Category: Typography

Helvetica DVD Pre-order

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Helvetica DVD

The Helvetica DVD is now available for pre-order with a release date of November 6. It will be available in a retail version and a deluxe limited edition that is only available online.

Helvetica DVD pre-order
(Retail version)

The DVD includes the full 80-minute feature film, plus over 90 minutes of additional interviews with Massimo Vignelli, Matthew Carter, Erik Spiekermann, Hermann Zapf, and more. NTSC, 16×9 anamorphic widescreen presentation, full-color booklet, English and German language subtitles. Release date: November 6. Pre-order now, you’ll save $5 and receive early shipping (a week before street date) and two love/hate Helvetica film buttons.

Helvetica DVD pre-order
(Deluxe limited edition)

A limited-edition package in a custom box that includes the retail DVD, three letterpressed mini-posters, a color C-print of a still from the film (one of ten different stills) signed by director Gary Hustwit, two love/hate Helvetica buttons, and a letter of actual Helvetica metal type! We might even throw more cool stuff in there too. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Release date November 6, pre-order now and receive early shipping (a week before release date). This limited box will not be available in stores.
       

IDEA NO. 323 : Wim Crouwel

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Wim Crouwel

Issue number 323 of IDEA magazine is dedicated to the great Wim Courwel with 190 pages featuring his works. New Alphabet is also included.

Special Feature: Wim Crouewel’s adventures into the experimental worlds
Wim Crouwel (born 1928) is of the most influential dutch designers in the 20th century. His typographic designs, envisioned through his unique combination of functionalism and aesthetics, have been influential on designers of younger generations.
This issue of Idea specially devoted its 190 pages to Wim Crouwel’s representative design works, including posters, book designs, logotypes, stamps, typefaces and others. His legendary New Alphabet is also introduced with full details. Two historical essay’s by Crouwel and comments from imporatant design figures are also featured.

[CONTENTS]
Introduction [Japanese Only]

Works of Wim Crouwel:
Poster, Book design, Stamp, Logotype, Typeface, New Alphabet

The WC Alphabets
Text by Sergio Polano, with William Bottin

Type Design for the Computer Age [1970]
Typography: A Technique of Making a Text ¡ÆLegible¡Ç [1977]
Text by Wim Crouwel

Comments on Wim Crouwel
Karel Martens, Hamish Muir, Helmut Schmid, Lars Muller, Wolfgang Weingart, Shigeru Watano, Ian Anderson, Experimental Jetset, David Quay, Tony Brook, Bibliotheque, Bryan Edmondson, Michael C. Place

       

Typography Class

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Typography Class

Can’t remember how I found this but check out this blog by Todd Roeth, Assistant Professor at Marietta College. Seems like Todd teaches a typography class called GRPH: 210 Typography and he posts the lessons on his blog. Some of the stuff is pretty basic but it’s still a good resource none the less.        

Volcomics Poster

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VOLCOMICS POSTER

Volcom just released this amazing poster by Jim Phillips and Matt French. I can look at this thing for ours. The detail and the colors are just superb. They only made 200 of these so pick one up before they’re gone. I’m definitely adding this to my collection.

Now is your chance to own a piece of history. We have a few dozen limited edition posters leftover from the first Volcomics shows, that can now be yours for the low price of $100. They are 38 x 45 inches, 12-color screen printed black-light posters, all inked, color-seperated, press checked and signed by Jim Phillips and Matt French. There were only 200 posters made for our Volcomics Issue #1.

Via Brian Romero