a Great Design Team
Do you fall into one of the categories above? Check out the full descriptions of each member and let me know what area you fall into. The Evangelist? Focuses on design at the highest level, developing strategies and processes that push the limits of design and business as a whole. The Dreamer? Cuts through it all to offer a surprisingly fresh attitude. The Conductor? The analytical mind that helps her to ensure that no detail goes unconsidered. The... Read More
Styles, Weights, Widths
A very well written article is now available over on the FontFeed (the blog of FontShop) about the various weights and styles that can come in any type family by Yves Peters. Styles, Weights, Widths; It’s All in The (Type) Family focuses on several things, one being the mention of difference between obliqued and italicized type: While an oblique looks like a slanted version of the roman weight, an italic has a different design. Most notably... Read More
A Designer’s Path
I love when an article, book, blog post, podcast focuses on a designer and what they have gone through to get to where they are now. I especially like this article, Drawing Board to Desktop: A Designer’s Path on the New York Times where Michael Bierut remembers the days where his career began. Like a chef, I brought my knives with me. I didn’t begin my career in the way that Mr. Bierut did, but that is how my study in the field of design... Read More
Platemaking
Studio on Fire has an interesting slideshow available on their blog, Beast Pieces showing the platemaking process in several steps. Three more days until my letterpress workshop at The ArmNYC !!!! 0 Read More
Designing a Killer Logo
Vectortuts There’s a great article over on VectorTuts on The Process of Designing a Killer Logo which breaks it down into two categories Type Treatments and Type Mixed with Image Treatments. Where to begin? As always, start with pencil and a piece of paper. It should always start there and then you can jump on the computer and take it into the digital realm. Recommended reading, absolutely. 0 Read More
Book Look – Dangerous Curves
Dangerous Curves Dangerous Curves, Mastering Logotype Design by Doyald Young. A while back in an interview with Doyald Young by Debbie Millman on her show Design Matters, Doyald revealed that his new book would be released soon. I would highly suggest that you listen to that interview to get a better idea of who Doyald Young is if you don’t already know. Dangerous Curves He calls his latest book venture a “roadmap.” Doyald says that... Read More
Mail Chimp gets a new look
Mail Chimp MailChimp has updated their logo to a new three-dimensional monkey with mail bag in tow designed by the creator of the Firefox logo, Jon Hicks. Read the article about it over at Brand New, what do you think? Mail Chimp And while you’re at it, there’s a great write-up on the MailChimp website about the design process and decisions made about the new logo. Mailchimp equation 0 Read More
Putting digital to the test
Test Image Over at one of my favorite blogs of all time, and in all honesty may have been the first design blog or any blog I ever read (It’s hard to remember at this point) is an interesting article. Dear Lulu, The New Standards is covering a student project that puts digital printing through a variety of tests that can be challenging when printing any project. Reversed Type “Graphic design is no longer solely about the most beautiful... Read More
