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.

Martin Dominguez

Posted on September 25, 2008September 25, 2008 Posted in Design, International Typographic StyleTagged black & white, graphic design, International Typographic Style, minimalism, modernism, Music7 Comments

Here’s a sweet poster by Martin Dominguez that charts each instrument in the song Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division.

Man, this song is definitely popular with graphic designers.

Now Showing/Barcelona

Posted on September 24, 2008September 24, 2008 Posted in Design, Events, FilmsTagged exhibition, Films, gallery, graphic design, movies, posters, spain, wear it with pride

Darren from Six and of WIWP fame contacted me about an art exhibition called Now Showing that explores the lost art of the film poster. Artists who’s work is on display include: Build, Hellovon, Non Format, Corey Holms, David Pearson, Marian Bantjes, Tomer Hanuka, Wallzo, James Joyce, Yuko Shimizu, Siggi Eggertsson and Many More.

The show is currently in Barcelona at the Vallery gallery from Sept. 18 – Oct. 18. Here’s a Flickr set of the Barcelona show where you can also purchase the posters from.