Massimo Vignelli Updates His NYC Subway Design

Posted on April 25, 2008April 25, 2008 Posted in Design, MerchTagged Diagram, graphic design, helvetica, limited edition, Map, print, Typography5 Comments

Massimo Vignelli has updated his classic and beautiful 1972 NYC Subway Map design for 2008. I own an original and personally I think the original design is much better. The colors were a lot more interesting. This version seems to have the more boring colors we see today.

Vignelli is selling the 2008 version through Men’s Vogue as a limited edition of 500, all signed by Massimo for $299. The size is 36″ x 45″ and printed on 80# Mohawk Superfine, Ultrawhite Eggshell.

Proceeds will benefit Green Worker Cooperatives, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating worker-owned and environmentally sound cooperatives in the South Bronx.

Helvetica Neue Descending A T-Shirt

Posted on April 23, 2008April 23, 2008 Posted in Design, Merch, TypographyTagged graphic design, helvetica, merchandise, T-shirts, Typography8 Comments

Nice t-shirt available at the Typography Shop featuring Helvetica Neue in weights descending from Ultra Black 95 to Ultra Light 25.

Love Will Tear Us Apart Again – Second Edition

Posted on April 18, 2008April 18, 2008 Posted in Design, Merch, TypographyTagged graphic design, joy division, poster, screenprint, Typography2 Comments

Peter of Plus Minus let me know that he has re-printed his wonderful Love Will Tear Us Apart Again poster. The 2nd Edition is limited to 30 prints and is printed on GFSmith Peregrina classics ruby red velvet metallic paper in metallic silver ink. Produced by K2 Screen, you can purchase this limited edition print at Design Supremo for £85.00.

A Little Touch From Your Favorite City

Posted on April 11, 2008April 11, 2008 Posted in Design, Merch, TypographyTagged canvas, cities, graphic design, prints, screenprint, Typography3 Comments

Cities is a collection of prints featuring famous city names in a beautiful typographic layout. Screenprinted on canvas and designed and manufactured by Granada Design of Barcelona, the prints are available now for 38 Euros in the following cities: Barcelona, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Roma, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Dubai and Amsterdamn.

Extra credit: Who can name that typeface?

Herbert Bayer Olivetti Poster Contest

Posted on April 7, 2008April 7, 2008 Posted in Design, MerchTagged contest, graphic design, Herbert Bayer Olivetti, poster4 Comments

Dave over at GrainEdit is hosting a contest for a chance to win this beautiful Herbert Bayer Olivetti poster. Just fill out the form and let him know why you must have this poster.

Computer Arts Issue 147

Posted on April 2, 2008April 2, 2008 Posted in Books, Design, MerchTagged computer arts, graphic design, matt pyke, psyop, universal everything

Joe Russ, the Deputy Editor of Computer Arts, sent me an email about their latest issue. Looks like it’s going to be a good one.

In our main feature this issue: Supersize Design we’re celebrating the work of those designers who are lucky enough to land those really enormous jobs. They project images onto buildings, paint aircraft liveries, or hang lavish banners on 20-storey buildings. Also in this issue we interview Matt Pyke, Universal Everything’s head honcho, we profile Psyop, New York’s $30m motion graphics house and in our new roundtable feature we ask, “Are there enough women in design????