Tag Archives: Design

March 27, 2014
Type Rules! 4th Edition
The latest edition of Type Rules! is on the shelves and it was worth the wait.

January 2, 2014
Inside the office of Hoefler & Frere-Jones
A highlight of 2013, this video was part to a presentation of the AIGA 2013 Medal awards for which Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones were awarded.

April 4, 2012
The Bouroullec Brothers on their new book entitled "Works"

April 2, 2012
Donald Beekman & Albert-Jan Pool — FontCast #15

March 6, 2012
Apple’s Jonathan Ive with Stephen Fry in San Francisco

February 29, 2012
Dieter Rams on The Culture Show

May 24, 2011
The Curious Misconception Surrounding Sentence Spacing
There’s a widespread misconception that “proper” English requires two word spaces after a sentence.

April 22, 2011
The Blue Lady’s New Look
From JKR, the Camden based packaging design agency, comes an intriguing collection of marketing and branding quips titled “The Blue Lady’s New Look and Other Curiosities: Posts from the Crossroads of Design and Marketing.”

February 27, 2011
My New Favorite Maps
These typographic maps are the real deal. Although typographic maps are not a new idea, few are created manually. Even fewer possess the degree of quality seen here.

February 22, 2011
Traumgedanken
Traumgedanken is a book about a dream within a dream.

January 6, 2011
Monocle Alpino, Anti-iPad Device
Monocle’s Alpino newspaper may be called an experiment, but it’s a successful extension to the Monocle brand—a great variation on a theme.

January 5, 2011
Starbucks’ Smart Rebrand
Starbucks has put their mermaid on overtime.

December 22, 2010
On Maps Made of Words and Automated Design
Aegir Hallmunder on typographic maps and wether automated design is good or bad.

December 8, 2010
50 Reading Lists for Designers
“Spin/2 – 50 Reading Lists, a paper based on asking major figures in graphic design the question: what are the top ten books that you believe designers should read?”

November 30, 2010
Morgan Press Wood Type Specimen
Morgan Press printers and typographers
Design: John Alcorn
Author: Morgan Press
Published: Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan Press, [1964?]

November 22, 2010
New Studio for Form Us With Love
“With the new studio at Sankt Eriksgatan 106, FUWL intends to create a vibrant space for design in Stockholm. FUWL plans for exhibitions, lectures and pop-up shop.”

November 22, 2010
Mafra Display by Pedro Leal
Mafra was published by dstype in 2010. Soon to be available at MyFonts and other places.

November 17, 2010
Studio On Fire: Ben Levitz and His Press
Source:Gestalten.tv Via Drawn

November 15, 2010
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.

November 13, 2010
Posters Printed with Oil from BP Spill
London-based graphic designer Anthony Burrill has created a poster using oil from the Deepwater disaster.

November 12, 2010
Vintage State Express Cigarette Tin
Vintage State Express Cigarette Tin at The Dieline

November 11, 2010
Leica M9 ‘Titanium’ Designed By Walter De’silva
Selectism: Leica M9 ‘Titanium’ Designed By Walter De’silva

November 9, 2010
Creatables “Old News” Carrier
The Creatables “Old News” Carrier for your old magazines…

November 9, 2010
The Bantjes Covers
The Bantjes Covers: Marian Bantjes & Jessica Helfand

November 8, 2010
Sheffield Honey Company Identity by DED Associates
The Sheffield Honey Company Brand by DED Associates (via Brand New)

November 5, 2010
Alain de Botton at Herman Miller’s Lifework
Alain de Botton interviewed at Herman Miller’s Lifework Blog

October 21, 2010
Nice Identity for Slurk by We Recommend
Nice Brand for Slurk Designed by Sweden’s We Recommend

September 15, 2009
Unit Editions Makes Books for Designers
From Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook comes Unit Editions, a south London publishing company producing books on design and visual culture. I talked with Adrian Shaughnessy to get up to speed with what’s in store at Unit Editions.

August 27, 2009
Monocle Magazine Picks The Typographic Desk Reference as a Vital Life Improvement
The Typographic Desk Reference is one of Monocle Magazine’s Autumn picks of vital life improvements.

July 27, 2009
Ellen Lupton Blogs for Fast Company
Ellen Lupton now writes an inspiring column at Fast Company on the design of business, and life.

June 26, 2009
Typekit Gets A Round
San Francisco, Calif. — June 24, 2009 — Small Batch Inc. announced today that they have secured a round of equity funding from a group of investors led by San Francisco-based True Ventures. Small Batch is developing Typekit, a service enabling designers to build sites with web-native typography.

June 2, 2009
Wanted: Web Design Interns
I’m searching for graphic designers looking to bolster their experience and amp their CV…

June 1, 2009
Paul Mijksenaar's Wayfinding Design
Short video interview with Paul Mijksenaar on wayfinding design…

June 1, 2009
Paul Mijksenaar’s Wayfinding Design
Short video interview with Paul Mijksenaar on wayfinding design…

July 23, 2008
Bildschöne Bücher
Bodo von Hodenberg of Berlin’s Bildschöne Bücher offers a novel angle to book dealing. Born out of his successful 25books.com, Hodenberg takes a curatorial approach to selling books on photography, art and design. See a video on Bildschöne Bücher at Monocle.

December 17, 2006
World Cup Design, Just Embarrassing
Erik Spiekermann criticizes the design concept for the 2006 World Cup. I had the pleasure of hanging around Erik Spiekermann at the ATypi conference in Lisbon this past October. Erik is one of the most entertaining presenters I’ve seen. Very inspiring. And funny as hell.