Volume I: Autumn
I’ve decided to revisit a font created in my last semester of Graphic Design. Project was to create a single weight font (not technically a family) that included numbers and symbols. I had a little less than a month to complete the project. Turned out well for the time I was given, but I’ve been wanting to tweak each glyph ever since.
This is a quick post I’ve been thinking about for a while.
A lot has been said about great iconic logos; IBM, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, ect. One of the logos with the most nostalgia for me is the National Geographic magazine cover. It’s a weird one, as it’s not really a logo. Now, they have the official logo with the yellow rectangle and text to the right, which is alright. But the real icon for the brand is the magazine itself. And that’s what I think is great about it.
Read the rest »I believe this was the last project from my Graphic Design 1 class back in the Community College days. My best guess is that each individual panel needs to convey the message (in this case, love) as well as when all six are combined.
My parents keep everything. So, I wasn’t shocked when I saw a 1955 telephone directory in their living room the other day. I love finding genuine things from the period. Mad Men is great and all, but these things aren’t retro inspired, thet are legit. And, I like things that weren’t designy (sp?). It’s a phone book that shows that these types that are thought of as modern and wonderful today, were, really just the types they used. Obviously they were modern types, and that was conscience, but I love the mix of 19th and 20th century on the same page. And, you gotta love 50s illustration.
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My copy of alphabeasties and other Amazing Types came in today. A big thank you to the good sir over at Grain Edit for letting me know about the book. Each letter of the alphabet is made into an animal using just one letter. For example, a hippopotamus is made up of h’s.
