Redrawing the MoMA Logo

Posted on September 3, 2008September 5, 2008 Posted in Design, TypographyTagged branding, franklin, graphic design, identity, logo, MoMA, museum, typeface, Typography6 Comments

For me, one of the most exciting and rewarding aspects of design is the details. That’s where I spend most of my time and even though the untrained eye probably won’t notice them, the details still make the design better.

So I was excited when I came across this scan of a 2003 NY Times article on the redrawing of the MoMA logo. The legendary Matthew Carter was hired to do the refresh in which the changes were minimal but the results were significant.

A Brief History of Emil Ruder

Posted on September 2, 2008September 10, 2010 Posted in Design, Design Legends, Grid Systems, Industrial Design, TypographyTagged basel, design legend, graphic design, Grid Systems, josef müller-brockmann, Swiss, Typography, zurich

A short but excellent write up over at Thinking for a Living about Emil Ruder, one of the pioneers of the International Typographic Style.

Cinematypography

Posted on September 2, 2008September 2, 2008 Posted in Design, Merch, TypographyTagged cinema, Films, graphic design, movies, poster, typeface, Typography7 Comments

Here’s a fun little project titled Cinematypography by talented UK student (and author of September Industry) David Corti. Cinematypography is a collection of 70 film titles renamed to coincide with a typeface. David reached out to the creative community for the new film titles. Participants include Build, KentLyons, Neue, SampsonMay, This Studio, Un.titled and yours truly.

Unfortunately the poster is already sold out since only 50 were printed.

A_B_ Peace & Terror Poster Version 2

Posted on August 28, 2008August 28, 2008 Posted in Design, Merch, TypographyTagged graphic design, plusminus, politics, posters, Typography

Peter wrote in to let me know that there is a new version of his brilliant A_B_ poster available for purchase. It’s a limited edition of 50 posters printed by K2 London. Dual-sided silk-screen print on GFSmith Plasma Polycoat Glass Clear, 350 micron plastic. Sounds yummy.

On a side note, Peter has re-branded himself under the name The Luxury of Protest.