Million Mark Note – Design Classic
2021-06-16
Design Classic – Influential and important design Million Mark Note Designer: Herbert Bayer: wool upholsteryRead More →
Tuna Typeface
2021-06-05
Please update your browser. Why? A typeface for print and screen. Bubbling, strong, but very accurate. Created with much fine tuning and precision.Read More →
Karel Teige (1900 – 1951) Czech art critic, typographic artist and collagist
2021-05-25
Between the wars, Teige was a prominent figure in Czech art and architecture. He was the editor of many avant-garde magazines, including Disk, Stavba, and ReD, and wrote about photography. Read More →
Stanley Morison (1889-1967) – Designer of Times New Roman typeface
2021-05-19
Stanley Morison, widely regarded as one of the most influential typographic designers of the twentieth century, was drawn to the subject by his passionate interest. Early on, he worked for several publishers and printing houses, including Francis Meynell’s Pelican Press and the Cloister Press. Read More →
Jan Tschichold (1902 – 1974) – Swiss Typographer and Graphic Designer
2021-05-11
German-born, Tschichold is one of the most outstanding and influential typographers of the 20th century, He cleared away the old typography of pre-1925 and made room for a modern, structured and regulated new typography. His work is characterised by rigorous structure, asymmetrical placement of contrasting elements, and layouts based on horizontal and vertical underlying grids.Read More →
Universal Typeface Experiment
2021-04-02
The Universal Typeface Experiment is a promotional website sponsored by Société Bic, the Bic pen’s manufacturer. The website crowdsources a typeface from smartphone users who use a touchpad and a newly modified BIC pen named the Crystal Stylus, a touchpad-friendly rubber tip, to enter their handwriting on the website.Read More →
Haunch of Venison Poster
2021-03-11
Asymmetry can help give some life and power to a typographic arrangement.
The designer has used the idea of a long piece of tape or receipt. The typography is contrasted against large and small to make it stand out.Read More →
The best of the typographic posters by Robin Weissenborn
2020-09-26
These posters by Robin Weissenborn are not new, they were designed in 2015 and awarded in an international poster competition. The graphic designer, who was studying at the prestigious Bauhaus university at the time, designed a series of posters using experimental typography and cool distorted perspectives.
Helvetica – no frills no thrills
2018-12-13
Helvetica is the name of the world’s most famous architectural typefaces. Paul Gapp a former architecture of the Chicago Tribune rather unkindly said it has, “no frills, no curlicues, no personality. It is neutral, anonymous and dull.” Helvetica, however, has grown into a global phenomenon exhibiting both corporate and cool. Part of its charm is that it is so neutral.Read More →