Mar
26
It Really *IS* All About Me, Mine and Me
March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Flipping through the latest issue of Time magazine (March 30, 2009), I stopped at a page that read in a nice, thick, satisfying, sans-serify font:
‘mine. My Magazine. My Way.”
I took the path offered to timeinc.com/mine and signed up to receive what was being promised as a “publication made just for (me)”. Clicking through landed [...]
Sep
11
Great Typography May Not Win You The Election
September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I’m not alone in noting that Barack Obama’s campaign is showing one of the most sophisticated uses of typography during an election year in recent memory. Consistency in the elegant use of the Gotham typeface and the distinctive graphical elements that carry through from print to web to television are a graphic designer’s dream [...]
Aug
22
Beautifully Designed “5″ Gum
August 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I love gum: a Haiku
I LOVE gum all day,
Bad habit I can’t escape,
Model I’ll never be.
I just bought three packets of beautifully designed gum. Admittedly, this was an impulse buy. I just had to get my hands on that beautifully-designed packaging. Opening the box is a delight, flip the lid and you are [...]
Aug
22
Not Enough People Love Typography
August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment
ILoveTypography.com: This site makes me fall in love with typography with every visit. In my daily toil using Microsoft Turd Word, Excel or just working in code-view all day, I forget about the power of typographic design. In my college days, I remember not being very fond (understatement of the year) of [...]