The Designer's Tale

New Design Commission report: Design and Public Services

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:05:03 +0000

In March 2013, the Design Commission launched its newest report, calling for design thinking to be put at the heart of public service renewal in the UK. The …

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Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off | Video on TED.com

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:12:32 +0000

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Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook.

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Stefan Sagmeister | Profile on TED.com

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:12:00 +0000

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Renowned for album covers, posters and his recent book of life lessons, designer Stefan Sagmeister invariably has a slightly different way of looking at things.

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Ten Questions For: Erik Spiekermann | Industry Voice | Design Week

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:10:54 +0000

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The type guru and Edenspiekermann founder answers Design Week’s Ten Questions.

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“Design is Thinking Made Visual.” - Saul Bass

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:35:09 +0000

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designcloud: Typography Quotes

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:50:13 +0000

designcloud:

Typography Quotes

Research Studios / Neville Brody

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:12:56 +0000

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Always been a fan of this guy’s work.

Ian West’s insight:

What a great era.

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dogs as fonts by grafisches buro

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:23:55 +0000

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the work observes each pet for their various characteristics in the same capacity as comparing type - finding the similarities in that of nature and that of a typographer’s design.

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Armin Hofmann—Farbe

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:50:03 +0000

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Armin Hofmann—Farbe is an exhibition at Galerie Susanna Kulli in Zurich that features a portfolio of silkscreen prints where Hofmann focused and played with color.

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The Calendar after the End? Fantastic Calendar by Corn Studio!

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:44:03 +0000

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Corn’s Studio Statement: We designed a poster based on the Aztecs Art and the history of the natives of Middle America. Based upon the stone of the Aztec Sun god we created a calendar for 2013. We named it ‘’The calendar after the end?

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typeworship: Discretionary ligatures. A sneak peek of Áron...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:00:53 +0000

typeworship:

Discretionary ligatures.

A sneak peek of Áron Jancsó’s new typeface in progress. That’s a lot of ligatures!

Off The Map | By Ed Frankl, designweek.co.uk A new series of...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:58:57 +0000

Off The Map
| By Ed Frankl, designweek.co.uk

A new series of posters tells the stories behind some of the London Underground’s disused and forgotten stations.
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For many, the 150th anniversary of the London Underground is as much as a celebration of its iconi…

The Hyperrealist Art of Franco Clun

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:58:18 +0000

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Italian artist Franco Clun likes to draw with mechanical and watercolor pencils on Fabriano Acquarello paper. He spends many hours perfecting each portrait, which could take up to 30 to 70 hours.

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Berthold Wolpe. A Retrospective Survey | Type for you.

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:17:10 +0000

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His basic training in metal work, as well as his interest in calligraphy, led him to type design. His most famous typeface, Albertus, was designed for Stanley Morison at Monotype in about 1932, after some letters that Wolpe had …

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Updated: Unit Editions publishes book on design legend Herb Lubalin - News

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:26:50 +0000

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Now with photos of the book itself, a monograph of work by typographer and graphic designer Herb Lubalin.

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Design inspiration

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:34:52 +0000

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typography jokes (typography jokes http://t.co/Flouu1c9...)…

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Salford Type Foundry - Creative Review (blog)

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:07:49 +0000

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Creative Review (blog)Salford Type FoundryCreative Review (blog)The idea thus far is that we celebrate all things in Salfordian type design, but going forward we are keen to expand to other institutions.

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Motion Type - Utah Type 1

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:21:14 +0000

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It is often studied in Communication Design and Interaction Design courses. Some commonly seen … Utah Type 1 is a blog authored by the Typography students in the Graphic Design Program at the University of Utah.

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How To Choose The Right Face For A Beautiful Body | Smashing Magazine

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:53:22 +0000

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Some of today’s most successful typefaces were designed to excel in very specific areas of use: Frutiger grew out of airport signage, Georgia and Verdana were among the first mass-market fonts created for on screen reading,…

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The Typography of Terror. Posters in Munich 1933 to 1945

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:51:26 +0000

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RT @tomazo4: The Typography of Terror: Posters in Munich 1933 to 1945 http://t.co/GpiO9yyJ...

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