Posts by Yves Peters
Video Impression of ISType 2012 Transmit
It seems to me that organisers of type and design conferences are becoming slightly sadistic. After every event video impressions are being released to show people who didn’t attend what an awesome conference they missed. The stylish video after the jump shows fragments of lectures and workshops during the second ISType conference which was held [...]
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Short Off Book Documentary on Logos
Last week PBS posted a new episode of Off Book on its YouTube channel. The short documentary Off Book: The Art of Logo Design/a> produced by Kornhaber Brown examines how great logos are created. Off Book is a web-only series from PBS Arts that expands the definition of art. Each episode explores a cutting-edge genre [...]
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FF Scuba Marries Tourist With Alice In Wonderland
Searching for ways to promote typefaces in an increasingly crowded market place, foundries find fresh and novel ways to grab the attention of the type-loving public. For the past few years more and more new type designs have been advertised with trailer-like short videos. Driven by their love for type and powered by their passion [...]
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Upcoming TYPO Dates Announced and 25% Reduction For TYPO London
TYPO Talks closed off a very successful conference season. After launching two new sister conferences – last Fall’s TYPO London “Places” and TYPO San Francisco in early April – it had yet another great edition of TYPO Berlin. To allow the general public to discover the two new non-Berlin events the TYPO Talks organisation produced two short [...]
Read moreFoundry Focus: Process Type Foundry
On this Fourth of July The FontFeed shines the spotlight on a (relatively) smaller American foundry that is making big waves. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Process Type Foundry is an independent type design studio specializing in the production and distribution of original contemporary typefaces. The studio is run by Eric Olson and Nicole Dotin, [...]
Read more4-Hand Typography Shows TypeTogether In Action
Looking up information for last week’s post about the European Design Awards 2012 I stumbled upon this simply lovely promotional video for TypeTogether. Four Hand Typography shows the type designer duo of Veronika Burian and José Scaglione collaborating on type design projects, interacting with co-workers, exhibiting their work, and lecturing and holding workshops all over [...]
Read moreAbril Wins Gold Medal at European Design Awards 2012
Last month, on Saturday, May 26th, the European Design Awards 2012 Ceremony was held in Helsinki in the 80-year old movie theatre Bio Rex, widely regarded as a landmark of Finnish architecture. The best designers from all corners of the continent gathered to recognise and reward their achievements of the previous year. Gold and silver [...]
Read moreWimbledon Champions Explode Into Words
A tweet by type designer Nadine Chahine made me discover a superb typographic promo by BBC for its Wimbledon 2012 coverage. The 40-second launch trailer created by Red Bee Media shows some of the top male and female tennis players performing their signature shots. Their bodies suddenly are rendered in words describing their characteristics, playing [...]
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