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Design reaches …
Short video/slide show about dg3 design. Kind of work in progress ...
Read moreBranding & type
Good simple 10-point guide to using type in branding from one of my favourite foundries Type Together, based in Prague 1. THERE’S NO ‘BEST FONT’ ...
Read moreNow wash your hand …
Three posters for our time from the legendary P22Type Foundry.If you want full size hi res versions of these free designs to print, download ...
Read moreI’m a plastic man …
… living in a plastic world, goes the song. Well it does feel like that sometimes. The inexorable march of polycarbonates and other plastics ...
Read moreGetting it right – the importance of type design
BBC Reith typeface Arriving at a new typeface for the BBC to be rolled out across it's myriad channels and platforms was a complex ...
Read moreThe alphabet – typography of dreams
The Alphabet A short film from David Lynch 1968 that casts a whole new light on learning the alphabet. Prefigures his later unique surrealistic genius ...
Read moreStarbucks’ RaceTogether campaign #fail
I'm in no way completely opposed to business involving itself in progressive campaigning, so-called brand activism, though the the cynic in me does tend ...
Read moreThe language of jazz: Samadhi Quintet
Heard the Samadhi Quintet launching their new album the Dance of Venus at the Sela Bar, Leeds the other night. They describe their music ...
Read moreArne Jacobsen
On 11 February I noted the birthday of the wonderful Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971. Famed for ...
Read morePortrait of two artists
Samuel Beckett by Jane Bown As a naive and contrary university student of drama I recall standing up at a seminar on the author ...
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