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Design as Social Comment (or) Fractured Fairy Tales

Huh? Really? Jarvie wants to comment upon our disposable culture? Can’t you just say it looks cool? Why do you have to bring a cultural criticism into it that is not reflected in the rest of your work?

Posted in Amusement, Course Related, Design Theory, Editorial, Visual Concepts

Typography Resources: New and Improved!

Thank you to Cat and her magical, type-resource-link finding prowess! The Typography page of the Resources section has been officially updated!

Posted in Amusement, Course Related, Education, Resources, Typography, Vocation & Profession

Designing type is like driving a car…

…in that you need to get somewhere safely, hopefully with some style, ideally without being maimed or coming to the attention of law enforcement.

Posted in Amusement, Course Related, Education, Resources, Typography, Vocation & Profession

Internal Design & Architecture

Those new-fang-geld “x” rays are pretty powerful. Did you know we have bones inside of us?

Posted in Amusement, Course Related, Visual Concepts

Typophobe / Typophile

Are you looking for an application to simulate color blindness? Do you want to know how to implement multiple baseline grids in InDesign? What is it about the Em Square that sets moveable type apart from calligraphic stroke and how is a digital world removing this difference after 500 years? These topics and so many more are on tap daily at Typophile.

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