Hone Your Skills: Type Identifying Game

I’m sure everyone has played Arial vs Helvetica, which is pretty sweet, but if you want to expand your knowledge of type and abilities in identifying type, check this out.

The Power of a Wii Remote Control

WOW… I can’t wait to see how things like this will be put to use.

Mark Garry in Pittsburgh

As I was in Pittsburgh over the past few days, I went to the Mattress Factory (art museum) (check out their blog) with my fiancé, Tara. Several exhibits were currently being built, so our range of work that we could see what limited. As we went to explore these exhibits, we caught the elevator with one of the artists who was working his own exhibit. The wonderful artist from Ireland, greeted us and offered to give us a peak at his work. Obviously, we graciously took him up on his offer. We got to see him building one of his rainbows of thread and then divulged in a short, but very nice, discussion of the meaning behind the material and how the piece interacts with the viewer. However, since Mr. Garry is concerned with the subjective experience, I’ll leave it up to you to decide what you think.
Here is an example of his work.

Internet People

It’s a strange sense of humor that spreads among people. Luckily corporate America hasn’t figured out how to take advantage of this yet. The closest has to be either Geico with the cavemen or apple with the PC vs Mac ads.

Thanks to If Its Hip Its Here for bringing this to my attention.

Strangely enough, the latest episode of South Park was exactly about this.

Hillman Curtis’ Documentary on Sagmeister’s Exhibit

This film is extremely insightful and revealing towards the thinking behind Stefan Sagmeister’s work along with the perspectives of others. Some of the interviewed include Milton Glaser, Massimo Vignelli, and Debbie Millman. See it here

Blogging a Blog

Keep an eye out for these guys. A group of 4th year design students are contributing to a blog together and they have some good taste. I’ve been looking through they’re posts and wondering why I haven’t posted about them myself.

The Nietzsche of Typography

I recently became aware of one of the most profound, scholarly and insightful doctrines in design history.
The brilliant inspiration of Nietzsche’s allegories into the manifesto of Post Typography in Baltimore takes this writing into a new level of ass-kickingly amazing. Everyone has heard the amazing Ellen Lupton push for democratic design, but there has never been such a convincing rhetor of liberation of society in terms of design. This is anti-elitism at its best and after pushing for a democratic view, there are still clients who value their work without having to put it on a pedestal of elitism.
Well, don’t take it from me, read it here.

TED Talks: Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister: Yes, Design Can Make You Happy
I watched this lecture again and I was reminded on how brilliant the points Mr. Sagmeister touches on are.

FFFFOUND!

If you don’t know about FFFFOUND! yet, then shame on you. Prepare yourself for salvation, for FFFFOUND!’s massive gamut of images allow for instant inspiration. I can’t go on there for more than 5 minutes without getting a sweet idea.

Alphabet of Animals

It’s not the most original idea for a project, as you may have seen Bembo’s Zoo, but this project provides us with some beautifully drawn type and who doesn’t love that?