26/01/2007 by admin.

Fonts… There’s a million of ‘em, but not many are as flippin’ cool as the ones made by House Industries. Founded in Delaware in 1993, House has become internationally known as a prolific type foundry and design studio. Their collaborative typefaces for pop artists Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Shag, Coop and acclaimed architects Richard and Dion Neutra can be seen everywhere from magazines and billboards to TV. House founding partner Rich Roat will let you peek inside their incredible portfolio of work - from Monster Fonts to their line of textiles and furniture and beyond. Just think - they could have stopped with “CrackHouse”, then where would we be?

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26/01/2007 by admin.

The theme for this year’s event is “biodiversity” and the aim of the organisers is to showcase a range of designers and disciplines that reflect the diversity of work taking place in the field of graphic design today.

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26/01/2007 by admin.

Graphic Design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. It may be applied in any media, such as print, digital media, motion pictures, animation, product decoration, packaging, and signs. Graphic design as a practice can be traced back to the origin of the written word, but only in the late 19th century did it become identified as a separate entity.

The fundamental principles of design are alignment, balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, proportion, proximity, repetition, rhythm, unity, and white space.

Modern graphic design has evolved into a profession that is done almost entirely on computers. Common tools include Apple Macintosh computers, sketch pads, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Macromedia Freehand and Fireworks, and many other software programs.

http://digitalstudio.gre.ac.uk/content/section/7/34/

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26/01/2007 by admin.

Check out all the latest tee design submissions at www.threadless.com.

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26/01/2007 by admin.

Everyone wants to set the curve when it comes to style. No one wants to design out of a book of trends, but nevertheless, they emerge.
Take a peek at the following 11 logo design trends that we think will define the look of 2007.
Anyone looking for other people can be sure they’ve found them when they see a logo design with a buddy.
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26/01/2007 by admin.

One of the world’s most accomplished designers of Western typefaces comes from an unlikely place. Akira Kobayashi began working at a phototype manufacturer in Japan where he had to draw hundreds of complex Japanese characters every week. He was soon turned on to Western alphabets and went on to win awards for his Latin typefaces. As Type Director for Linotype, Kobayashi works with legends of type design — Adrian Frutiger and Hermann Zapf — to update their most important faces: Avenir, Frutiger, Palatino, and Optima. Here we feature just a small slice of Kobayashi’s finest work.  

fontshop.com publish here, his essay on the making of FF Clifford™. It is a wonderfully personal story about the struggles and discoveries of a five-year journey in type design. This text and its illustrations are published in the book “Made with FontFont”, which is filled with other histories and visual examples of the typefaces in FontShop’s house foundry. — SC

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26/01/2007 by admin.

Design, Illustration & Posters - See this powerful collection of work in the portfolio of design agency ‘The Heads of State’.

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26/01/2007 by admin.

FLATSTOCK 12 is being held in Austin, Texas in conjunction with the world’s premier Music Festival South By Southwest. Poster artists from around the world will hit The Austin Convention Center for the bi-annual convention sponsored by the American Poster Institute, dedicated to the promotion of music poster art and design worldwide. You’ve heard the sordid tales of deluxe poster prints sold to you the fans by the artists themselves, now come see for yourself. FLATSTOCK 12 is free for everyone so come one come all. Show up early and be ready to be overwhelmed with amazing posters (you might want to bring some dough too since you won’t want to leave empty handed.) FLATSTOCK 12 is an all-ages event.
See a large collection of their amazing posters here…

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26/01/2007 by admin.

Limited edition silk screen posters..

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