Seb Lester

Posted on January 2, 2008 Under Design

Seb Lester isn't just another pretty face in the typography world"¦he made the "scene." Or, at least that's the name of one the several typefaces he designed; Lester's also responsible for crafting the Neo Sans and Soho fonts. The type…

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Takashi Okada

Posted on November 20, 2007 Under Design

Typography is one of those intensely underappreciated areas of web design that, used correctly, it can make your site jump off the screen and embed itself in your viewers long after they've departed -- in fact, I just read a…

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WSDIA

Posted on November 20, 2007 Under Design

WSDIA, also known as We Should Do it All, is a Brooklyn-based graphic, architectural and interactive studio, founded on the exact principle that their name implies. Based around the beliefs that no professional should feel constrained to their singular expertise,…

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Audree Lapierre

Posted on November 14, 2007 Under Design

Audree Lapierre is a 2004 graduate of Vieux-Montreal college's design program, and is currently completing a degree in graphic design at UQAM. Having already accumulated several prestigious awards and an impressive client list, Audree is well on her way to…

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Helvetica The Film: Pre-Order Me

Posted on August 17, 2007 Under Design

Last August we raved about the trailer for Helvetica: The Movie, a documentary focused on the world's most popular (and arguably most powerful) typeface. Finally, the DVD version is now ready for pre-order, with a delivery date of November 6th.…

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TypeCon2007: Letter Space

Posted on June 25, 2007 Under Design

This is a sick aspect of my personality, but I will absolutely judge you based on your font usage. If I happen to peek over at your computer and you have so much as a widget displaying crappy typeography, I'm…

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RoyalRemarkable News

Posted on May 15, 2007 Under Design

Our good friend and Spear Collective comrade RoyalRemarkable has been busy with a few projects lately that I thought I'd relay to you all. First and foremost, he has some sick type work featured in a forthcoming catalog entitled Hand…

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Helvetica is Everywhere!!!

Posted on April 25, 2007 Under Design

This year is the 50th birthday of Helvetica, and this isn't at all lost on the design world. The birthday font is being celebrated everywhere from being immortalized on wallpaper to being featured in a year-long exhibit at MoMA. It…

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Pulp Fiction Typography

Posted on February 23, 2007 Under Design

Finding a good typographer isn't easy. Finding a good animator with a sense of typography this good never even crossed my mind-- until now. This quick animation of the famous moment in Pulp Fiction when good ol' Samuel L. Jackon…

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Logology: The Wonderland of Logo Design

Posted on February 22, 2007 Under Books

Logology, the latest title from the folks at Victionary, was just announced. The 288 page leather-bound book is packed full of both case studies and literally dozens upon dozens of examples of breathtaking identity design solutions from graphic designers around…

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