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Javier Mariscal’s Advice for Young Designers →Good advice for young designers from Javier Mariscal. “… make what you really want to do …” |
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Sipho Mabona Origami →“How long does an installation like the colored koi fish one take?” |
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John Fuller’s Sycamore Press →Ryan Roberts, purveyor of the official websites for Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan, James Fenton, Hermione Lee, and Ian Hamilton, has authored “John Fuller and the Sycamore Press: a bibliographic history.” |
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Making Faces: Jim Rimmer (trailer) →“The film is excellent .….…. truly wonderful !!!!!!!!! (Jim Rimmer is) wonderfully charming and such an amount of detail to observe” — The Brothers Quay |
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Doyald Young, Logotype Designer, 1926–2011 →A tribute to the late Doyald Young. |
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032c Magazine →“032C started of as a complete DIY project. It was a zine that we ran out of a project space that I had here in Mitte, in Berlin, with two other friends…” |
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MyFonts’ Creative Characters by Jan Middendorp →Landing on my desk is this great compilation of type designer interviews done by Jan Middendorp for MyFonts entitled Creative Characters. |
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Reverting to Type →“It is New North Press’ great pleasure to invite you to our very own typographic extravaganza! Curated by Graham Bignell & Richard Ardagh, Reverting to Type will showcase the work of twenty contemporary letterpress practitioners from around the world, contributions from three leading art colleges and the first eight in an ongoing series of prints with especially invited collaborators.” |
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The Story of Eames Furniture →In this video with Gestalten.tv, Marilyn and John Neuhart reflect on the 30 years they have worked at the Eames Office, its designers, products, and work culture. |
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Erik Spiekermann on Deutsche Welle TV →On the heels of having won the Federal German Design Prize 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the German Design Council, Erik Spiekermann is interviewed by Deutsche Welle TV. |
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Michael Bierut on Typography →“In a video interview with The Atlantic, Michael Bierut talks about typography, covering such topics as Stanley Kubrick’s favorite font, the cover design of The Catcher in the Rye, and the link between phototypesetting and Free Love.” |
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The most-read man in the world—Matthew Carter →“Matthew Carter, a type designer and the recipient of a MacArthur genius grant, was recently approached in the street near his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A woman greeted him by name. “Have we met?” Mr Carter asked. No, she said, her daughter had pointed him out when they were driving down the street a few days before. “Is your daughter a graphic designer?” he inquired. “She’s in sixth grade,” came the reply.” |
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Adrian Shaughnessy on his book “Graphic Design: A User’s Manual” →“This book offers students, novice designers and battle-toughened professionals alike an insider’s guide to the complexities of current graphic design practice and thinking. It contains all you need to know to survive and prosper in the complex, ever-shifting world of graphic design…” |
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Colophon’s Aperçu →Brighton based designers Anthony Sheret and Edd Harrington have recently launched their specimen catalogue to accompany the release of Aperçu, the latest font to come out of their font foundry, Colophon. |
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Posters Printed with Oil from BP Spill →London-based graphic designer Anthony Burrill has created a poster using oil from the Deepwater disaster. |
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The Bantjes Covers →The Bantjes Covers: Marian Bantjes & Jessica Helfand |
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Alain de Botton at Herman Miller’s Lifework →Alain de Botton interviewed at Herman Miller’s Lifework Blog |
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Dieter Rams’s 10 Principles at Vitsœ →Mark Adams, Managing Director of Vitsoe, discusses Dieter Ram’s 10 principles of good design… |
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Werner Herzog Recommends Three DVDs →From Werner Herzog, 3 DVDs Worth A Close Look |
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Matthew Carter on winning the 2010 MacArthur Genius Grant →Matthew Carter and Nicholas Benson receive the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation “Genius Awards” |
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