Moshun is an animated geometric typeface by Calango:
(via Coudal / Graphic Hug)
Published September 3, 2010
Tag: video
Published August 25, 2010
The Beauty of Data Visualization
David McCandless, author of Information is Beautiful / The Visual Miscellaneum (same book different title), explains how simple diagrams can reveal unexpected patterns and connections in complex data sets at TED:
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/08/10-reading-revolutions-before-e-books/62004/
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Published August 17, 2010
TELEPHONEME
Inspired by The Alphabet Conspiracy and other educational films from the 1950’s and 1960’s, TELEPHONEME is a hybrid live-action and animated short created by design collective MK12 about the science of the alphabet and sinister hidden messages carried by language:
MK12 also developed a special typeface for the film that can be downloaded from the TELEPHONEME website.
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Published August 10, 2010
Words
Latest WYNC RadioLab podcast is all about words, and filmmakers Will Hoffman and Daniel Mercadante have made a beautiful video about wordplay and visual connections to accompany the episode:
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Published August 6, 2010
Education and Creativity
I thought I had posted about creativity and education expert Sir Ken Robinson before, but apparently I haven’t and so thank you to The Donut Project for reminding me to watch his TED talks again and mention them here…
In 2006 Robinson gave an inspiring presentation about creating an education system that nurtures creativity, and he returned to TED in 2010 to make the case for a shift away from standardized schools to fostering creativity and the natural talents of kids.
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Published August 3, 2010
The Wave Pictures, Sweetheart
The official video for The Wave Pictures EP Sweetheart, directed by Ben Reed and made entirely out of second hand books:
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Published August 3, 2010
Tintin and the Secret of Literature
A neat animated digital book cover by Charlie Orr for Tom McCarthy’s Tintin and the Secret of Literature:
[I have removed the video — for the time being at least — at the request of my web hosting service due to a complaint from Citel Video. The video is still available at Vimeo]
Does anyone have any more information on this? There’s more information about Charlie’s digital book cover project at The Hypothetical Library.
(via @HughMcGuire)
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Published July 28, 2010
The Diary of a Disappointed Book
A whimsical short film by Studiocanoe about a disappointing year in the life of a book:
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Published July 28, 2010
Rework
Co-founder of 37 Signals and author of Rework Jason Fried talks to Peter Hopkins, co-founder of Big Think, in this hour-long interview for HP’s Input| Output series:
It all seems like good advice, especially if you run a small business (or thinking of starting one), and while it’s hard to pin down any specific relevance for the book industry, it got me thinking about this post again, and the idea we should always focus on making stuff.
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Published July 26, 2010
Eggs and Sausage
A student project for a class at New York’s School of Visual Arts, Jackie Lay’s neat typographic video is set to Tom Waits’ Eggs and Sausage:
In a recent interview with Jeffrey Hyatt at DesignCrave, Lay said:
“I didn’t want to be too literal with the imagery… but I did follow the loose narrative arc in the song of a man going to a late-night diner, ordering his meal off the menu and then lamenting over his unrequited love on napkins, finished off with the waitress bringing the check.”
The video was awarded a Certificate of Typographic Excellence by the Type Directors Club.
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Published July 25, 2010
TypoElements 2010
A motion graphics tribute to Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style by Toronto-based Chris Kim, who is currently studying Radio & Television Arts at Ryerson University:
TypoElements 2010 won an Applied Arts 2010 Student Award.
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Published July 19, 2010
Finding the Unique Visual Story
The latest Gestalten.tv video podcast is a conversation with New York Times Graphics Director Steven Duenes and Graphics Editor Archie Tse. Duanes and Tse talk about creating daily images, diagrams, charts, and interactive media for the newspaper, and providing the clearest possible visualization of data: