Changing the rules of Typography
Live Ink have developed an interesting take on typographic formatting using what they call Visual-syntactic formatting" or VSTF. Is this the new typographic era?
July 12, 2007
Typographica's Favourite Fonts for 2006
Typographica lists 23 of their favourite fonts for 2006
May 30, 2007
Frost Design
Frost Design have redone their website with lots of good examples of their work.
May 23, 2007
Graphic Equaliser
Graphic designer and stlye icon Peter Saville talks to the Scotsman about some of his more personal experiences since he designed record sleeves for Joy Division
May 17, 2007
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface
Michael Bierut at Design Observer gives 13 reasons for picking the right font for the job at hand.
April 12, 2007
Blue Vertigo
A good resource for stock photography, fonts, vector clip art, icons, photoshop brushes.... it's all at Blue Vertigo
April 04, 2007
Neue Haas Grotesk
International Herald Tribune takes a look at that great font Helvetica: The little typeface that leaves a big mark.
April 01, 2007
50 years of Helvetica
New MOMA exhibition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Max Miedinger and Edouard Hoffmann’s design Helvetica. 50 Years of Helvetica April 6, 2007–March 31, 2008
March 29, 2007
Logo design
Over 300 links related to logo design, ranging from articles on the importance of logo design, file formats, colour and typography - Logo design guide
March 20, 2007
Constructed Behaviours
Some nice illustration from Constructed Behaviours
March 14, 2007
John Maeda
Wired talk to designer John Maeda about his future direction
February 13, 2007
Dynamic Corporate Logos
The new corporate logo: Dynamic and changeable are all the rage
February 08, 2007
Pornotypographic
From the people that put typo in the word pornotypographic - Taylor Lane wins a gold at the Epica Awards for their typographic girly calendar (thanks Fletch!)
January 19, 2007
Book covers
Lots of well designed book covers to peruse - Book Covers
Logo Design Trends for 2007
11 trends that will define logo design for 2007
January 18, 2007
Movie Title Sequences
Forget the film watch the title sequence. Submarine Channel have started an online resource of some of the best film title sequences.
November 14, 2006
Fonts for Web 2.0
A good selection of fonts to use for that 'Web 2.0' project
November 09, 2006
Type Selector
If you are used to using the pantone colour guide, then this Thames & Hudson Type Selector will make your font searches much much easier.
October 26, 2006
Steven Heller
Some interesting work, interviews, podcasts and books from Steven Heller - designer/educator/author...
September 14, 2006
Photoshop brushes
A free resource for all your photoshop brush needs - get brushes
September 11, 2006
Wirefox
A display font looking for a use - Wirefox
Pantone fashion colours, Spring 2007
If you follow colour trends, Pantone have released their choices for Spring 2007
viaLetter
A gift idea if you have something special to say, or if you like typography - viaLetter
July 18, 2006
Urban Fonts
Free Mac and PC fonts and dingbats from UrbanFonts
July 10, 2006
Chris Erickson
Some good looking design in a fluid flash website - Chris Erickson
July 06, 2006
Jonathan Barnbrook Interview
Ping Mag interview Jonathan Barnbrook about responsibilities in design
June 21, 2006
Verlag
"From out of the six typefaces originally created for the Guggenheim Museum comes Verlag, a family of 30 sans serifs that brings a welcome eloquence to the can-do sensibility of pre-war Modernism." - Verlag from Hoefler and Frere-Jones
June 20, 2006
TypeNavigator
An interesting application to help track down the font you need for your latest project - TypeNavigator
June 19, 2006
What would you do differently?
Some retrospective thoughts from David Carson, Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Bierut and others - 'What would you do differently?'
World Cup logo design
Erik Spiekermann (founder of MetaDesign), disects the design behind the Soccer World Cup logo and mascot - and he doesn't like what he sees.
June 16, 2006
Emigre re-designs
Type house and ex design magazine Emigre have recently updated/redesigned their website
T1 World Cup
24 designers from around the world are taking part in the T-Shirt world cup. For one month only designs from Stefan Sagmeister, Erik Spiekermann and others are available to view and buy - T1 World Cup
June 15, 2006
The Playground
A typographic letterplay
DQ Books
An interesting collection of illustration work in a faux book interface - DQ Books
June 12, 2006
Photoshop stencil tutorial
A quick tutorial on how to make a black and white (graffiti) stencil from a colour photograph.
June 09, 2006
If you love fonts
June 07, 2006
Free Icons
If you are looking for icons to use in a website or application then here is a list for you to peruse
June 05, 2006
June 01, 2006
Fonts galore
Choose between these pixel fonts or these 9800 free fonts
May 25, 2006
Yale Graphic Design MFA 2006
A flickr stream from the 2006 Yale Graphic Design MFA show
May 16, 2006
We are the image makers
Issue three is out for the monthly online publication that showcases work by Australian designers, artists and illustrators - watim
May 15, 2006
Fonts on Football Jerseys
Linotype take a topical look at the fonts that are used on some of the worlds top football jerseys
May 11, 2006
Typecast
A new documentary looking at the history and direction of Swiss design - Typecast
April 28, 2006
Grandpeople
Fashionable and stylish graphic design work from Norway - Grandpeople - via
April 21, 2006
Jonathon Barnbrook
Typographer Jonathon Barnbrook is interviewed by Icograda. They discuss his new font family 'Bourgeois', his recent trip to Korea and the role politics plays in his work - via
March 23, 2006
25 Best free fonts
25 best free fonts - a good selection made by Vitaly Friedman
March 20, 2006
Linotype FontExplorer
Linotype have just released their new free font management tool FontExplorer
via AustralianinFront
March 17, 2006
The elements of Style Manuals
A very good insight into Style Manuals
The logos of web 2.0
If you are developing a new online application and you're needing some help with visually defining your brand - then check out Font Shops 'The Logos of Web 2.0'
March 10, 2006
A practical guide to web typography
A valuable resource for getting the most out of typography on the internet
Visual Dictionary
If typography is your thing you may enjoy signage a little more than most - The Visual Dictionary
February 13, 2006
Earth - graphically
February 10, 2006
The Graphic Imperative
International Posters for Peace, Social Justice and the Environment 1965-2005 The Graphic Imperative
January 09, 2006
Top fonts for 2005
Typographica look at some of their favourite fonts from 2005
December 16, 2005
Visualising the stockmarket
An interesting graphical way to view the Nikkei
November 22, 2005
Japanese graphic designer Sugiura Kohei
Tsuno Kaitaro from The Book & The Computer, talks with Japanese graphic designer Sugiura Kohei about Discovering an Asian Grammar of Design - via core77
November 08, 2005
Thinking with Type
Ellen Lupton's site is a nice little on-line companion to her book 'Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students'
October 27, 2005
Print and Play
September 28, 2005
Originality in Logo Design
The new Quark logo is causing some waves/smirks among the design community.
September 22, 2005
FontExplorer X
Linotype have just released their new font management utility 'FontExplorer X' and it's free.
September 15, 2005
An Annotated Manifesto for Growth
August 12, 2005
What's in a mark?
Essay followed by a discussion on the role of the logo.
Typography Workshop
Test your kerning skills and learn how to improve your letter spacing technique
August 02, 2005
Gogofrog
Build your own free Flash 3d website where you use the keyboard to navigate - Gogofrog
July 28, 2005
Great Graphic Designers
July 04, 2005
Super Deux
Cool, young illustration and design - Super Deux
Helvetica Meditations
Some fun examples of Helvetica in the public space
June 27, 2005
5 simple steps to better typography
Mark Boulton looks at typographic hierarchy (size & weight), the measure, ligatures and hanging punctuation.
June 10, 2005
Font design
Some basic tips on designing your own font
Logo Trends
Graphic Design USA lists the top logo design trends for 2005
June 09, 2005
TypeTalk Fonts
An interesting project where the font controls the content by changing what you type to suit the context of the font.
June 06, 2005
Gwarsh
Some quality Australian design - via dik
Top 100 font downloads
A good list of free fonts to download
Edward Tufte
Essays and writings from the information designer Edward Tufte
May 25, 2005
Logo design
An interview with Lindon Leader, designer of one of the worlds most successful logo's - FedEx
May 17, 2005
ReBrand
The ReBrand awards have recently been presented. ReBrand focuses on re-branding, re-focusing and revitalising of existing brands.
May 12, 2005
Colonel Sanders gets a facelift
Some extra brand development has been going on at KFC recently
April 22, 2005
Crimes against Typography
The story of Avant Garde - Futura was “the typeface of the future.” Helvetica was the typeface of corporate modernism. Avant Garde was the adopted as symbolic of raucous sixties and me-generation seventies.
March 16, 2005
Branding through words
The choice of copy used to sell a product can have as much (if not more) of an effect as the visual.
March 09, 2005
Danceteria
Some interesting flyer design from the 80's New York nightclub
Anti-Alcohol Posters
Some nicely design soviet era anti-alcohol posters
February 24, 2005
FontLeech
February 02, 2005
Thinking with Type
A new typography site
January 20, 2005
3d type
Some interesting experiments in 3d type
January 11, 2005
Colours for 2005
Adam Polselli's 2005 colour forecast - what are the 'in' colours for this year
January 05, 2005
Political Graphics
Some good poster designs with a political stance - check out the list of exhibitions
December 23, 2004
New Fonts
Over at Hydro74
Underware fonts
Some nice fonts
December 20, 2004
Porchez Typofonderie
December 09, 2004
Fonts
Some nice fonts over at thirstype
The Ends
Some nice visual identity work - via
November 22, 2004
Kontrapunkt
Kontrapunkt was awarded the Danish Design Prize for best typeface and is available for download
November 16, 2004
Building Letters
A limited edition charity design magazine with posters and fonts - worth a look
November 15, 2004
Our Type
Some nice typography
October 22, 2004
Mosaics for Mac OSX
A free software tool for making mosaic images on your mac
October 13, 2004
Quark updates
Quark has announced that they will be releasing version 6.5
October 11, 2004
Good Flag
How to design a good flag
October 01, 2004
Visual Ideology
An experiment where people with particular political beliefs choose an image based on a word presented to them.
September 24, 2004
Style File
A showcase of Australian book illustrators
September 22, 2004
Nice Fonts
Some nice fonts, some free - Mac Rhino Fonts
September 13, 2004
The branding of Polaroid
An interesting article/essay following Polaroid's brand progression.
August 19, 2004
What is Design for?
An interesting discussion where Creative Review editor Patrick Burgoyne asked Rick Poynor and Michael Bierut - What is Design for?
August 16, 2004
Olympukes font
A free pictogram font released by Fontshop and designed by Jonathan Barnbrook and Marcus McCallion just in time for the Olympukes
August 10, 2004
Excentro
A nice little shareware tool for creating 'Guilloche' designs on your mac. Guilloche is the ornate line drawings that you see in bank notes and other documents that try to make counterfeiting more difficult.
July 28, 2004
Melbourne Design Festival
The State of Design festival starts in Melbourne today.
July 27, 2004
The Program
A new initiative from the Australian Council - looks good
July 23, 2004
Evostruct
A Paris based design agency - via newstoday
July 22, 2004
Illustration and Poster work
Some nice illustration and poster work from Karen Oxman and Orthographic (via k10k) Misprinted Type and Shail Shah (via DiK)
July 21, 2004
The History of Graphic Design
The History of Graphic Design - 1945 to Present
Corporate Identity Documentation
A new site dedicated to the documentation of Corporate Identity Systems, style guides and corporate design manuals - Corporate Identity Documentation
July 20, 2004
TypoGenerator
Instant typographic madness
July 19, 2004
Saul Bass exhibition opens in London
The Design Museum, London opens a retrospective of the great film typographer Saul Bass
July 16, 2004
Photoshop plugin
If you need to clean up your digital photographs then this new Photoshop plugin from Reindeer Graphics may be just what you are looking for
Origami double CD case
If you're ever in need of storing cds but you only have an A4 piece of paper around - try this
July 15, 2004
Package design
A nice application for designing packaging protoypes - FoldUP!3D
July 13, 2004
Delicato
A fashionable, yet classical serif font - Delicato