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• 80 20 100 Catalogue

  Posted on Tuesday November 18th, 2008 at 10:11 in book, books, catalogue, design, event, graphic design, grid system, grid systems, minimalism, modernism, typography, wim crouwel

  Eye Magazine just posted some images of the Crouwel 80 20 100 exhibit catalogue designed by David Quay. Very nice indeed. I love how all the pages have a visible grid. One unfortunate thing about cata...

• Sneak Peak of a New Typeface

  Posted on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 at 11:03 in caps, font, grid system, lower case, type, typeface, typography

  I recently started working on a new typeface. I’m still in the early stages but I do like where it’s going with the curved edges and slightly condensed design. The plan is the do a full up...

• Elegant Stationery

  Posted on Tuesday November 4th, 2008 at 10:12 in business card, design, graphic design, helvetica, letterpress, print, stationary, typography

  This new stationary by Xavier Encinas is very simple but at the same time very elegant. Some people might accuse this of not being “designed” but to me the most talented designers can take...

• NetNewsWire Style 2.5

  Posted on Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at 19:10 in apple, design, feed, graphic design, netnewswire, reader, rss, style, technology, typography, widows

  Version 2.5 of my NetNewsWire style is now available. The design is simple and clean with a great deal of focus on typography and legibility. In this new version I’ve made some improvements that...

• Build Launches Blog

  Posted on Friday October 24th, 2008 at 07:25 in design, graphic design, industrial design, international typographic style, minimalism, modernism, typography

  The talented shop Build (Michael C. Place) has just launched a blog where they’ll preview projects, tell you about what they are up to and general nonsense. Sound be fun!...

• Chris Ro

  Posted on Thursday October 23rd, 2008 at 10:50 in design, graphic design, interactive, New York City, print, typography

  Mouthwatering work by fellow NYC designer Chris Ro. Definitely has a talent for beautiful typography....

• Intervista: Darren Firth

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 21:57 in graphic design, grids, helvetica, interactive design, interview, intervista, keeps me sane, now showing, two faced, typography

  Darren Firth, the original founder of WIWP (Wearitwithpride) has managed the brand since its launch in 2003 and now works as an Art Director for the UK based studio Six. Over the years he has worked c...

• Mytton Williams

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 14:15 in bath, design, graphic design, industrial design, international typographic style, print, studio, typography, UK

  Jaw dropping work coming out of UK based studio Mytton Williams. I absolutely love the work they did for Mivart Studios. Via Dirty Mouse...

• Oscar Wilde Booklet

  Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 08:54 in booklet, design, graphic design, grid system, grid systems, typography

  Stunning booklet by Design Has No Name that covers the life and work of Oscar Wilde. The typography is superb as well as the grid. You can see more photos on the DHNN site. Via Shaun I...

• 12 IN 12 Reprint

  Posted on Thursday October 16th, 2008 at 09:22 in booklet, design, graphic design, lecture, merch, typography, University

  Due to popular demand Craig Oldham has reprinted his brilliant 12 IN 12 booklet. I personally have a copy and it’s a fine example of exceptional design. To order a free copy of 12 IN 12 ema...

• Ugmonk

  Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 15:47 in brand, clothing, design, graphic design, label, merch, merchandise, t-shirt, typography

  Designer Jeff Sheldon has just launched Ugmonk, a clothing brand focused on providing high-quality products with simple, yet fresh graphics. Gorgeous tee’s....

• Pantone 807

  Posted on Thursday October 9th, 2008 at 08:29 in Color, design, fall, fluorescent, graphic design, pantone, poster, typography

  Soulellis Studios has recently printed up this fall 2008 events poster for Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning. Their work for the university is simple gorgeous and in...

• Replica Typeface

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 10:04 in font, grid system, type, typeface, typography

  I’m loving this new sans-serif called Replica by Norm. It was designed on a strict grid system and is available in the following weights: Regular, Italic, Light, Light Italic, Bold and Bold Ital...

• This Year 2009

  Posted on Friday October 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 in 2009, calendar, design, graphic design, international typographic style, merch, poster, typography

  The uber talented David of This Studio informed me about this new A0 sized 2009 calendar that he’s designed. Check out his Flick page for more photos of this gorgeous specimen....

• Monopoly + Helvetica

  Posted on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 in design, game, graphic design, helvetica, typeface, typography

  I love this gorgeous redesign of Monopoly by french designer Florent Guerlain using Helvetica. My favorite board game set in my favorite type face. Paradise. Check out the rest of the portfolio a...

• Branding the Museum of Arts and Design

  Posted on Monday September 29th, 2008 at 14:03 in Branding, design, graphic design, Identity, museum, posters, typeface, typography

  I’m loving the branding work done by Pentagram for the reopening of the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC. The use of the MAD acronym is a nice touch which opens up so many possibilities. For the...

• Small Victories

  Posted on Friday September 26th, 2008 at 11:37 in design, graphic design, international typographic style, minimalism, modernism, typeface, typography

  Today I visited Experimenta’s site and noticed that they have some tasty new work up. The project seems to be for a fashion designer called Lela Jacobs which includes an A2 poster and a look boo...

• Love/Hate/vetica

  Posted on Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 at 10:29 in design, graphic design, hate, helvetica, international typographic style, love, poster, typeface, typography

  Nice Helvetica poster by designer Sean Rees. I love how the word “love” is intertwined with the word “Helvetica”. Clever....

• Chocolate Letterpress

  Posted on Monday September 22nd, 2008 at 09:41 in Chocolate, fonts, letterpress, sorts, typography

  Delicious looking letterpress sorts made out of chocolate. UPDATE: Ministry of Type confirms that the typeface used here is FF Fago Normal....

• Intervista: Peter Crnokrak

  Posted on Tuesday September 16th, 2008 at 22:45 in graphic design, grids, interview, intervista, plusminus, posters, typography

  Born in Croatia, educated in Montréal, working in London. Peter Crnokrak is renowned graphic designer who’s worked has been featured in publications such as Grafik, IdN and Creative Review. He ...

• Projekttriangle Design Studio

  Posted on Monday September 15th, 2008 at 14:12 in Branding, Germany, graphic design, Identity, stationary, typography

  Excellent portfolio by Stuttgart based studio Projekttriangle. This was sent in by a reader but I forgot who. Sorry!...

• Meta Serif Dot Com

  Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 09:41 in erik spiekermann, font, meta, serif, type, typeface, typography

  I think this is the first time a typeface has had it’s own dedicated site. Metaserif.com is the site for the new font by Erik Spiekermann. It contains a great section on the story of Meta ...

• Hiruko Typeface

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 19:56 in fonts, merch, rounded, san-serif, type, typeface, typography, weights

  Alex of Thinkdust informed me about an elegant new typeface family that he designed called Hiruko. It comes in a variety of styles including Regular, Alternative, Light, Oblique, and soon Heavy, Mediu...

• Ringling College Admissions Catalog

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 10:09 in book, catalogue, College, graphic design, italy, Printing, Students, typography

  This is probably the most beautiful college admissions catalogue I’ve ever seen. Absolutely gorgeous. It was designed by Lucas Human, Phil Clark, and Jenn Levreault during their senior year. The...

• A Redesign is a Comin’

  Posted on Thursday September 4th, 2008 at 20:29 in layout, style, theme, typography, wordpress

  UPDATE I just flipped the switch and moved everything over so it should all be done. Let me know if you find anything that looks weird, especially those of you on a PC. Enjoy. Yup… again. I...

• Pentagram Redesigns the Khaleej Times

  Posted on Thursday September 4th, 2008 at 13:06 in font, graphic design, grid systems, newspaper, serif, typeface, typography

  Luke Hayman and Paula Scher of the New York Pentagram office have redesigned the Persian Gulf’s leading English language newspaper, the Khaleej Times. The new design makes use of the space saving ty...

• Redrawing the MoMA Logo

  Posted on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 in Branding, franklin, graphic design, Identity, logo, moma, museum, typeface, typography

  For me, one of the most exciting and rewarding aspects of design is the details. That’s where I spend most of my time and even though the untrained eye probably won’t notice them, the deta...

• A Brief History of Emil Ruder

  Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 12:06 in basel, graphic design, grid systems, industrial design, josef müller-brockmann, swiss, typography, zurich

  A short but excellent write up over at Thinking for a Living about Emil Ruder, one of the pioneers of the International Typographic Style. Spread The Love : del.icio.us | Reddit | D...

• Cinematypography

  Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 10:53 in Cinema, films, graphic design, merch, poster, typeface, typography

  Here’s a fun little project titled Cinematypography by talented UK student (and author of September Industry) David Corti. Cinematypography is a collection of 70 film titles renamed to coincide ...

• A_B_ Peace & Terror Poster Version 2

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 09:22 in graphic design, merch, plusminus, posters, typography

  Peter wrote in to let me know that there is a new version of his brilliant A_B_ poster available for purchase. It’s a limited edition of 50 posters printed by K2 London. Dual-sided silk-screen p...