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32 days ago
Book Review: Thinking with Type
Note: although this is the first time this review is published, most of it was written in the first half of 2007.
This is a review of Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton. The book is published in paperback, and weighs in at 176 pages.
The publisher’s synopsis claims that the book “presents practical information about typographic design that can be immediately applied within the context of design history and theory”, and the book begins with the claim that it is not about fonts, but “how to use them”. I was looking for a practical guide to typography for self-study, and after reading reviews for the book on Amazon, I thought it would be a wise purchase. I would be proven wrong.
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42 days ago
This recession thinking is bullshit
People are in a panic. Withdrawing money from banks, cutting spending wildly. Posters for fashion magazines offer to help you dress well “even in a recession”. Yamamori is offering a “credit crunch lunch” with champagne, like one last hurrah on the Titanic before it sinks beneath the waves.
But if you cancel projects primarily because we are in a recession, you’re a moron. In fact, now is among the best times to take risks with your business.
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115 days ago
Train times on your iPhone
At this week’s OpenCoffee Club I demoed a small application that shows train times on your iPhone that was warmly received — thanks guys! This blog post introduces the application and some features.
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152 days ago
Movie studio does the right thing?
After opening my copy of Day Watch this evening, I was pleasantly surprised to find something you really don’t see all that often… a thank you note.
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173 days ago
State is one of the best-designed magazines out there
Sometimes I’ll drop into a newsagents and have a look over the magazines for design inspiration and, if I find anything I like, I’ll buy it to pour over later.
The first issue of State caught my eye immediately. It is beautiful.
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