Creative Review sets out to document a month in the life of a graphic designer
Armin posts 100 of his rejected logos.
Indie Rock meets Infographics. This stuff is brilliant.
Marian Bantjes on the London Olympic logo, from the SpeakUp discussion (in the comments…no permalinks…scroll down): I really don’t think legibility matters here…With something as heavily promoted as the Olympics, in all honesty anything would work. You throw it at people long enough and hard enough and they’ll recognize it and even buy the t-shirts, no […]
I love this new typeface, Oxtail, from Stefan Hattenbach and FontShop. It’s a very fresh take on the Egyptian/Clarendon style that has gotten a little overused in recent years. It’d be great for getting that Clarendon feel from small caps without looking like Starbucks, and you get those luscious italics too.
Pages are the problem. Khoi Vinh vents the frustrations of web designers and information architects everywhere.
BuzzFeed & Ze Frank are hosting a party for you at SXSW 2007, featuring a live performance from Ze, live music from Juiceboxxx, a sweet roof deck, and free drinks, of course. It’s at the Molotov Lounge on Sat, March 10 and starts at 10pm. Sign up on Upcoming.org if you plan on attending.
Looks like Helvetica is generating some buzz. Yay! Our first graphic design trend!
The 100 Best Fonts as voted by Roger Black, Stephen Coles, Jan Middendorp, Veronika Elsner, Ralf Herrman, Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs and Claudia Guminski. I’d be interested to read more about the thought behind the selections. Does “best” mean some objective measurement of quality or is it more about it’s cultural significance? How does Clarendon only come […]
This spring’s AIGA NY Small Talk series has a star studded line-up. Don’t miss out on the season tickets.
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. I am a graphic designer specializing in interactive design, information architecture, user-interface design, and front-end development. I’m currently employed full time as the lead designer for BuzzFeed in New York City.
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