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.
Blogging a Blog
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.
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?
…this close to booking a ticket to Switzerland
Okay. So I’ve been looking at this site some more and crying because I haven’t done this stuff yet.
RIT needs a type design seminar/program/something so that design students can take the time to examine typography beyond its basic anatomy and approach it in refreshing ways.
Manual Pixelism
After Mr. Snaggeltoof did a ridiculous amount of sweet posts on his blog,
The Big Chase. I felt that I needed to break out the big guns…Boom. Ryan. Boom…
These pictures will say the rest. Click them to learn more.
This was all done by students at ECAL.Move to Switzerland anyone?