The Journal of Urban Typography
This is a wonderful collection of found typography. It is an intriguing thing trying to understand the perspective or lack-thereof the creators of this work. Rather, I’ll just sit back and take it in.
Jason Santa Maria: The Influence of Print Design on Web Design
SVA Dot Dot Dot Lectures: Jason Santa Maria from MFA Interaction Design on Vimeo.
Jason Santa Maria is an amazing force within the web design world. His role in improving typography and understanding the relationship of editorial design to the website is unmatched. I can extremely appreciate what he is doing in a number of respects. Not to mention, I’m very jealous of getting to share officespace with Swiss Miss.
Links:
Fontshop Designer Spotlight: Jason Santa Maria
Typekit
Typesites Interview
Jason Santa Maria on 24 Ways
We Are Mighty
The Danger of Poor Design
America Is F*cked…….(Graphically at least) from Jess Gibson on Vimeo.
This is Aaron Draplin telling me a story about a sign. He’s a graphic designer and very passionate about what he does. Strong language- mostly lots of F words. If you like design stuff you gotta check out his site.
www.draplin.com
This is Aaron Draplin telling me a story about a sign. He’s a graphic designer and very passionate about what he does. This clip is an extra from a mini documentary I am about to finish with him. Strong language- mostly lots of F words. If you like design stuff you gotta check out his site.
www.draplin.com
This is the sad truth about poor design not only being bad for business but damaging culture in a way that ripples out. Next time you need something designed, make sure you know what you’re getting.
Elmira Found Typography
Even in little ol’ Elmira, there is some great little spots for found typography. I’ve driven past this one enough times to remember to bring my camera. This would be a lovely piece to revive. Check out the whole set.
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Creative Grab Bag is out!
The Creative Grab Bag is a great project by Ethan Bodnar in which creatives were assigned projects that were not their specialty. The idea is to get someone out of their comfort zone and see what a creative person can do when picking up a new type of task. In my case, my assignment was to visually represent all or any of the senses. A common theme I noticed from the commentary of others is that they found it was quite difficult deciding on a solution on a project with so few restrictions.
There are a number of great designers and big names that contributed to the Creative Grab Bag, including Armin Vit and Byrony Gomez-Palacio of UnderConsideration, Debbie Millman, Paul Sahre, Michael Surtees, Carin Goldberg just to name a few. Not to mention, ID29’s Doug Bartow. Although, I think my favorite was Ryan Cox’s entry. The project drew entries from all around the world.
When I found out the book was available, I couldn’t wait to see what the other creatives had done. So, I rushed out to my local Barnes&Noble and picked up a copy. You can also get it on Amazon.
