Reading is transitioning from print to the screen. For many, the convenience and transportability of devices like the Nook, Kindle, iPad, and even smartphones outweighs the pleasure found in the tangible aspects of a physical book.
Reading is transitioning from print to the screen. For many, the convenience and transportability of devices like the Nook, Kindle, iPad, and even smartphones outweighs the pleasure found in the tangible aspects of a physical book.
Communication and language are constantly, organically shifting. Letters and words are universal, but language changes by location, slang phrases change with fads, and dialect changes by region. The modern alphabet has stayed consistent for centuries; what has changed is the life surrounding our letters, and the means by which we can manipulate them. We have shifted from endless pen...
The practical role of design is to communicate a message. Designers are visual communicators, and design is more than aesthetic. We must consider the target audience while still retaining an aesthetic, communicating a visual message, and doing it all to the client's expectations. That can be a lot to handle! This can be further complicated when our target audience...
Check out this fascinating interview — Change for the Letter — with illustrator and typographer Alex Trochut from Gestalten.tv. For more interviews and discussions on visual culture, Gestalten.tv’s video archive is well worth a browse.
German based Typographer and Graphic Designer Erik Spiekermann recently talked with Gestalten TV about language, visual culture and the process of designing typefaces. This interview intelligently captures the relevance of Graphic Design and its influence on visual culture.
UK based Graphic Designer, Donna Wearmouth left University with a First Class Honors degree in Visual Communication and an award from the prestigious International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD), and with such a well executed and beautiful body of work, it’s not difficult to see why. Straight after graduating Donna landed a job working as a Junior Graphic Designer...
With typography from Albin Holmqvist, check out these beautiful commercials for EF Language Schools. Directed by Gustav Johansson D.O.P Niklas Johansson Produced at Camp David
New London-based book publishers Visual Editions have launched their first title this week – a re-imagining of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne. Introduced by Will Self and designed by A Practice for Everyday Life, this is more than just your standard literary novel. Visual Editions co-founders Anna Gerber and Britt Iversen are setting...
Communication Arts, the leading professional journal for visual communications, has launched a new Typography competition to celebrate the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering. Jurors include Stephen Coles, type director at the FontShop and editor of Typographica; Allan Haley, director of Words & Letters at...
Notes on Design recently spoke to London based Graphic Designer Fraser Muggeridge about his current venture – the Typography Summer School. Held over the duration of one week progammes, designers can apply to attend the course and study typography to enhance their practical skills and theory. This introductory interview is part 1, with part 2 consisting of a studio...
