Monday, December 21, 2009

TURN OFF WORD VERIFICATION

Sorry to have to pull out the cap locks but please

TURN OFF WORD VERIFICATION, NOW PLEASE.
Follow the steps below to DISABLE word verification
  1. Log into your blogger account.
  2. Navigate to your blog’s Settings >> Comments >> Show Word Verification For Comments?
  3. enable or disable word verification captcha on blogger


  4. Set it to NO and Save your settings.
  5. You are done.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Design Final Wrap-Up

Design Final:

In order to receive a grade for the course all your work must be posted on the blog no later than:
Monday 12.21.09
9am
Don't plan on Gen grading your blog last.

For those of you who still have no idea how to post your images on blogger here is a quick and easy tutorial:


How do I post my pictures on blogger?

Here is a run down of the assignments for this semester:
1. Type Specimen Book
2. 4 posters
3. Infographic
4. Project of your choice

All four projects should be posted on your blog. If you are using your blog for multiple classes or have alot of other content make sure you tag your final projects with 'projects' so that it is easier to find and look through.
Or re-post them all at the top of your blog.

Any questions? Email the T.A.'s and we will help you out.



Wednesday, December 9, 2009

All Things Typographic 12/09

Holiday greetings! Here's the latest scoop:

-- TypeTalk: You ask, we answer
-- Typeface as decoration: Thinking outside the alphabetical box
-- Typembrya
-- Homage to Velvet Touch Lettering
-- Upcoming Typography Workshops
-- Gourmet Typography Discount LAST MONTH
-- The Type Studio now on Twitter


TypeTalk: You ask, we answer
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TypeTalk Q. Most design software lets me stretch and squeeze characters, but I'm not sure how far is too far. Are there acceptable parameters for distorting type? Check it out...

Q. I'm bored with the look of digital fonts, even the ones that try to look grungy. Do I have other options? Check it out...



Typeface as decoration: Thinking outside the alphabetical box
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fytilogo Type is usually meant to be read. But not always! With a little imagination, you can use many typefaces to create engaging decorative elements. You can apply your original ornamentation to just about anything, from greeting cards and announcements to posters, book covers and editorial spreads. You can also use decorative type elements effectively on the Web and other dynamic applications. Read on...


Typembrya
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typembryo This short film shows a typographic mutation of an ampersand, inspired by current biotechnology methods. Created by Oded Ezer, Typembrya is a personal homage to the Mother & Child logo, designed by the legendary Herb Lubalin in 1967. Take a look...


Homage to Velvet Touch Lettering
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presstype Steve Heller's wonderfully nostalgic homage to the transfer type of the pre-computer (B.C.) era..."It was the wee hours of Monday morning some months back when my computer died while I was designing a brochure that had to be finished later that day. Without a computer what could I do? Dependency is a horrible thing. But rather than self-indulgently wallow in misfortune, I walked over to a flat file where I stored dozens of old press type sheets." Check it out...


Upcoming Typography Workshops
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handsm Every creative professional, including the most seasoned designer, can benefit from learning to communicate more effectively with type. This workshop will give you the expert-level typographic skills and aesthetics necessary to visibly improve your type. It will sharpen your eye and reignite your passion for typography.

Typography for Print: The Finer Points
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
Boston, MA
Friday, January 8

If you'd like to see Gourmet Typography come to Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or any other city, let me know! Ilene


Gourmet Typography Discount LAST MONTH
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Gourmet Typography In today's competitive market, you need all the edge you can get. Whether you are a student or a professional, having strong typographic skills should be at the top of your list.

Bring Gourmet Typography Training right to your company, school or organization! Workshops are customized for groups of any size and designed to fit your specific needs. Sessions are scheduled for your convenience - daytime, evenings or weekends. We will design a program customized for your particular requirements.

ONSITE TRAINING: $300 off workshops booked through December.
SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES: Special pricing, call 203.227.5929 for details.


"I found your class to be the missing link in the field of graphic design. I have had type classes before and the content is mostly about the structure of fonts, word usage style and then how to see type as a design element. Very important classes, but not all inclusive. Having been in the field for over 16 years, I was surprised how much I learned and some of the practical information about what to do with fonts. Thanks again!"

For more info, click here or call 203.227.5929.


The Type Studio now on Twitter
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twitterbird Yes, I gave in to Twitter pressure. It's no longer your teenager's social networking tool, but a valuable source of education and information for students, educators and professionals of all kinds.

Follow me at Twitter for the best of typographic rants, raves, reviews, and releases.

Graphic Competitions

LICC London International Creative competition

London International Creative Competition (LICC) is a vehicle for facilitating contact between uniquely talented artists and an international audience. LICC invites passionate visual artists, regardless of experience or nationality, to submit their innovative artwork for inclusion in the LICC competition. The artwork is juried by a board of internationally esteemed artists, writers, curators, gallery owners and other luminaries of the visual arts. The 15 finalists work will be presented at the LICC awards ceremony in London, one prize-winner will be chosen by the jury to receive the £2,000 cash prize. This year’s categories: Architectural, Audio/Music. Design (Environmental/Fashion/Graphic/Interior), Drawing/Illustration, Installation, Mixed Media, NetArt/Web Design, Painting, Performance, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textile, Video and Film, Writing.

Enter your work NOW!
2010 Competition will now accept entries.
Early Bird 20% Discount: 1 December, 2009
Deadline: 20 March, 2010


Golden Bee - Moscow International Biennial of Graphic Design
This has a really nice website!

Established in 1992, Golden Bee collects the best world achievements in graphic design. Golden Bee invites individual artists as well as groups of artists to submit an unlimited number of works to this year’s competition. There are no special format or printing technique requirements for posters and other printing and there is no participation fee. Categories: Poster, Graphic Design and Music, Graphic Design and Religion, Graphic Design and New Media, Special project ’All Gold of the World’. Awards Ceremony on 2 September 2010 at 20:00, Central House of Artists Concert Hall (Moscow, Russia).


Goodjoe T-Shirt Competition

Goodjoe is fighting poverty this Thanksgiving season, one t-shirt at a time. The San Jose-based apparel brand kicked off the season for giving with the launch of its "Design For a Greater Good" t-shirt design contest benefiting Silicon Valley-based Sacred Heart Community Service (SHCS), a non-profit organization whose mission is to unite a community to ensure that every child and adult is free from poverty. Students, designers and even your average Joe’s are invited to submit designs that reflect the organization’s mission. The winning design will be selected by SHCS staff based on how much it excites people about the cause. The winning designer will receive a plaque issued by SHCS to honor the artist’s contribution to end poverty, a plaque for their school (if they are currently a student), $300 from Goodjoe, and a collection of the brand’s collectible “Design of the Week” t-shirts.


**And this was just the first page of competitions you find on:

http://www.graphiccompetitions.com/

Monday, November 23, 2009

AWH, always with honor

Always With Honor is a creative collective specializing in map, icon,
and information design. Our mission is to create work that helps break
down complex information into simple (and fun) designs that are easily
understood and enjoyed.

To date our work has featured in such publications as Good, Esquire, Wired, Money
Magazine, and Wired Italia, and we are regular contributors to Monocle.
Our work also appears in books published by Chronicle Books and Harper Collins.





A diagram which maps out the connections between the
most disparate of forces, events, and systems affecting our planet.




Information graphic showing the levels, density and specific items
that make up the clouds of space debris surrounding our planet.





A diagram mapping out the combination each scientist draws from in their hybrid field of science.





Diagram pointing out areas of the brain that are affected by exercise and their impact.







http://www.alwayswithhonor.com/

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Orba Squara's website








Check out the band Orba Squara's website, full of infographic-like stuff, illustrations, photographs and maps of their trip across the States.

Go to http://www.orbasquara.com/

Thanks Milena.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

TALKING TYPE: 11/09


All Things Typographic: NOVEMBER ISSUE
from Irene's TypeStudio


Fall back to typography. Here's the latest scoop:
-- TypeTalk: You ask, we answer
-- Hanging Characters in QuarkXPress 8
-- Words at Play
-- Font Fight
-- Upcoming Typography Workshops
-- Gourmet Typography Discount LAST MONTH
-- The Type Studio now on Twitter


If this email is not displaying properly, you can view it here. Previous editions can be viewed here.


TypeTalk: You ask, we answer
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Q. You've written about figures in Open Type fonts, both oldstyle and lining variants and tabular and proportional spacing. But I have trouble figuring out which fonts have which. Can you help unravel this numerical mystery? Check it out...

Q. What is the difference between Times Roman and Times New Roman, and why are both listed in my font menu? Is Times Roman the "Old" version? Please explain! Check it out...


Hanging Characters in QuarkXPress 8
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Hanging punctuation has long been one of the hallmarks of expert typography. Adobe InDesign CS has provided for this with its Optical Margin Alignment. This feature makes it a snap to achieve an optically aligned margin - an effect you previously had to create manually, and painstakingly, with desktop publishing software. Quark 8 has finally stepped up to the plate, and now contains a very robust feature with precise and customizable controls for hanging characters. Read on...


Words at Play
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Spell out "words at play" with the floating characters, and see where it takes you. This book was created as a special project to celebrate the power of words, the beauty of typography, and the creativity of designers Roberto de Vicq and Matteo Bologna. Take a look...


Font Fight
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More on Helvetica and Arial, who get into a good old fashioned rumble in this College Humor video, which is a sequel to the the very funny Font Conference. Check it out...


Upcoming Typography Workshops
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Every creative professional, including the most seasoned designer, can benefit from learning to communicate more effectively with type. This workshop will give you the expert-level typographic skills and aesthetics necessary to visibly improve your type. It will sharpen your eye and reignite your passion for typography.

Gourmet Typography 1 and 2
TDC
New York
Friday, December 4
Part 1: 9 to 12
Part 2: 1 to 4

Typography for Print: The Finer Points
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
Boston
Friday, January 8

If you'd like to see Gourmet Typography come to Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or any other city, let me know! Ilene


Gourmet Typography Discount LAST MONTH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In today's competitive market, you need all the edge you can get. Whether you are a student or a professional, having strong typographic skills should be at the top of your list.

Bring Gourmet Typography Training right to your company, school or organization! Workshops are customized for groups of any size and designed to fit your specific needs. Sessions are scheduled for your convenience - daytime, evenings or weekends. We will design a program customized for your particular requirements.

ONSITE TRAINING: $300 off workshops booked through December.
SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES: Special pricing, call 203.227.5929 for details.


"I found your class to be the missing link in the field of graphic design. I have had type classes before and the content is mostly about the structure of fonts, word usage style and then how to see type as a design element. Very important classes, but not all inclusive. Having been in the field for over 16 years, I was surprised how much I learned and some of the practical information about what to do with fonts. Thanks again!"

For more info, click here or call 203.227.5929.


The Type Studio now on Twitter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yes, I gave in to Twitter pressure. It's no longer your teenager's social networking tool, but a valuable source of education and information for students, educators and professionals of all kinds.

Follow me at Twitter for the best of typographic rants, raves, reviews, and releases.



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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Information graphics, designers and more links

http://www.johngrimwade.com/

John Grimwade is the information graphics director of both Condé Nast Traveler and Condé Nast Portfolio magazines. With a career spanning over thirty years (which includes contributions to 30 other major magazines, and 8 years as graphics consultant to Popular Science), he is inarguably one of the most influential information graphic designers of the past

http://www.albertocairo.com/

http://benfry.com/

Ben Fry is director of Seed Visualization and its Phyllotaxis Lab, a design laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on understanding complex data. He currently develops Processing, an open-source software programming language. He also has a book out called Visualizing Data.

http://www.nigelholmes.com/


From 1966 to 1977 Nigel Holmes worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer in London, England for newspapers and magazines. From 1978 to 1994 he went to New York working for Time Magazine to design so called "explanation graphics" for the magazine. In that time he also continued other work as freelance designer, lecturer, and authored a book on "Wordless diagrams".

http://www.catalogtree.net/

A database of information graphics, made in the Netherlands.

http://www.xkcd.com/657/

A movie narrative chart of Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, 12 Angry Men and Primer.


Also, all the posts for infographics on typoblogger are now linked to "information graphics", which you can find on the right-hand side of this blog. So, check out the old posts put up for past classes.

Information graphics from Gen's students, past and present

Adrian Carhuayo

Alysson Castro

Andreina Carrillo

Blanda Eggenschweiler

Chris Rogers

Colette Nickola

Erin Kim

Rocco Cambareri

Sarah Macreading




Youkyung Choi

Yutt Wattanapanich

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Postwar Avant-Garde and the Culture of Protest, 1945 to 1968 and Beyond


Art and protest went hand in hand before they fused in the worldwide cultural rebellions of 1968. In 1945, young artists and activists from across war-torn Europe began to form international networks. Though established traditions—from Futurism to Surrealism—seemed at first to show the way, by the early 1950s, some had already commandeered the weapons of the past: discarding, scavenging, highjacking from the rubble of modernism to fight new battles.
Emphasizing graphic components, the Beinecke exhibition traces the culture of protest as it emerged from interactions between art and revolution in postwar Europe under the rubrics of Art brut, Lettrism, Cobra, Arte Nucleare, the Imaginist Bauhaus, the Lettrist and Situationist Internationals, the Provos of Amsterdam, Gruppe Spur and Berlin’s Kommune I, the Situationist Bauhaus, and the Italian “Movimiento ’77.” Highlights include the original working manuscript of Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle and a gallery of fifty posters from the Paris uprising of May 1968.

press release

until December 19, 2009
Yale’s Beinecke Library
New Haven, United States

reMap (Visual Complexity) - Information Graphic


reMap is a visual approach for navigating through visualcomplexity using "descriptive tags" that show the relationship between the projects.

Look at Bestiaro, who created this site, and also processing.org, which is one of the free open-source programming languages that creates interactive sites like this.