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Eames: Power of 10

Steve MacKley — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:43:19 +0000

Still one of the greatest things ever

Honoring Josef Müller-Brockmann

Steve MacKley — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:35:55 +0000

From SwissMiss

Blanka: Müller-Brockmann

A bilingual, expandable book designed for the UK art and design gallery Blanka. It honors Josef Müller-Brockmann as well as conveys the principles of Swiss Graphic Design as exemplified by the leader of the revolutionary Swiss Style.

http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/blanka-muller-brockmann.html

Font Shop 2009 YTD bestsellers

Steve MacKley — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:18:43 +0000

FontShop has blogged about is 2009 bestsellers. Always interested to see what’s en vogue type-wise. I was a little surprised—although not really upon further reflection—about the resurgence of slab serifs. I’m a fan of Xavier Durpé’s Vista Slab, nice to see it selling well.

Check it out: link

Jonathan Hoefler muses on what next

Steve MacKley — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:21:40 +0000

Jonathan Hoefler recently blogged about a talk he gave at last years AIGA Design Conference…

Most of the talks that we’ve given are lost to the sands of time, but this afternoon I was happy to discover that one of our favorite presentations lives on. For the AIGA Design Conference in Denver, we were asked to meditate on the topic of “What’s Next,” for which we presented a study of typographic history — and why the ‘historical revival’ might be a twentieth century idea whose time has passed.

Always fascinating, plus who doesn’t love underpants references.

Audio from AIGA

Paul Rand Tribute Site

Steve MacKley — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:51:37 +0000

A tribute to Paul Rand

An excellent new site covering the prolific Paul Rand. Of note is the excellent coverage of his editorial design work with Apparel Arts.