[Emily Potts] Last week we were inspired by three amazing artists: Henning Wagenbreth, Sophie Dutertre and Placid. In keeping with the French artist theme, I’m starting off this week’s Creative Chain with an illustrator I deeply admire and respect.
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TypeCon lagniappe: Civilized pleasures & papery treasures in the Big Easy[Alyson Kuhn] A lagniappe (lan-YAP) is a little something extra given to a customer. The term “gift with purchase” is more common but less charming. The lagniappe concept is popular in New Orleans, where TypeCon — the Society of Typographic Aficionados’ annual conference — convenes this week in the French Quarter. We’d like to offer attendees and armchair travelers a trio of touring tips suggested by artist Michael Deas, whose recent envelope to me (shown above) came as a lagniappe extraordinaire. Furthermore >
Michael Osborne’s postal pyrotechnics for the Fourth of July[Alyson Kuhn] The Fourth of July is the red-white-and-bluest of American celebrations. To herald the holiday, we asked graphic designer Michael Osborne to make something from an assortment of out-of-circulation flag stamps we had on hand. We suspect he didn’t even doodle before making his dandy arrangement — whose shape suggests a firework showering the night sky with stars. Furthermore >
Alessandro Novelli’s dance in typography[Sami Jensen] In just over a minute, Alessandro Novelli captures his (and our) love for typography and animation in The Alphabet, a spelling video inspired by children’s hornbooks. The music — “Si Tu N’étais Pas Là” by Fréhel (you may recognize it from the movie Amélie) — makes me close my eyes and imagine myself outside of a little Parisian café, but then I quickly remember I’m missing the beautiful, dancing, morphing letterforms. Furthermore >
Fashion fun for 2012: Impressed Design’s color-of-the-month calendar[Alyson Kuhn] Alyssa Louderback’s 2012 calendar will start your new year off with a thematic and chromatic bang: 12 colors on its cover. This is a lot of letterpress — 12 press runs, to be precise. And its designer, printer and wardrobe mistress has 20/20 hindsight, but no regrets, about the labor-intensity of her project. Furthermore >
Destination: National Stationery Show 2011 was a shot of inspiration[Chandra Greer] This was my 10th (11th? 12th?) year attending the National Stationery Show in New York. For the past few shows I’ve asked myself, “Do I really need to take the time/expend the resources to make the trip?” Today there are many more ways to access the industry. Savvy companies present their designs online and by mail, and strong personal relationships built over the years provide the privilege of being among the first to know about new work. Furthermore >
Hybrid Design: Driving social change on California highways[Pamela Williams] More and more, clients and communities who seek social change are calling on designers for advice and expertise — realizing they are uniquely qualified and positioned to help shape messages, artifacts and to create experiences for positive cultural impact. On a mission for the last three years to put an end to distracted driving, San Francisco-based Hybrid Design created a program — and innovative learning tools — that were brought to more than 20,000 classrooms in California. Called Impact Teen Drivers, it’s working. Furthermore > |
Every now and then, we stumble across a project on Kickstarter that gets us really excited. The Ludlow Project is one of these. Furthermore >
10.12.11
Today we launch Felt & Wire Exhibit – an opportunity to shine a bright spotlight on new work by designers and artists in the Felt & Wire community. Furthermore >
10.10.11
Casual Friday is Colorful Friday today at Chronicle Books. To celebrate the publication of PANTONE: The 20th Century in Color, by Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker, everyone has been invited to dress by (Pantone) color. Here’s a preview! Furthermore >
10.07.11
“This is a smart, funny, accessible book that does for typography what Lynne Truss’s best-selling Eats, Shoots & Leaves did for punctuation: made it noticeable for people who had no idea they were interested in such things.” —New York Times, Janet Maslin Furthermore >
10.07.11
Just as most of us are more likely to leave a bad review for a restaurant we hate than a good review for one we love, Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit of UnderConsideration admit that designers and typophiles make a game out of laughing at menus that use Comic Sans or Papyrus, yet are less likely to appreciate a well-designed menu. With Art of the Menu, their first new blog in two years, they’re going to change that. Furthermore >
10.05.11
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