Here’s a superb article on the different types of Garamond.
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International Typographic Style
I just created another Flickr group titled International Typographic Style that focuses on well… the International Typographic Style. Join up and contribute any pieces that you feel fall under this category. Later this week I’m going to make a more detailed post about this topic so stay tuned.
Ken Meier
Exceptional the work by Ken Meier.
Akkurat Specimen 1-7
I hate it when I find out about an item that I really want after it’s already sold out. The Akkurat Specimen offered by Lineto and designed by Laurenz Brunner is one of those items. The first edition is sold out and no longer available but they’re currently considering a second revised and extended edition. If you would like to get your hands on a second edition as much as me, shoot them an email and maybe if enough of us request it we can get our hands on a copy.
The «Akkurat Specimen 1-7» package contains 4 booklets showcasing all seven cuts in various sizes and settings. They are punch-cut for easy storage in standard folders. By way of an ingenious folding technique, each booklet unfolds into a poster sized 390 x 600 mm.
4 booklets 150 x 195 mm, wraps and stickers.
2 colour offset printing with spot varnish.
Comes in a special foil-blocked sturdy cardboard envelope for safe delivery.
Printed in a limited edition of 500 copies by Calff & Meischke and Verhil Foiledruk, The Netherlands.
Designed by Laurenz Brunner
AisleOne BookShelf 3rd Edition
The third edition of AisleOne BookShelf features Emigre Issue 57 – Lost Formats Preservation Society designed and edited by Experimental Jetset. This issue focuses on the lost formats of storage data. There are some essays but it’s mostly full of visual goodness. Pages and pages of big, bold type in beautiful Helvetica designed in EJ’s typographic style.
Emigre 57 – Lost Formats Preservation Society
Designed and edited by Amsterdam’s Experimental Jetset, Emigre 57 is an homage to lost formats—a celebration of customized mixtapes, obscure computer discs, and forgotten standards. The issue, while questioning its own physical manifestation as a magazine, reminds us how once each format used to contain its own specific data, while today the CD/DVD format is capable of containing ALL data, setting the stage for the final step, the mythical non-format.
You can view more photos of the books on the AisleOne Flickr page.
Intervista: Tina Roth Eisenberg
Tina Roth Eisenberg a native of Switzerland, grew up influenced by the renowned Swiss design and a lot of fresh air. After studying in Geneva and Munich for 5 years, she crossed the Atlantic to find herself designing and running her own design consultancy in Brooklyn, NY. Her aesthetics reveal her Swiss roots – Tina is a firm believer in white space-driven, clean, elegant design solutions. She took a moment to answer a few questions for AisleOne.
How long have you been designing?
Ever since I was able to get my hands on pens and paper. I officially started making a living of it about 10 years ago.
Who or what turned you on to graphic design?
A family member: My wonderfully crazy aunt Hugi was seeing a graphic designer at the time. He was incredibly creative and was drawing 24/7. Seeing him in action, and seeing how his creative mind worked made a huge impression.
Who or what are your influences??
PAST: Every day swiss design that I was surrouned with growing up.
NOW: Countless inspiration sources on the wonderful internet + every day vibrant NYC.
What is your favorite typeface??
Helvetica, of course, followed by FF Din and Trade Gothic.
What is your favorite color palette to work with?
Lots of white + subtle grays + a dash of bright orange.?
Can you explain your creative process from brief to completion?
Instead of explaining my complex process I’d like to refer to a process diagramm by a company called And Partners NY.
Do you use a grid system when designing and how do you feel about them?
Yes, In my opinion, they are the necessary structure for any design. I second Khoi and Michael in their Grids Are Good presentation: “The grid is the most vivid manifestation of the will to order in graphic design”.
Who do you feel is currently doing innovative work?
Marian Bantjes – her work amazes me. AND I love her story. How she left her successful business to start doing her own design work. She’s a truly inspiring woman.
What are you working on now?
I am currently designing the User Interface for a complex content management tool for Scripps Networks, owner of several TV channels such as the food network, HGTV, diy, etc.
What is your favorite color?
White. It is the combination of all the colors of the visible light spectrum.
What is your favorite album?
FEIST, The Reminder.
What is your favorite movie?
Playtime by Jacques Tati. A fabulously choreographed nearly wordless comedy about confusion in the age of technology.
Intervista is a series of interviews conducted for AisleOne with some of todays top talents in graphic design.