May 27th, 2008 in ANIMATION, LETTERING, MOTION GRAPHICS, TYPOGRAPHY, VIDEO | No Comments »
Unless you start every film at chapter 2 you have no doubt seen the work of Saul Bass, graphic designer and master of film titles.
Saul Bass was one of the first to seize on the potential storytelling power of the opening and closing credits of a film. He used a number of styles (animation, live action, type treatments) to create credits for films as diverse as Casino (1995) and It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).
What he created were opening credit sequences that did not simply announce the credits and open the movie, they were instead a logical extension of the film.
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May 22nd, 2008 in ART, TYPOGRAPHY | No Comments »
Project Management/Signage Design: emphas!s design inc.
Light Art: Linnaea Tillett & Karin Tehve
“With these beautiful new signs and lights, visitors will have an easier time locating the Bridge’s pedestrian walkway and breathtaking views, as well as the wonders of Dumbo, the epicenter of ‘hip’ in Brooklyn.”
~Marty Markowitz
Via DumboNYC
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May 20th, 2008 in LECTURES, LETTERING, TECHNOLOGY, TYPOGRAPHY | No Comments »
Probably old news, but I just discovered AIGA has published many of its lectures online as audio pod-casts.
May 9th, 2008 in GRAFFITI | No Comments »
“In the space of a few hours with a couple of hundred cans of paint I’m hoping we can transform a dark forgotten filth pit into an oasis of beautiful art.”
The public is making its mark on graffiti artist Banksy’s first British exhibition in three years as a whole street has been transformed into an art exhibition. The Cans Festival, a three-day street party of stencil art in an old tunnel formerly used by taxis. After the exhibition closes the installations will be removed from the road, but the artwork will remain on the walls.
View more images at Pinewood Design, Via Design Is Kinky
