So You Want Fries with that Logo?

Say What?

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist. - Ludvig Von Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

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Tip No. 17: Be honest but not too honest.
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xType Culture Show

The rules of engagement for my experimental typography class were an "about face" from classwork of the previous quarter teaching the fine typography skills required of book design. Here are just a few of the 37 great examples currently on exhibit in our school's art gallery through end of April.

From the top: Emi Buckmaster: Ephemeral (Suminagashi) | Shinya Iwaki: Cityscape (Handmade letterforms of architecture) | Sean Fischer: Dance Team (video of dancing girls, a pirate and a cat) | Adam Curtis: Inter-action (Flash animation and lots of coffee) | Atticus Waller: Dreamgasm (Handmade letterforms) | Reis O'Brien: Toypography (cheap plastic toys) | Jordan Dailey: Micron Font (100s of Micron pens) | Mike Holm: ABC Gum (26 pieces of gum) | Anna Goldstein: Typuccino (26 lattes) | Jen Pearce: Rind (Oranges).

Industrial Typography

I wonder if these letters pollute?

Not My Type

It's The Visual Enforcement Kit. Don't leave home without it.

Antonio Frasconi Exhibit

I just saw an exhibit of the master woodcut and poster artist, Antonio Frasconi at Davidson Galleries in Seattle's Pioneer Square and came away so inspired to learn the craft. Frasconi has illustrated many books including children's books and his work is in the collection of several major museums including MoMA, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and the Brooklyn Museum. This is his first exhibition in the Northwest. The show is up until May 2, 2009. Don't miss it!

T

Artist, Marc Andre Robinson created the NYT's 15' tall blackletter "T", made entirely out of castoff chairs, for The New York TImes Style Magazine recently. Watch a time lapse video of the creation of Robinson's "T" here.

Designing Typefaces

The question has often come up this quarter about how to design your own typefaces. My first thought is to ask, how experimental is this? Are you talking 26 letters, or 700 glyphs? A good place to begin would be to read this reference book, Designing Type by David Earls. Then sit down and begin drawing. Oh, and notice how the book title so nicely mimics the font in the title above it!

Marian Bantjes Business Card

She just continues to amaze!

Paper Letters of the Other Kind

London design consultancy, Johnson Banks, created a series of nice posters in the mid-nineties based entirely on letterforms made from folded or 'found' paper-related objects. Very inspired!

CD Album Cover Artwork Assignment

1. Go here and choose the third photo, no matter what it is, as your album cover.

2. Go here and select the last four words of the very last quote as the title of your album.

3. Go here and select the first article title on the page as the name of your band.

4. On a separate layer, produce all the text as either handmade letterforms or altered digital fonts. Merge layers together to complete your album artwork.

5. Send me a jpeg.