS, MN June 7-10, 2009
Above: I am excited to be speaking at this years’ Flashbelt conference here in Minneapolis, Design Develop Engage. I am especially grateful for the kind invitation of Dave Schroeder, Flashbelt producer and pilotvibe operator.
See recent news about the conference here, including a detailed listing of contributing speakers, with registration access here. [...] - MPLS / Nicollet Ave.
Stolen signs rule OK.
Above: A local Banksy rip, these signs did not survive long.
UPDATE: Two relevant links via Johnny Mac, uno y dos. - Liz Plahn / Work in Progress
Detail from a larger installation.
Above: Liz Plahn, detail from her installation at MCAD (in progress). Avanti, Liz!
- GRD_5010 / Conversaciones,
tipográficas.
Above: Some of my quick sketches from a few conversations
during GRD_5010 today.Above: Several steps closer to our ficciones typografika.
Avanti popolo! - Gold Taxi
MPLS now serving.
Above: Hot off the flatbed, more work from the overground economy?
Flyer found in a local restaurant. - 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 [...]
- Peanut Butter Hot Dog Cookie
Dan Ibarra is blogging. ¡Si!
Above: Via Dan Ibarra’s Peanut Butter Hot Dog Cookie, a post on the
Misplaced Groceries project now available on Dan’s Flickr as well! A truly
welcome new way to see into the world of Aesthetic Apparatus. Don’t miss
his inspired Black Forest White Castle sketch. - 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. - 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. - Heather Nguyen / L.O.V.E.
New work with Pigtail 101.
Above: Spotted in the MCAD SB the other day, Heather Nguyen was hard at work
on some new posters. Part of the background involves her continued work with her
Pigtail 101 font she developed last fall. Buena suerte, Heather! - 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 [...] - GRD_5010 Updates
Closing in on the final ficciones.
Above: Sami Foust’s ‘hello form’ test prints (click for larger view). ¡Hola, Ellie!
Above: Sami Foust, lucky shot with Dylan in the background (click for larger view).
Above: Sami Foust.
Above: Ben Wood, from a series of anatomical experiments he is producing. He is applying this concept, rigorously as you can see, to [...]
- 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).
- Site M 011
abundance / desire
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2009.
Pen, marker. - 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).
- 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 [...]
- Dylan C. Lathrop / Fictions Plus
Developing narrative form.
Above: MCAD student Dylan, click for a larger view. Detailed views are available
via his Flickr collection. (Previous post here.) - John Malinoski
New Poster for VCU GDES
Above: John Malinoski, 2009. For Virginia Commonwealth University, GDES.
Click image for a larger view. - Bienvenido, Lelando!
Wayfaring type teacher will be our special guest.
Above: My good friend Leland Hill, from a secret display created by my GD1 class in his honor at VCUQ, some years ago. Leland will be visiting MPLS soon and working with a few of my classes, we wish him welcome!
Et un défi, ô Seigneur des Ténèbres!Above: Prepare [...]
- 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, [...]
- Cold
No heat last night.
Above: Photo by MCAD student Joe Hrabbe. Our building lost heat last night so this morning the Geotypografika cubby hole feels much like this open air oasis, sans tacos. Thanks for sharing the photo, Joe!
Send lawyers, guns… and heat technicians! - Verena Gerlach / New Book Design
Chambers Sans to the rescue.
Above: Verena Gerlach, cover for the Hatje Cantz Verlag’s, Art of Projection.
Typonauten: You must read this recent Soili Semkina’s interview with Verena
in Cafe Babel, which features some broad themes, from rescuing GDR type
specimens to contemporary observations like these: “In general, the uniqueness
of each country in the design is disappearing, since [...] - GRD_3020 Booklet Project
Exploring idiosyncratic needs.
Above: MCAD student Michael. His cover for our latest effort within our intermediate typography group. This problem sought to allow these students more freedom in terms of content determination and typographic form, in an effort to move beyond the communal restriction in place in the previous two projects.
For full spread documentation of each [...] - 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). - 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! - 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 [...] - GRD_5010 / Ficciones Progreso
Sketchbook shots from last weeks meeting.
Above: MCAD student Andy. More process documentation from our typographic
fiction efforts. For more, please visit Geotypografika Flickr to see the complete
process collection as of March 5, 2009.Above: MCAD student Sonja.
Above: MCAD student Sami. (Note the excellent 3D idea, bottom right.)
Above: MCAD student Justin.
Above: MCAD student Ben.
Above: MCAD student Sarah.
Above: MCAD [...]
- Site M 010
critical thinking
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2009.
Pen, marker. - 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! - Austin Baker / Ficciones Typografika
New sketches from a path of questions, not answers.
Above: MCAD student Austin Baker’s inspired examination and deconstruction
of his own handwritten notes. A part of our continuing effort to develop ficciones
typografika, Austin’s frenetic and free form ’scrawl’ provides the perfect landscape
for analyzing and detailing the essence of form and content.Above: More selections from Austin’s process. If [...]
- 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 [...] - Process / Progress
GRD_5010 letterpress work.
Above: MCAD student Sami Foust’s contribution to a collaboration with Ben Wood.
Above: MCAD students Sami and Ben’s final test print. Omoshiroi, ne?
More, much more, to be seen on the Geotypografika Flickr page.Above: MCAD students Dolly and Sarah, posing with their collaboration.
Above: MCAD student Sonja posing with her collaboration with
the ever acerbic yet witty, [...] - 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 [...]
- Peter Iverson
New Poster for MCAD Comic Heads fundraiser.
Above: MCAD student Peter Iverson’s latest and greatest, a hilarious call for
a popular school event sponsored by the Comic Heads. Have a look at Peter’s
personal website for more explorations in type and image.
Many thanks for sharing, Peter! - 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. - 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 [...]
- 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. - Process
Burning the midnight oil.
Above: MCAD student Dolly shared this process shot (from 03:07 in the AM, yo!),
Saba7 el 7′er! See this lovely conglomerate from her blog, below.Gambade, Dolly-chan!
- 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 [...] - 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 [...] - 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. - 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! - 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. - UNCG / Confluence Symposium
March 29-31, 2009
Above: Some new work from Tÿpøgrafika, a 7×10 inch card for some old friends
from Bellefonte days. If you live close by, please consider attending the symposium
events featuring Dr. James Elkins and the artists themselves.
Special thanks to Barbara Campbell Thomas for this opportunity. - 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! - Cape Arcona Type Foundry
Dear Mr. President, thanks for the free fonts.
Above: Via the the eminent Peter Reichard of Typosition, an update on
the leaders of legendary Cape Arcona, where President Stefan Claudius
rules the roost. The font pictured above, CA Texas Funeral™, is available for
FREE via their new website. And it’s the a to N, y’all!
Nuestro eterno agradecimiento, señor Presidente! - 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 [...] - 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! - GRD_3020_P002B
Yes we did.
Above: MCAD student Emily, final poster with boots.
Above: MCAD student Eric, final poster with fingers (and correct spelling).
Above: MCAD student Tousue, final poster with blue shoes.
Above: MCAD student Michael, final poster with hat.
Above: MCAD student Liam, final poster with red laces.
Above: MCAD student Sarah, OFFICIAL WINNER of the Brandt Gung-Fu
Gutsu Posu Award (Sarah [...] - 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 [...]
- 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. - 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. - GRD_2000_P001/P002
Discovering visual communication.
Above: MCAD student, Jenny, from our introduction to graphic design gruppo.
Here are three examples from the initial problem (P001), a challenge to answer seven questions using only hand drawn indicators. A perfect resource for examining visual language and issues of idiosyncratic vocabulary.Above: MCAD student, Samm. These approaches yield surprisingly open critiques, aesthetics are [...]
- GRD_5010_PS26
Pixel System 26
Above: MCAD student, Sonja. This advanced group of typography students took on the challenge to work with Pixel System 26, initially simply substituting fonts from their early sketches in Experiment B. Poster sizes are 24×36 inches.
These experiments are by no means final, only small part of our larger effort to develop material and [...] - GRD_3020_P002A
Working with FF Chambers Sans, part deux.
Above: MCAD student Josh, poster/magazine fold project version one.
All work uses Verena Gerlach’s recent typeface, FF Chambers Sans.While Experiment A worked solely with a 24×36 inch surface, Experiment B challenged with a well-known folding technique (in my case, a Malinoski tip from many years ago). The resultant sizes are [...]
- 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. - 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 [...] - Guten Morgen!
Dire moods but Casper saves the day.
Above: Fresh from a welcome PDF via Mary at MCAD,
her first sketch for problem deux from our introduction to
graphic design piccolo gruppo.
Avanti! - 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 [...]