From the monthly archives:

February 2009

DC Based nclud Puts the Fancy In Found Type.

February 22, 2009

The iPhone Just Keeps the Type Love Coming. It’s not as if a single one of us needed another reason to spend more time on our cell phones, but as developers and designers explore the endless opportunities of the iPhone and its apps, the more compelled users become with the possibilities. Enter the Huge Type [...]

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Life Changing Lectures In Your Living Room

February 22, 2009

TED Talks: 90 Million Views and Counting. Founded in 1984 by Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conferences have played host to lectures from some of  today’s most creative and important thinkers. Defining its mission as “Ideas Worth Spreading” TED Talks touch on a broad range of topics including science, arts [...]

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Poster Boy Takes a Razor to Pop Culture’s Pretty Faces

February 15, 2009

New York City’s MTA Stations Are Getting an Involuntary Face Lift. I live just outside Washington DC and to be perfectly honest, wonder how New York City gets all the proper vandals. Is there not enough corruption and greed here in the District to motivate, or at least agitate some homegrown street artists to produce [...]

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iPhone Gets My Fonts’ Typeface Identification

February 14, 2009

Typophiles Rejoice. WhatTheFont is Here… and it’s Free. Let’s just get the bad news out of the way first. There are limitations to the iPhone’s camera that prevent focused photography of smaller typefaces, the app itself is hampered by some minor stability issues, and its photo recognition seems to struggle a bit with ornate or [...]

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Index Cards Find Their Special Purpose

February 14, 2009

Published Weekday Mornings as the Coffee Brews. The secret is definitely out on writer/illustrator Jessica Hagy’s blog. Started in late 2006 as a “little project that allowed me to make fun of some things and sense of others without resorting to doing actual math”, Indexed has received quite a bit of press and praise as [...]

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Lovely Letterpress From the Twin Cities

February 7, 2009

Ben Levitz and Studio On Fire Twist Up Some Serious Hand Candy. There’s actually not much to say here. I’m obsessed with serious letterpress, and the good folks at Studio On Fire are doing work that’s about as serious as it gets. Founder Ben Levitz and company are experts at their craft and continue to [...]

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An Old Print Finds New Life In Troubling Times

February 7, 2009

British Mettle Meets Motivational Posters As fears of a global recession deepen and the job and housing markets here in the States implode, it’s reassuring to know that a 70 year old poster and a little British resolve can offer us some measure of assurance that everything is going to be OK. In 1939, as [...]

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House Industries Celebrates the Wonderful Work of Alexander Girard

February 4, 2009

The Textile Master Gets a Little Love Architect and designer Alexander Girard’s body of work defies categorization. The man himself described his approach to design as “aesthetic functionalism.” Although his design experience ranged from homes to restaurants, furniture to branding, textiles to wallpaper, exhibitions to handicrafts, it was Girard’s fearless approach to color and pattern [...]

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The NFL Unveils Super Bowl 44 Logo

February 1, 2009

Dear Friz Quadrata, It’s Not You, It’s Me. Looking back at the evolution of the Super Bowl logo is actually an interesting exercise in typography and illustration trends. There are some really interesting applications that perfectly integrate an art element from the host city (XXXIX in Jacksonville being my favorite example), and some that simply [...]

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