This Year 2009

Posted on October 3, 2008October 3, 2008 Posted in Design, International Typographic Style, Merch, TypographyTagged 2009, calendar, graphic design, International Typographic Style, poster, Typography3 Comments

The uber talented David of This Studio informed me about this new A0 sized 2009 calendar that he’s designed. Check out his Flick page for more photos of this gorgeous specimen.

Monopoly + Helvetica

Posted on October 2, 2008October 2, 2008 Posted in Design, TypographyTagged game, graphic design, helvetica, typeface, Typography10 Comments

I love this gorgeous redesign of Monopoly by french designer Florent Guerlain using Helvetica. My favorite board game set in my favorite type face. Paradise.

Check out the rest of the portfolio as well, there is some good stuff in there.

Via Daring Fireball

Branding the Museum of Arts and Design

Posted on September 29, 2008September 30, 2008 Posted in Design, TypographyTagged branding, graphic design, identity, museum, posters, typeface, Typography9 Comments

I’m loving the branding work done by Pentagram for the reopening of the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC. The use of the MAD acronym is a nice touch which opens up so many possibilities. For the logo they created a new face called MAD that is made up of circles and squares which mimics the museums location.

In the blog entry, Michael Bierut explains their process, which includes some sketches of the logo.

Small Victories

Posted on September 26, 2008September 26, 2008 Posted in Design, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged graphic design, International Typographic Style, minimalism, modernism, typeface, Typography2 Comments

Today I visited Experimenta’s site and noticed that they have some tasty new work up. The project seems to be for a fashion designer called Lela Jacobs which includes an A2 poster and a look book. The work makes use of Helvetica and Courier. Very nice indeed.

They also reviewed the typeface National. What a gorgeous face.