typography

Back to the Futurists Les mots en liberté futuristes (Futurist Words in Freedom), published in 1919, has an ingenious typographic design and an explosive layout. Its different styles and sizes of typeface defied traditional rules of structure and punctuation and heralded a revolution in modern visual communication. Marinetti, Filippo Tommasco, futurism, typography, graphic design
Good Vibrations Stare into the electric blue shades of this woman’s sunglasses and what do you see? Even if you know what you are looking for, the blue letterforms come together to form coherent words only with sustained visual focus. If you were to advertise a concert that you wanted people to come to, would you make it this difficult for your audience to find out about it? Or could it be that the designer had something else in mind? Victor Moscoso, San Francisco, The Chambers Brothers, Josef Albers, Herbert Matter, Yale University, Cooper Union, color theory, New York, poster, lithography, Neon Rose, Wes Wilson, Stanley Mouse, Rick Griffin, typography, graphic design
Braille wallpaper Listen and Record is the first Braille wallpaper I have encountered. A number of years ago, I curated a show on children’s wallpaper and wanted to include some designs for visually impaired children. Although I understand that a paper of this kind would appeal to a small market, I was still surprised to learn that no such wallpaper existed. wallpaper, Braille, polka dots, flock, typography
Fritz Kredel, Woodcutter and Book Illustrator/Hermann Zapf, Calligrapher and Type Designer: A Joint Exhibition Fritz Kredel, Hermann Zapf, illustration, calligraphy, woodcuts, prints, book jackets, book plates, typography
Cooper-Hewitt: Wicked Problems in Type Design Six leading and emerging voices in the field of type design talk about problems central to their work. Each speaker will address a burning question concerning the design, use, culture, technology, or business of fonts and typefaces. The moderators are Cara Di Edwardo and Ellen Lupton. The presenters are Philippe Apeloig, William Berkson, Hubert Jocham, Henrik Kubel, Jeremy Mickel, Jesse Ragan. fonts, typefaces, typography, graphic design, Ellen Lupton, Cara Di Edwardo, Philippe Apeloig, William Berkson, Hubert Jocham, Henrik Kubel, Jeremy Mickel, Jesse Ragan, Graphic Design Now in Production, Exhibition, Governors Island, panel, talk, long, public program
Wicked Problems in Type Design Six leading and emerging voices in the field of type design talk about problems central to their work. Each speaker will address a burning question concerning the design, use, culture, technology, or business of fonts and typefaces. A slightly cleaner version of this program is found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2hhkfUzZtw fonts, typefaces, typography, graphic design, Ellen Lupton, Cara Di Edwardo, Philippe Apeloig, William Berkson, Hubert Jocham, Henrik Kubel, Jeremy Mickel, Jesse Ragan, Graphic Design Now in Production, Exhibition, Governors Island, panel, talk, long, public program
Typography: Digital Fonts Have you ever considered how many fonts there are in the font menu on your computer? typography, digital, fonts, graphic design, choice, advertising, technology, variety, variations, installation, recent acquisitions, digital typography
Typography: Digital Fonts Have you ever considered how many fonts there are in the font menu on your computer? typography, digital, fonts, graphic design, choice, advertising, technology, variety, variations, installation, recent acquisitions, digital typography
New Digital Type: Restraint One of the pieces featured in Cooper-Hewitt’s “Digital Typography” installation is a booklet published by Fox River paper company in 2006, showcasing the masterful lettering designs of Marian Bantjes, a designer living off the coast of Vancouver. digital, type, typography, font, recent acquisitions, digital typography, installation, graphic design, type design, post-modern, gail davidson, curator, Ellen Lupton, contemporary, typefaces, Marian Bantjes, Restraint, sinuous, Modular
Recent Acquisitions: Digital Typography When it came to selecting the font for the introductory panel, since this was an installation about typography, I wanted to use a typeface that was distinctive from the Cooper-Hewitt house font which is News Gothic. digital typography, installation, graphic design, post-modernist, trends, typography, fonts, gail davidson, curator, TYPEFACE, TsangSeymour, Emigre Eight, Zuzana Licko, Wim Crouwel, limits, resolution, pixels, dot-matrix, printer, FontEditor, Foundry Gridnik, Olivetti, electric typewriter, David Quay, the Foundry, digitize, GRiD