Pantone 807

Posted on October 9, 2008October 9, 2008 Posted in DesignTagged color, fall, fluorescent, graphic design, pantone, poster, Typography4 Comments

Soulellis Studios has recently printed up this fall 2008 events poster for Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning. Their work for the university is simple gorgeous and inspiring. What interests me the most is how they’ve been using the fluorescent Pantone range for most of the work. Once printed, the colors are spectacular and really bring extra life to the designs. The print in the photo above is using Pantone 807 which is a vibrant purple.

I love it. So much so that I’m going to use one of the colors for a 2009 calendar that I have in the works. So stay tuned for that.

The History of Visual Communication

Posted on October 8, 2008October 8, 2008 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, minimalism, modernism, Swiss4 Comments

Here’s an excellent site that walks you through the history of visual communication, giving you a glimpse of the different styles through-out history. My favorite section, obviously, is the Modernism section which covers the Swiss Style and includes some nice galleries of work by Max Bill, Armin Hofmann, Fridolin Mueller and Josef Müller-Brockmann.

Via The Serif

Replica Typeface

Posted on October 7, 2008October 7, 2008 Posted in TypographyTagged font, grid system, type, typeface, Typography2 Comments

I’m loving this new sans-serif called Replica by Norm. It was designed on a strict grid system and is available in the following weights: Regular, Italic, Light, Light Italic, Bold and Bold Italic. You can get the entire family for around $450 USD from Lineto.

Thompson Brand Partners

Posted on October 6, 2008October 7, 2008 Posted in DesignTagged brand, graphic design, indentity, packaging, stationary2 Comments

Exceptional portfolio by this UK branding agency.

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.

Site Navigation

Posted on October 3, 2008October 3, 2008 Posted in Technology11 Comments

So a few people have been contacting me, asking how to see previous posts other than the two on the homepage. The theme didn’t offer such a feature, but I found a plugin that adds “Previous” and “Next” links below the main posts. So now you can navigate back through the previous posts, two at a time.

Please let me know if you run into any issues with the new feature.