Silenc is a tangible visualization designed by the interaction design students Manas Karambelkar, Momo Miyazaki and Kenneth A. Robertsen that highlights the silent letters that occur in the Danish, English and French languages. A silent letter is a letter that appears in a particular word, but does not correspond to any sound in the word’s pronunciation. Tweet
Sofie Beier from Denmark is an assistant professor employed at the School of Design under The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art in London. Her research focuses on typeface legibility, aiming at a better understanding of how different typefaces and letter shapes can influence the reading process. Her new book “Reading […]
In this talk from Creative Morning Berlin, Stephen Coles, the creator of chromeography.com talks about the design of car logos. From the connected mid-century script logos of Chevrolet & Cadillac to the boring plastic logos of today’s cars. Enjoy! (You might jump to 6:00 where the actual presentation starts.) Related Links: http://chromeography.com Chromeography Flickr Group […]
This documentary is a humble exploration of the world of print, as it scratches the surface of its future. I consider this a work in progress. It is built upon interviews with individuals who are active in the Toronto print community and questions whether or not they expect to see the disappearance of the physical […]
I started to design this infographic for a conference talk about European road signage typefaces, but I thought this might also be useful to share with everyone. Tweet
The results of an assignment at the Carnegie Mellon School of Design in Pittsburgh. Pop-up Alphabet in Univers 65 Bold from CMU Design on Vimeo. Tweet
Sebastian Nagel (*1981) studied graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg in Austria and is currently working as graphic and type designer. At fonts.info he has released typefaces such as Iwan Reschniev and Tierra Nueva, but he also has a lot of interesting typefaces still in the desk drawer. Don’t miss you chance […]