Wim Couwel talk

Last night I went to the London College of Communication with Jordan Sheldrick to see Wim Crouwel.


His talk was very insightful into his lifes work. I think one of his successes was working for the same client for over 30 years producing experimental posters for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.


He's the kind of designer that uses a very small selection of fonts, which I would say is Akizdenz Grotesk, Helvetica, Gill Sans, Univers and now Frutiger, which is his current favourite.


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Pentagram

Last night I visited Pentagram in West London. For those who dont know about Pentagram here's an excerpt from Wikipedia:

"Pentagram does work in graphic design, identity, architecture, interiors and products. They have designed packaging and products for many well known companies, such as Tesco, Boots, 3Com, Swatch, Tiffany & Co, Dell, Netgear, Nike and Timex. They have also developed identities for Citibank[1] and United Airlines, and in 2007 they updated the pop for Saks Fifth Avenue."

I went there to see/hear typographer Jonathan Hoefler from Hoefler & Frere-Jones. It was a really inspiring talk about what goes into designing type faces for different purposes such as Wall Street Journal where the font is used at such small sizes so each character includes ink traps so the type looks as good small as it does big.

The event was a members only event organised by The Typographic Circle. The next event will be with Bibliothèque in May which im looking forward to!


Shaun

Recognition

This is my typographic response to a brief requiring an A-sized submission relating to the word 'recognition'.

Shaun

Matthew Carter

Tonight I saw Matthew Carter, 'the most important typographer of our time', talk at the Royal Society if Arts in London. It was great to see and hear such a master of typography in a very nice venue.




I've set the font in this post to Verdana as he designed it. Do you think it works nicely on screen?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890;,./?"{}()*&^%$£@!

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.


Shaun

Helvetica Film 2007

2007 sees the release of the film Helvetica.

"Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type." [more...]

Here are some short video clips from the film featuring: Experimental Jetset, Erik Spiekermann, Rick Poynor, Wim Crouwel, & Neville Brody:











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(Thanks to Kieren for the heads up on this)

One Hundred & Forty Seven

Experimenting with motion typography.














It becomes interesting when you click the scroll bar on the right of the page as the refresh rate of the web page freezes & therefore the animations above pause.


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