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Signage of the pre-vinyl sort Many of us know that sign making has changed drastically over the last decade. As this skilled craft fades in favor of computer-cut vinyl stick-on letters in the hands of anyone who can afford the machine, it is nice to see a site like that of former signpainter-turned-photographer Mark Eastman. There one finds a visual record of letterforms and signs of the ilk we see less and less. Click here to visit Eastman’s site. |
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FF InterOffice™ 30 FontFont designers from around the world have contributed icon designs to celebrate the launch of the new and expanded fontshop.com with FF InterOffice, a free download at the new site. The symbols, icons and dingbats in FF InterOffice were designed with office life in mind by Andreas Jung, Markus Hanzer, David Berlow, Fedor Hüneke, Erik van Blokland, Robert Snider, chester, Hans Reichel, Nicole Kapitza, Christoph Kalscheuer, Joachim Müller-Lancé, Paul Neville, Barbara Klunder, György Szönyei, Matthias Thiesen, Norbert Reiners, Joan Carles Casas’n, Gert Wiescher, Fabrizio Schiavi, Mindaugas Strockis, Theo Nonnen, Alan Greene, Donald Beekman, Martin Wunderlich, Critzler, Stefan Kisters, Dung van Meerbeeck, Ole Søndergaard, Nick Shinn, and Mårten Thavenius. FF InterOffice contains images most useful, images not-so-useful, and many worthy of plastering in the copy room. The font is accompanied by a PDF displaying the icons by designer with a keymap of the character set. To download FF InterOffice, click here. |
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Getting the creative juices flowing Alan Fletcher, former Pentagram partner and now consultant Art Director to Phaidon Press, is a master of concept and form. In his recent The Art of Looking Sideways, which he descbribes as “a primer in visual intelligence,” he creates a joyous celebration of text and image, content and design. In over 500 pages, Fletcher improvises, extemporizes, and plays with myriad themes and multiple ideas. The Art of Looking Sideways reflects Fletcher’s lifetime as a connoisseur of context. He creates spread after spread of enthralling topics punctuated with memorable quotations and maximizes these with surpising images and typographic genius. He says of this work, “This book has no thesis, is neither a whodunnit nor a how-to-do-it, has no beginning, middle or end. It’s a journey without a destination.” Any designer, type lover, reader, collector should share in Fletcher’s journey of the mind, eye and spirit. The Art of Looking Sideways, Phaidon Press. |
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Pictures by designers for designers FontShop International has launched ƒStop: royalty-free images by designers both established and up-and-coming. The first release includes collections by David Carson, Kevin Zacher, Peter Baker, Alexander Branczyk, Jake Tilson, April Greiman, Thomas Marecki, Rian Hughes, Heidi Specker, Melanie Lenz, Markus Wustmann, Markus Hanzer, and Max Zerrahn. Designer collections are available on CD. Individual images are available online. A special catalogue has been designed by Stefan Sagmeister. ƒStopImages.com. |
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