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Published September 19, 2014

Self Initiated: Stanley Chow

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Like their first film about illustrator and typographer Daren Newman, the second short in the ‘Self Initiated’ series by the folks from Manchester-based Daylight is about a local talent.

Even if you don’t immediately recognize Stanley Chow‘s name, you will have seen his illustrations for The New Yorker, Wired, and Entertainment Weekly among other places. Most likely, you have have seen his portraits of pop culture icons online too. In the film, Chow talks about his process, inspiration, and doing the work he loves:

You can buy prints of Stanley Chow’s work from his print shop.

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Published September 18, 2014

Alan Kitching and Monotype

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Well, this is absolutely lovely — a short film about letterpress typographer, designer, artist (and accordion player) Alan Kitching, and a set of posters he created with Monotype to celebrate the centenary of five influential designers born in 1914: Tom Eckersley, Paul Rand, FHK Henrion, Josef Müller-Brockmann and Abram Games:

(via David Pearson)

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Published September 9, 2014

Type Safari with James Victore

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While I’m posting typography videos, this is pretty fun too — designer James Victore tours around Brooklyn and Queens (in a jeep!) passing judgement on the local signs and street typography:

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And if this is your thing, The Makeshift Society is organizing a series of evening events in Brooklyn about type and type design with a host of great speakers. (I guess we all need to move to Brooklyn!).

(via SwissMiss)

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Published September 9, 2014

Dan Rhatigan on type…Type on Dan Rhatigan

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This is kind of amazing… Type designer Dan Rhatigan talking about his love of type, and his typographic tattoos:

And if you didn’t catch all that, Dan helpfully posted a list of his tattoos (as August 2014) on his website:

  1. R from unknown wood type
  2. & from Poetica by Robert Slimbach
  3. ü from Meta Bold by Erik Spiekermann
  4. s from Fette Fraktur
  5. K from the old Krispy Kreme logo
  6. g from Baskerville, based on types of John Baskerville
  7. § from Champion Gothic Middleweight by Jonathan Hoefler
  8. 7 from Century Oldstyle Bold by Morris Fuller Benton
  9. y from Cooper Black Italic by Oswald Cooper
  10. W from Whitney Bold by Tobias Frere-Jones
  11. z from Stilla by François Boltana
  12. r from Maple Medium by Eric Olson
  13. 2 from Ingeborg Block by Michael Hochleitner
  14. w from Actium Black Italic by Gerben Dollen
  15. a from Dolly Italic by Underware
  16. e from Sodachrome (Left and Right) by Ian Moore and Dan Rhatigan
  17. Y from Banco by Roger Excoffon
  18. Å from Leyton by Ian Moore
  19. C from De Little 30-Line 196
  20. H from Calypso by Roger Excoffon
  21. é from Gill Sans Ultrabold (Gill Kayo) by Eric Gill
  22. B from Festival Titling by Phillip Boydell
  23. ø from Bell Centennial Bold Listing by Matthew Carter

In another recent video, Dan talks about the design of Monotype’s Ryman Eco, “the world’s most beautiful sustainable font”, which apparently uses 33% less ink than standard fonts:

This promotional video for Ryman Eco is also nicely done:

 

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Published August 22, 2014

Luke Pearson’s Hildafolk

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We’re big fans of Luke Pearson and his ‘Hildafolk’ graphic novels in our house. In this video for publisher Nobrow Press he talks about drawing the books, and the most recent volume in the series, Hilda and the Black Hound:

 

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Published June 25, 2014

Michael Bierut — The Creative Influence

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In this new short film for The Creative Influence documentary series, designer Michael Bierut talks about his mentor Massimo Vignelli, what makes an enduring logo, and how the internet has changed the way we work:

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Published June 10, 2014

Like Knows Like: James Victore

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In a new video for Like Knows Like, Brooklyn-based designer and educator James Victore opens up about his life and work:

 

And if you like the cut of Mr. Victore’s jib, he also has a YouTube series called Burning Questions (and a book).

(via SwissMiss)

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Published June 10, 2014

Shepard Fairey: Obey This Film

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Love it or hate it, Shepard Fairey’s bold graphic style with its limited colour-palette and appropriated pop culture imagery, is immediately recognizable and much-imitated.

In this interesting short film by Brett Novak,  the Los Angeles-based artist talks openly about his work, influences, and, yes, the Obama ‘Hope’ poster:

 

An exhibition of new work by Fairey is currently on display — alongside prints by the artist Jasper Johns — at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in the Fairey’s home town of Charleston, South Carolina.

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Published June 3, 2014

Times New Roman: Designing The Times

Originally designed for The Times in 1931, Times New Roman is now virtually ubiquitous — a default most people don’t even think about. In this lovely looking film — part of a series of beautifully produced short films about the history Times and Sunday Times newspapers — designers and typographers re-evaluate the font and its legacy.

(via Creative Review)

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Published May 26, 2014

Self Initiated: Daren Newman

Self Initiated is a lovely and inspiring short film about the seemingly very down-to-earth designer, illustrator and typographer Daren Newman:

(via Quipsologies)

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Published May 8, 2014

Nicholson Baker: “Wrapping Sentences Around Things”

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This made a couple of people in my Twitter feed very, very happy today — author Nicholson Baker talking about writing, design and the influence of his parents, who both studied at Parsons School of Design in New York, at Lingua Franca: The 2014 D-Crit Conference at the School of Visual Arts last week:

As Michael Bierut noted on Twitter, Nicholson Baker’s father was a graphic designer who worked for the great Erik Nitsche! Who knew?

(via @acejet170)

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Published April 24, 2014

The Story of Pelican Books

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Penguin UK is relaunching its nonfiction line Pelican in May with a redesigned logo and design. This short new video from the publisher takes a flying look at the imprint’s history and some of its more memorable covers:

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