Le designer et illustrateur anglais Chris LaBrooy, dont nous avons déjà parlé sur Fubiz avec le projet Auto Aerobics, a été sollicité par Transport for London pour créer des affiches de publicité. Le projet a été conçu avec l’agence M&C Saatchi basée à Londres, sous la direction artistique de Will Bates.
Andrew Capener‘s fontastic version of Scrabble is back! The California designer set out to reinvent the beloved board game in a way that would excite people about typography. His concept was to replace the familiar bleached-wood, monofont letter tiles with rich walnut versions in a variety of typefaces. An additional design tweak: all of the game components would be magnetized, an innovation that anyone who has lost that lone “Z” or “K” can appreciate. A licensee of Hasbro is back on board with a second (limited) edition, which includes new fonts and Bauhaus-inspired game components.
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Manipulation is something everybody experiences every day—good or bad, conscious or unconscious. For NYC-based artist Mark Fox, manipulation has permeated his entire body of work and is a theme he continues to explore in his latest…
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Communication Arts, a trade journal for visual communications, covers everything from graphic designers to photographers to advertising agencies. The subscription-only mag features in-depth profiles, tips on design trends, book reviews and more.
CA is approximately 80 percent freelance written, and it’s on the lookout for fresh new writers. So what are the editors looking for? Someone who will inspire:
“We want to improve the way our readers work and think, whether that means introducing a revolutionary technique with dozens of potential applications, challenging disparate disciplines to work together in new ways or refuting common wisdom about, say, what it means to be creative or successful,” said managing editor Robin Doyle. “If your article can do that, we want to see it.” CA editors are always on the lookout for stimulating content for “Columns,” “Profiles” and “Book Reviews.”
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Now that the literal feasting of Thanksgiving is over, the retail gluttony can begin. We have a feeling that you’re eschewing “doorbuster deals” in favor of web-surfing your way to elegant gifts (that don’t require resorting to fisticuffs or even leaving your home), but what do you get for the design-minded person who has everything? The answer, of course, is nothing—in the form of Helvetica the Perfume.
Technically, it is two ounces of distilled water, but to the typographically savvy, it is the olfactory equivalent of Max Miedlinger and Eduard Hoffmann‘s sans-serif marvel: pure, modern, neutral, and profoundly Swiss. Decanted into a glass bottle labeled in 24-karat gold Helevtica Bold and tucked into a letterpressed box, the limited-edition fragrance is yours for $62 from Guts & Glory.
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Le graphic designer Romain Roger a imaginé une série de posters de typographies du plus bel effet appelée “Galaxy Type Posters”. Rendant hommage à des polices reconnus comme Clarendon, Avant Garde, Bauer Bodoni, Bello, Fette Fraktur ou encore Helvetica, ces impressions sont à découvrir en images dans la suite.
L’illustrateur Simon Prades a mélangé ses trois passions : l’architecture, la typographie et Barcelone pour créer cette création BCN composée de blocs d’immeubles de la ville catalane. Une typographie d’une grande qualité « BCN Typography » réalisée à la main, à découvrir entièrement dans la suite de l’article.
In “The Field Guide to Typography,” Peter Dawson, co-founder of London-based Grade Design, leads the journey through 125 different typefaces (which is not to be confused with fonts). From…
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As you put the finishing touches on your Zapf Dingbat Halloween costume (spooky!), feast your candy-craving eyes on the passel of pumpkins created by students at New York’s School of Visual Arts. Designer and faculty member Irina Lee, herself an SVA alum, gathered the group for a pumpkin-carving session with a typographic twist, from personal monograms and elaborate drop caps to the classic “BOO,” accented with the New York skyline.
(Photos from left: Maxwell Beucler, Elfe Marschall)
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Le studio Vanila Barcelona a imaginé l’identité graphique du nouvel album de l’artiste musical Tremendo. Visuellement très réussie, cette création typographique a été pensée pour illustrer le packaging de l’album « Lapsus ». Plus d’images de ce projet et du rendu graphique dans la suite de l’article.
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