October 27th, 2008 in GRAFFITI, ILLUSTRATION, INFORMATION GRAPHICS, LETTERING, PORTFOLIOS, TECHNOLOGY, TYPOGRAPHY, VIDEO | No Comments »
Lou Dorfsman, Creative Director for all things CBS for over 40 years died Wednesday in Roslyn NY at the age of 90 due to congestive heart failure. Dorfman has been in the design news a lot recently for the ongoing restoration project of his famous Gastrotypographicalassemblage wall which once lived in the CBS cafeteria. The Center for Design Study has assumed responsibility for the Wall’s preservation, including its restoration, maintenance and exhibition. More about Dorfsman can be found here & here
“He was the kingpin of the New York School of Design, a pluperfect, fearless, uncompromising perfectionist, and a father of corporate image in the world,”
-George Lois
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July 25th, 2008 in ILLUSTRATION, LETTERING, TYPOGRAPHY | No Comments »
Hype Store has teamed up with talanted illustrator Si Scott for a limited edition run of Hype Type prints. Check it out here.
Thanks to Billy for the tip.
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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 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.
April 24th, 2008 in LETTERING, TYPOGRAPHY | No Comments »
I stumbled upon this wall about two years ago while doing research on Herb Lubalin’s work. I was very happy to see this was being restored by The Center for Design Study in Atlanta.
The Center for Design Study, having acquired the wall, is engaged in fundraising to support the meticulous and extensive restoration required. The goal is to see Dorfman’s wall restored to its full integrity and as part of a permanent traveling exhibition on historical American design, to serve as a tool for education and expanding awareness of the value of intelligently applied design. The wall is a window to the past that should be built up, not torn down.
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