Gary Hustwit, the mastermind behind Helvetica, has recently announced a brand new project called Objectified. Objectified and Helvetica have many similiarities in how Hustwit is approaching its production. Both subjects were approached by Hustwit as a novice– he was by no means a typographer or even a graphic designer prior to making Helvetica. Same rules […]
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Objectified
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Bobby’s Burger Palace - Pentagram’s Newest Project
July 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Pentragram recently completed the identity for a new high-end burger chain called Bobby’s Burger Palace. The store is opening on Long Island in the Smith Haven Mall, lead by celebrity chef Bobby Flay. As usual they don’t fail to disappoint with their clean, typography and cleaver use of color. The chain is opening sometime this summer.
Bobby’s […]
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Something in the Universe
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments
The creative team at Beautiful Decay has recently opened its doors to any client under the nom de plume Something in the Universe. Not just a design firm, Something in the Universe offers access to a network of creatives that Beautiful Decay has worked with over the years. And if you’re not in the market […]
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Steampunk - The Innovative Design Movement
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Have you ever seen Wild Wild West? Ever horribly disappointed by it’s lack of a cohesive plot and painfully dated soundtrack? I know I was. One thing in that movie that slightly redeems itself, is it’s set production and design. Another one, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. These movies were designed on top of a […]
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Exemplar
June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Exemplar is a beautiful new face designed by Göran Söderström and his firm PSY/OPS. Check out their site for more info. There is also a really great PDF specimen available here. Cheers to iLoveTypography.
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Pie
May 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment
An interesting data visualization by Canadian design student, Alan Woo. Using Processing, Woo has taken visualized “an incredibly simple and concise baseline comparison of films through one particular trait: color.” The posters are quite stunning and its really interesting to see how series that maintain the same director and cinematographer (like the Godfather series) have […]
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Name that Typeface!
April 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Segd is running a contest right now where you can win a laser engraved nameplate just by naming the above typeface. They are even giving out a tip: “This sans-serif type was designed by one of Dutch leading type designers who was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands.”
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Finally a Simple Way to Share Music
April 17th, 2008 · No Comments
There is this great new device that I stumbled across called ‘miShare’ and it is a little device that connects two iPod’s and allows you to transfer music from one to the other. Finally there is a quick and easy way to trade music! Apple thought they got the crackdown but leave it up to […]
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Similar Diversity - Beautiful Processing
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments
This piece has been around for a while, but recently I have been very enthralled by the power and possibilities of processing. Some of the other pieces on the processing website, but this one stuck out to me because of it’s beautiful use and understanding of graphics, language and typography.
The piece was built using processing […]
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If You Could Print Series
April 8th, 2008 · No Comments
London based “creative projects company” If You Could has announced their most recent print series for April 2008. The artists involved this time around are Joe Burrin/Tom Crabtree and Körner Union. The two prints featured are two color screen prints at B2 size (approx. 19.5 x 28). These are known to sell out so if they peak […]
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