Edward Tufte or Matt Donovan
Category: Nerdy stuff, Technology, Typography
Matt Donovan does not have a fancy pants movie but he does have a better weather app.
Archive for the ‘Typography’ Category
Dainippon Type Organization
Category: Typography
Here is a link from Joanna Lee.
A very cool toy showcased at the 2006 Design Tide in Tokyo by Japanese experimental type designers, Dainippon Type Organization. The blocks allow you to make English letters, as well as Japanese characters, and other illustrations.
Type in the Toronto subway
Category: Typography
The Toronto subway has a typographic heritage all its own, starting with a unique font. But, with renovation after renovation and after a series of new station additions, signage and wayfinding in the system are a total mess. The latest “standard” in Toronto subway signage uses fake Helvetica and is a clone of Massimo Vignelli’s work from 40 years ago.
Fontself
Category: Typography[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoG4DLjV2wo[/youtube]
For more info check out the Fontself website.
Bristol Legible City
Category: Industrial Design, Inspiration, Nerdy stuff, Technology, Typography
This is one of the better real-world examples of an effective way finding system integrated within an overall public space redesign project. Link from Chris Moorehead.
Shuetsu Sato: Tape letters
Category: Art, Typography
When a construction project blocked access to parts of Shinjuku station train guard Shuetsu Sato took matters into his own hands and started taping signage in huge Japanese characters with masking tape.
This link was shared with us by Miki Sciana. Thanks Miki!
Typeorganism
Category: Nerdy stuff, Play, Typography, Web
This is a great web based typographic experiment stemming from the belief that “Type is on Organism”.
Interrobang 1962
Category: Graphic Design, History, Typography
This was a little before my time, I kind of wonder why it did not catch on ! ?
If you have time also check out the Irony mark.
Type-oh!
Category: Education, Typography
I can’t quite put my finger on what I like here. I think that it has something to do with the way the work is displayed with the captions all being held by the creators. It just looks like fun.