Books, Design and Culture
Over the last month, Kemistry Gallery in London has been exhibiting the work of legendary designer Lou Dorfsman, art director for the CBS network. The exhibition, which closes at the end of the October, centres on Dorfman’s most famous creation, the 11 metre wide handmade wooden typographic wall Gastrotypographicalassemblage. With custom type created by Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase, it contains almost 1500 individual characters:
Comments closedA fascinating 54-minute documentary about news and data visualization by Geoff McGhee:
(via Information Aesthetics)
Comments closedA clever book trailer for Steven Johnson’s new book Where Good Ideas Come From :
(via Kottke)
2 CommentsBYUN is the first film in a series called This Must Be the Place by Lost & Found. The series explores the idea of home — what makes them, how they represent us, and why we need them. I can’t wait to see the rest of the series…
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1 CommentAn amazing book trailer for an amazing pop-up book by illustrator Benjamin Lacombe:
(via Daily Design Discoveries)
3 CommentsA short documentary about the artist and educator Josef Albers, author of the seminal Interaction of Color and widely regarded as the father of modern colour theory:
The film is the first part of ‘The Full Spectrum’ a three-part series on colour produced earlier this year by Dwell Magazine.
(via Swiss Legacy)
Comments closedIt is turning into something of a mini Massimo Vignelli week at The Casual Optimist. Here is John Madere’s short documentary about the designer, mentioned briefly on Wednesday:
3 CommentsThe Desk is a fascinating mini-documentary about our complex relationships with our workspace. It features commentary from experts Alice Twemlow, Eric Abrahamson, Massimo Vignelli, David Miller, Kurt Andersen, Søren Kjær, Alfred Stadler, Jennifer Lai, and Ben Bajorek:
Created by Imaginary Forces for L Studio, The Desk first episode in a series called ‘Lines’ that looks at the design of everyday objects and they affect us. Other episodes include The High Heel, The Lens, The Elevator, and The Parking Structure.
(via Brandon Schaefer)
Comments closedI posted this documentary short about baker Chad Robertson, co-founder of Tartine Bakery & Café in San Francisco and author of Tartine Bread, on the Raincoast Books blog yesterday. I wanted to share it here as well because there is definitely something inspiring about Chad’s process, enthusiasm, and dedication to his craft. And he’s a surfer…
(Disclosure: Tartine Bread is published by Chronicle Books, who are distributed in Canada by my employer Raincoast Books)
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