the atrocity exhibition: 24.02.08

27 February 2008

helvetica

This is a great documentary. Sure, a movie about a font doesn't sound all that exciting, but it's pretty cool.

This here blog is in Arial, which is basically the poor man's Helvetica. But believe you me, if Helvetica was an option, I'd choose it.

Below is a trailer for it. The trailer is just a collection of images, but the movie itself has a lot of surprisingly entertaining interviews with designers.

http://www.helveticafilm.com/

toys for adults

26 February 2008

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summer in sydney

The New York Times' travel section just ran a big feature on Summer in Sydney.

This is confusing because:

1. The weather this summer has been shit.
2. It's nearly over.

Read about it here and here and here.

muppets take pyongyang

The New York Philharmonic visits Pyongyang.

Read about it here.

26 types of animals

I believe this is a graphic design student's thesis. Fonts based on animals. A different animal/font for each letter of the alphabet.

Here are a few:

See the rest here.

makeshift bookshelf

This Penguin ad has stickers that you can peel and put anywhere, giving you a bookshelf wherever. Cool idea/design, but does it suggest that having books (and displaying them) is more important than reading books? Or is it just saying that you should have books around at all times?

Found here.