Sunday, January 29, 2012

Furniture of the mind: Eric Ku

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Eric Ku,  Chair/Chair,  2009, in the Walker Art Center’s  Graphic Design: Now in Production . The   exhibition documentation label adjace...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Michiel Schuurman’s posters—near-sighted legibility and far-sighted readability

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The highly ambitious exhibition, “ Graphic Design: Now in Production ” recently completed its run (1.22.12) at Walker Art Center. Include...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Interrelations between writing and typography

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cover design—Gerrit Noordzij, The Stroke: Theory of Writing The beauty of letters, whether handwritten or typographic, is that they cons...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Gerrit Noordzij: having a good time when you’re teaching

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Above is a Vimeo frame still of Gerrit Noordzij as he’s sketching and explaining the design of letterforms during his talk at TypeMedia...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Oded Ezer: “Biotypography”—imaginative discovery rather than pragmatism

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The pieces shown above (top) Tipografya poster, 2003 and Helvetica Live! poster, 2008 were designed by Oded Ezer of Tel Aviv. Current...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Dordt’s Campus Center Art Gallery features Canadian-inspired landscapes—Chris Stoffel Overvoorde: “The Alberta Drawings”

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Above image:   Looking North From Highway 3, Near Fort Mcleod, Alberta, 1993 . Twenty-five pieces from  The Alberta Drawings  collection...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Maureen Mooren: “The Walker Art Center’s Graphic Design: Now in Production”

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On exhibit at the Walker Art Center in Minneopolis is the Marres Identity System designed by Maureen Mooren . Marres is the name of the ...