ReWork
26/01/2012 – 17:55
Posters for Oscar nominated movies that maybe tell the truth of each movie a bit more than the conventional posters. For instance, Iron Lady becomes Total Bitch, Tree of Life becomes Wuh?, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo becomes All the Rape, No Subtitles. Via Kottke.
Typographic Conference – Birmingham Typographic Hub
26/01/2012 – 12:33
A two-day typographic conference
14–15 March 2012
BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN!
In the past typographers required both erudition and a knowledge of printing processes, including that of punch-cutting, type founding and printing; and only those who combined a knowledge of all three were fit to be styled a typographer.
Rob Banham, Lost in film: design and production in the twentieth century: Vince Connare, ‘We are the 99%’: Priscila Farias, Tropical types: São Paulo city 19th century typographers: Antero Ferreira, Design catalogue for the Archive of the University of Coimbra (2005–11): ortho-microtypography in scientific texts: Jessica Glaser, The graphic sandwich: Barbara Henry, Reading Walt Whitman’s faces: Thomas Milo, Arabic versus Eurabic: Julián Moncada, Diverse voices: perspectives on gender diversity and the development of type design history: Robert Sharl, David Osbaldestin, The new print: Aspasia Papadima, Thomas Photiadis, Evripides Zantides, The use of eye-tracker technology to evaluate gender perception differences/biases on typeface design and characteristics: Alice Savoie, International cross-currents in typeface design: France, Britain and the US in the phototypesetting era,1949–75: Juliet Shen, The several roles of a bespoke Native American font: Vaibhav Singh, Typography proper: lessons from the Hamiltonian system of interlinear translations in the digital era of multi-script typography: Elena Veguillas, La Tipografía: witness of the changes within the Spanish printing trade: Hazel Wilkinson, Ornamental type and the identification of unknown printers in the hand press period
More.
By the early twentieth century the definition of typographer was restricted to the designer of a printed page as distinct from the compositor or machine operator. Nowadays ‘typographer’ has become a vague term, which takes no account of the inherent differences that technology has brought to the discipline: typography is no longer a vocation but an emergent profession difficult to define.
Whether typography can be accounted an ancient calling or a new profession, it requires a high degree of discipline and technical knowledge. In this technological age, surely some way is needed of distinguishing between the ancillaries of the profession and the truly literate and practical typographer?
This symposium will look at the changing roles of typography’s past; examine the nature of typography’s present; and soothsayer into typography’s future.
Great Web Placement Opportunity
24/01/2012 – 20:28
We are looking for an enthusiastic new team member to join our web development department.
The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in website development and looking to start a career in the industry with a real enthusiasm.
You will have the chance to work alongside with our experienced web development team allowing you to learn a range of new skills.
The role will include:
- Basic website development (WordPress & Magento)
- Content management
- Web server backups
- Website user testing
Some website development experience is preferred but not required.
Should the work experience prove successful a full time job may be available.
Salary: This role is a Work Experience role and is unpaid (negotiable depending upon experience)
Applications: Please send a CV and email to oliver@clickymedia.co.uk
More Here. Via ex student Vicky Walsh so you’ll be in good hands etc, etc.
Nice 3D Street Art
23/01/2012 – 23:57
Boardwalk Empire
23/01/2012 – 16:12
Boardwalk Empire VFX Breakdowns of Season 2 from Brainstorm Digital on Vimeo.
Spoiler alert, if you don’t want to see how they create the look and ruin the magic do not click link.
FutureProofing
22/01/2012 – 21:49
Stockholm Design Lab: Wardapoteket Identity Scheme
22/01/2012 – 21:38
All of the body organs used in the identity scheme, click through to check out some neat applications.
Old style design of Recent Film posters
22/01/2012 – 13:53
Ulm School, Max Bill and More
20/01/2012 – 19:06
Over at AisleOne…. AisleOne reader, René, was kind enough to write in to share hiscollection of photos taken by Hans G. Conrad, the first student at the Ulm School of Design / Hochschule für Gestaltung HfG Ulm. Conrad passed away several years ago, but before he did he gave René over 12,000 photos. About two years ago René began to upload the images to Flickr. A lot of really great photos already up there, like the one pictured here of Otl Aicher teaching a typography class. You’ll find a lot of other great design legends in the photos like Bayer, Eames and Bill. Awesome post.
brand id from Helsinki
19/01/2012 – 09:52
