Typographic Conundrums
December 8th, 2009Category: Books, Design, International Typographic Style, Merch, Typography
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Conundrums is a striking new book, designed by Harry Pearce of Pentagram, that presents a collection of typographic puzzles constrained by three simple rules: one box, two colours, a single typeface. The typeface used is AG Old Face designed by Guenter Gerhard Lange in 1984 for the H. Berthold AG type foundry.
Beautiful. You can grab a copy for only $10 at Amazon.
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Atelier 1A
May 15th, 2009Atelier 1A is the new moniker of designer Glenn Garriock, also a contributor of the excellent site FormFiftyFive. Glenn’s portfolio is a must see, my favorite being this poster for the Digital Photography course at Telford College.
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Thirteen
April 20th, 2009Bristol based form Thirteen has compiled a superb portfolio filled with work that will get your design juices flowing. Each piece is precisely designed and extremely inspirational.
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Matt Judge
March 9th, 2009After 3.5 years at SEA Design, the talented Matt Judge is looking for a new challenge. Definitely check out his portfolio, which is filled with excellent work. Matt is also one of the founders of inspiration blog Design Assembly.
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Five Simple Steps
February 2nd, 2009Mark Boulton’s Five Simple Steps: A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web is finally available in PDF format for only £12.
A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web aims to teach you techniques for designing your website using the principles of graphic design. Featuring five sections, each covering a core aspect of graphic design: Getting Started, Research, Typography, Colour, and Layout. Learn solid graphic design theory that you can simply apply to your designs, making the difference from a good design to a great one.
I’m about to download it and check this baby out. Very exciting.
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Die Neue Haas Grotesk
January 21st, 2009I found this Flickr set of the super rare Die Neue Haas Grotesk type specimen book. For those of you that don’t know, Die Neue Haas Grotesk was the original name for Helvetica. You can get a glimpse of the book in the film Helvetica when Matthew Carter shows off his copy. It was also on display at the MOMA as part of an Helvetica exhibit.
What I would do to get my hands on a copy.
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Writings on Architecture
December 9th, 2008Another gorgeous book by Bierut’s team at Pentagram. Writings on Architecture is being published in conjunction with the rededication of Rudolph’s newly restored masterpiece, Yale’s Art and Architecture Building.
Also check out this gallery of excellent posters designed by Michael Bierut for the Yale School of Architecture.
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80 20 100 Catalogue
November 18th, 2008Eye Magazine just posted some images of the Crouwel 80 20 100 exhibit catalogue designed by David Quay. Very nice indeed. I love how all the pages have a visible grid. One unfortunate thing about catalogue is that a good chunk of it is in black and white. Bummer.
You can download a PDF version of the catalogue to get a good look at it or you can order a copy for yourself and enjoy it in the comfort of your home.
The Vivid Gallery site has a small photo gallery of the event. I wish I were able to attend. Did anyone get to go? How was it?
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Quantum of Solace Hardback
November 14th, 2008Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories is a stunning book designed by Angus Hyland and Fabian Herrmann of Pentagram that is a collection of Ian Fleming’s Bond short stories. Gorgeous.
Hyland created a cloth-covered hardback with cover imagery restricted to a silver foil-blocked image of Bond’s infamous Walther PPK (shown here with silencer). A subtle diamond pattern is debossed on to the boards, which combined with deep burgundy endpapers evokes the discerning elegance of Bond’s world. An embossed manila bellyband with typewritten cover information on the label evokes the official documents of the period.
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Bastardised
October 31st, 2008Bastardised celebrates the global identity project born in 2007 out of Bunch’s need to re-brand. They approached designers and image-makers they admired and asked them to produce a “visual reaction” to their logo, sign it and return it. The resulting ‘Bunchisms’ were incorporated into their stationery with care taken to choose relevant themes for the applications.
This initiative attracted international artists, designers and illustrators which included Malcolm Garrett, Jonathan Ellery, Paul Davis, Marian Bantjes, Stefan Sagmeister, James Goggin, Carlos Segura, Build, Paul Insect, David Quay, Vince Frost, Si Scott and Julian Morey.
289 ‘Bunchisms’ were specially selected from 750 contributions and my submission was one of the designs selected for the book.
The limited edition 208 page hardback includes a foreword by cultural writer and author Liz Farrelly.
You can purchase a copy on November 1st from the Bunch store or Magma Books.
Published by: Bunch
Printed by: Kratis
Format: 170 x 235 mm
Features: Maxi Offset 170 g/m2 paper (by Igepa Zagreb)
Hard back 3 mm thick cover
Coated with Maxi Silk 120 g/m2 then matt laminated
Limited edition of 1500
Hand numbered (0001 — 1500)
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Chaumont 2008
October 28th, 2008Category: Books, Design, Events, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, Merch
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The 19th International Poster and Graphic Festival of Chaumont is paying tribute to one of my favorite inspirations of all time, Josef Müller-Brockmann. To accompany the festival this 288 page catalogue was designed by Wijntje Van Rooijen & Pierre Péronnet and features a section on the legendary Brockmann.
You can grab a copy over at YWFT and also check out this small Flickr gallery of the festival.
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Grid Systems T-Shirt
October 20th, 2008Love this new t-shirt by You Work For Them that mimics the cover of Brockmann’s famous book Grid Systems In Graphic Design.