Seeing that October is breast cancer awareness month, we thought it would be appropriate to feature a very special theme for our second guest fight. For this bout we are featuring two close friends portraying letters plastered in pink and polished with pretty. Yes, they are doing pink P’s. Laura Schwamman and Michelle Pais might seem like good friends, but pin … Continued
Online kerning game. Quite nerdy, quite fun:) I hope they expand upon the first 10 words. Anything typography related, especially kerning always makes me think of my ole’ swiss design professor Peter Megert, wonder if he would approve? I think he would. KernType is part of Method of Action, an online course to help programmers learn design.
An excerpt from the Stanford Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and … Continued
I really hope that the sole reason behind Apple’s operating system names is this eventual Spinal Tap joke. It’s too perfect. OSX + iOS = OSXI.
3D poster marketing in the streets of London. These 3D horse posters were placed alongside London’s street art to promote the band Dry The River. Created by FOAM / Sony Music Creative with no small amount of input from current intern Xavier Barrade. Each horse took around 35 hours to build. See the process for creating … Continued
The second episode of Off Book, a new web series from PBS that explores the elements and boundaries of the arts. Follow the Off Book Tumblr to stay up to date.
The CPNH is an interesting organization dedicated to cataloging and sharing knowledge about human-altered plants and animals. I would love to do some exhibit design for this place, it is such a fascinating subject. The current PostNatural Organism of the Month is the Sterile Male Screwworm (hopefully that doesn’t remind you of anyone). During the … Continued
Pluto is a fun new typeface from HVD Fonts designed by German typographer, Hannes von Döhren. The playful curves and subtle details add a dash of quirkiness to this crisp clean san serif typeface. The large x-height and variety of type weights and styles makes the Pluto typeface family highly legible and adaptable. Its extended … Continued
When you treat your product with contempt soon your customers will too. Our first example is the experience of buying a brand new windows PC by Mike Elgan. Via Marco. I started looking at the out-of-box experience of buying a Windows PC with a new contempt. The crapware. The stickers. The anti-virus software problem where … Continued
This Tropicana orange juice packaging has been making me uncomfortable since day one. Why would orange juice even have a zipper? Especially a zipper that is holding back glistening orange balls. Maybe they’re trying to say that Tropicana is more than fresh, it’s indecent.