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Scanning Around With Gene: Groovy Macramé
I spent my coming-of-age years in the Seventies, so my memories of that time are bittersweet, especially in retrospect. But of all the decades I’ve experienced, the Seventies feel most like a time that had its own distinct identity. We had war, an energy crisis, the first Earth Day, disco, inflation, bad typefaces and even […]
Continue readingPaperSpecs Packaging Panache Webinar
PaperSpecs is offering a free webinar on Thursday, November 29th on how to design and produce great packaging. called “Packaging Panache“. Here are the details from the press release: Special guest speaker Kathrin Blatter, a co-founder of Un- Studio, has a passion for packaging design and is a branding expert with over a decade of […]
Continue readingWood Type Museum Urgently Seeks Donations
The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, which hosts the largest collection of wood type in the U.S., is being forced to move from its current location in Two Rivers, Wisconsin and is urgently seeking donations to fund the move. The museum, which is dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type has […]
Continue readingTypeTalk: Font Sizing Guidelines Part 1, Design Characteristics
Q Are there any guidelines for selecting fonts for use at a range of sizes? A. In today’s world of digital fonts with their seemingly ‘one-size-fits-all’ capability, it is easy to loose sight of the fact that just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. I’m referring to the ability to set any font at […]
Continue readingWood Type Museum Urgently Seeks Donations
The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, which hosts the largest collection of wood type in the U.S., is being forced to move from its current location in Two Rivers, Wisconsin and is urgently seeking donations to fund the move. The museum, which is dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type has […]
Continue readingTypeTalk: Font Sizing Guidelines Part 1, Design Characteristics
Q Are there any guidelines for selecting fonts for use at a range of sizes? A. In today’s world of digital fonts with their seemingly ‘one-size-fits-all’ capability, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. I’m referring to the ability to set any font at […]
Continue readingTypography Playing Cards
If you’re pondering what to get your favorite type nerd for the holidays, you have plenty of great choices this year. Of course there’s the motherlode of typography t-shirts unearthed by Pariah Burke (check out both part 1 and part 2 of the list). Also, hot off the presses is the CreativePro Book of theWeek, […]
Continue readingThe Lytro Gets New Features
The Lytro, that innovative camera that allows you to change the focus of your photos after you shoot them, has been updated just in time for holiday shopping with some interesting new features. Perspective Shift allows you to interactively change the point of view in a photo, by clicking and dragging on it. In effect, […]
Continue readingDesign & Typography T-Shirts: Part 2
Many designers like to proclaim their vocations and passions right on their chests (and sometimes backs). Thus, whether for someone on your gift list this holiday season or for yourself, I present the second part of a massive shopping list of design-inspired t-shirts. Don’t forget that many of these shirts are also available in several […]
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