Do you want to learn how to draw your own fonts? Read my review of a fun new how-to by Tony Seddon at The Designer’s Review of Books.
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Freelance Tips
Do you want to learn about successful freelancing? Check out Freelance Unleashed, featuring an interview with me.
Numbers in Graphic Design
We’re very happy to have our design for the book One Million featured in Roger Fawcett-Tang’s new book, Numbers in Graphic Design. It’s a great sourcebook for the design of number-heavy information, and shows some inspiring design examples. The author writes that numbers “are multilingual, universally understood, varied in form, highly adaptable and yet still instantly recognizable since each of the ten characters has its own strong and unique identity.” Pick it up at your favorite bookstore, or order it here.
Herb Lubalin Study Center
I recently did some research at the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, located at the Cooper Union in NYC. It’s an amazing resource of Lubalin’s complete collection of work, and has some pieces by designers like Lester Beall, Will Burtin, Otl Aicher, Lou Dorfsman, Alvin Lustig, and Massimo Vignelli. After doing most research on a screen, it’s great to see actual printed samples and sketches from these design icons. The Center is free and open to anyone–all you have to do is make an appointment. http://lubalincenter.cooper.edu/
50 Books 50 Covers
After it seemed like the AIGA book design competition might go away, it was given new life by a partnership among AIGA, Design Observer, and Designers and Books. You can see the 2011 winners here. My three-year-old’s favorite is Patricia Intriago’s DOT, while I have been enjoying Stefan Bucher’s 344 QUESTIONS and BETTER BY MISTAKE, designed by Alex Merto and directed by Helen Yentus.
See the Studio
Cool new blog Designed Space showcases creative spaces around the world. See what Think Studio looks like in the latest post. Follow them on twitter to get updates on new spaces.
Font Sunday
London’s Design Museum is having fun on twitter by asking people to post images of a weekly type theme. Last week, it was number ones, and ours is below. Check out all the other great ones on Font Picker’s Pinterest board.
Our Work is Featured in New Typography Book
Denise Bosler’s book Mastering Type: The Essential Guide to Typography features a poster we designed for World Financial Center.
More Carrot City Press
Leaf Litter, a newsletter on Biohabitiats, has a good interview with Dr. Mark Gorgolewski, author of the urban agriculture book Carrot City that we designed. The book has also been recently reviewed by Green Book Reviews and A Weekly Dose of Architecture. And, if you’re in Paris this summer, see the exhibit at Chai du Parc de Bercy.