July 2010
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June 2010
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April 2010
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WatchGerrit Noordzij
March 2010
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January 2010
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“[…] Because the Web, like the subway, is not a destination. Printing is...”
– Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style
December 2009
2 posts
November 2009
2 posts
“I don’t think you get into something like type design if you have the kind...”
– Matthew Carter
To The Best Of Our Knowledge at Wisconsin Public Radio
October 2009
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September 2009
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June 2009
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“Mind-blindness can be described as an inability to develop an awareness of what...”
May 2009
6 posts
“Why would want a job that you can’t ride a bicycle at?”
– Alfred Bobe Jr.
“As told to me by several “old coot” typesetters (skilled craftsmen who set lines...”
March 2009
3 posts
February 2009
4 posts
“Many artists are starting to work within the commercial industry. It’s...”
– Karin Dreijer Andersson
“But I don’t know that that kind of technology will be available to all...”
– Dyana Weissman (via Speak Up)
January 2009
8 posts
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“I just can’t envision myself, you know, the big straw hat and Hawaiian...”
– ultimate exit interview of George W. Bush
The Re-invention of Instant Film →
We aim to re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras in 2010. We have acquired Polaroid’s old equipment, factory and seek your support.
“If all goes to plan, the Polaroid factory in Enschede, Amsterdam, will soon be making film again thanks to its new owner, an eccentric Austrian artist and businessman named Florian Kaps. Mr Kaps, 39, has dedicated the past...
Miłość
Wczoraj na ślubie ksiądź mówił o miłości. Chyba same pierdoły ale i tak się popłakałem.
Royal Tenenbaum's World of Futura →
Director Wes Anderson seems to have a thing, bordering on obsession, for Futura. The credits are set in Futura Bold—nothing strange about that. But it doesn’t stop there.
Magnum wishes you a Happy New Year! →
(via jedrek)
December 2008
7 posts
“[groups of foreigners free-associated about Poland] Their responses included...”
– THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 12-01-02: PROCESS; A New Poland, No Joke —Sarah Boxer, New York Times Magazine
Adrian Frutiger - Typefaces. The Complete Works. →
Arguably the most important type-related book of the decade has been released
How do you design? →
This book is not finished.
“Two men stand out as the most powerful influences on 20th-century typography:...”
– Jan Tschichold on the occasion of his 70th birthday in 1972 (via Guardian)
“I know Obama. Many years ago I met him. […] New face but more or less the...”
– Dalai Lama (speaking to BBC One)
RADIOHEAD | 12 CAMS, CREATE YOUR RAINBOW →
“There are three main causes of war in this world; religious, politics and fonts....”
– Drew McLellan
November 2008
7 posts
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Thus press work is particularly fitted for young men who like to work with machinery.
[…]
And work in the printing trade is not seasonal. It goes all the year round, regardless of sunshine or rain. Working conditions are generally satisfactory, as are housing, hygiene, and hours.
(via iLT)
WatchCarl Craig + « Les siècles » orchestra
(watch the whole thing on Grandcrew, via Hi-ReS)
“My president is tall, skinny, black man”
– Anonymous