Infographics

Hello, friends!

Here are a few infographics that completely ROCK. 

 

 
 
 
 

Happy Sunday!

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Checkahs

Hello there!

So after lots of experimenting with letter forms in class, I narrowed everything down to one idea that I liked. Here is what I have come up with...

*drum roll please*



BAM

I decided to name the font Checkers because I mean REALLY what other name would fit it? Nope not any others. That's exactly what I was thinking.

Happy Thursday!

Modular Fonts

Hello, again.

We've officially moved onto Project 2 in typography! We are now working with modular fonts (sounds pretty neato if you ask me). I decided to go online and find a few modular fonts that I thought were super cool, and I know that y'all are just DYING to know what I found. So you don't you fret! Here they are:

I'm honestly really pumped about this project because HELLO HOW COOL ARE THOSE EXAMPLES?! Super cool. I'm still amazed.

Type Project: Finished

Hello, friends!

My first typography project is officially finished! Here is a link for you all to check it out:

CLICK HERE TO SEE IT WAHOOO

Kewl Designers Who are No Longer Breathing

Paul Rand

Paul Rand is a famous logo designer. Famously known for his UPS, ABC, and and IBM logos, he has designed a number of different things. He followed the principles of Swiss Graphic Design. He was also very influenced by modernism, and he loved the works of  Paul Cézanne to Jan Tschichold.

 

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rand"
"http://www.paul-rand.com"



Jan Tschichold

Tschichold was a book designer and typographer. He was trained in calligraphy, and his calligraphic work set him apart from most designers at the time. Tschichold played around with Modernist design principles as well as Swiss Graphic Design. Some famous typefaces Tschichold created are the following: Zues, Sabon, Transit, and Saskia.

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Tschichold"


Max Huber

Max Huber was a Swiss Graphic Designer. He was first employed with an advertising agency in Zurich, and he later on joined "the group Allianz and, in 1942, he exhibits his abstract work at the Kunsthaus Zurich with Max Bill, Leo Leuppi, Richard Lohse and Camille Graeser." He also designed a series of records covers, music magazines, and the set stage for a jazz festival. Huber was big on bold colors and using shapes within his work. He received many awards for his work.

 


"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Huber_(graphic_designer)"

Robert Massin

Massin was a French graphic designer, typographer, and art director. He is most well known for his experimentation with typographic composition. "He began working as a designer following World War II. Massin's immediate influence in the 1950s was innovative French book designer Pierre Faucheux. Faucheux emphasized the idea that each new book should be a new object determined by type choice, proportion and déroulement, the development of a visual concept over several pages." Massin produced visual works as well as published books.

 

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Massin"


Emil Ruder

Emily Ruder was Swiss typographer and graphic designer. He worked with Armin Hofmann. "He is distinguishable in the field of typography for developing a holistic approach to designing and teaching that comprised philosophy, theory and a systematic practical methodology." He was one of the major contributors to the Swiss style. 

 

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Ruder"

Kewl Designers Who Are Still Breathing

Jessica Hische

Jessica Hische is an American letterer, illustrator, and type designer.  She was born in Charleston, South Caroline, and she graduated from the Tyler School of Art with a Graphic and Interactive Design degree. She has done all kinds of work: featured in many journals/magazines, designed book covers, designed packaging, and worked with famous clients (The New York Times, Penguin Books, Victoria's Secret, Nike, Samsung, etc).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Hische

Neville Brody

Neville Brody is an English graphic designer, typographer, and art director. He graduated from the London College of Printing and Hornsey College of Art. His work is known around the world. He's working with The Face magazine and also Arena magazine. He is Head of the Communication Art and Design department at the Royal College of Art.  

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Brody"


Matthew Carter

Matthew Carter is a type designer. He is currently living in Massuchusetts. Carter is most famous for designing the web fonts Verdana and Georgia. Carter's father was an English typographer. His father influenced his love for type.  

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Carter"


Armin Hofmann

Armin Hofmann is a swiss graphic designer. "His work is recognized for its reliance on the fundamental elements of graphic form - point, line, and shape - while subtly conveying simplicity, complexity, representation, and abstraction." He is most famous for his poster designs which have been exhibited in famous museums, such as the New York Museum of Modern Art.

 

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Hofmann"


Erik Spiekermann

A German typographer and designer, Spiekermann is a professor at the University of the Arts   Bremen. "Spiekermann studied art history at Berlin's Free University, funding himself by running a letterpress printing press in the basement of his house. Between 1972 and 1979, he worked as a freelance graphic designer in London before returning to Berlin and founding MetaDesign with two partners." He is most famous for his type designs, and the typefaces he has created. 

 

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Spiekermann"

Frutiger and Univers

Adrka Frutiger is a famous, well-known type-designer. The fonts that he has produced are quite popular, and most people use them daily. Frutiger was born in Switzerland. As a teenager, he worked for printer’s apprentice near his hometown. Later on Frutiger decided to move to Zurich so that he could study at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts. This is where he started to delve into the art world.

Frutiger decided to move, once again, and he found work at Deberny and Peignot typefoundry. There, he helped the company move classic types to newer phototypesetting technologies. While doing this, Frutiger was creating typefaces of his own. As his typefaces grew in popularity, his name grew in popularity as a type designer. A few typefaces that Frutiger created are the following: Avenir, Frutiger, Univers, Didot, Serifa, Apollo,  and Courier New. In some of his recent collaborations, Frutiger Next and Avenir Next were created.

Today, his typefaces are found just about anywhere, and millions of people use them everyday. His typefaces are readily available. Frutiger was quite creative when it came to type, and he changed the entire type design world with his work. He is currently living in Bern, Switzerland and experimenting with woodcuts.

Frutiger created the Univers typeface in 1956.  What makes the Univers grid so "unique" is that usual typefaces use different weights and variations within their type families and are labeled by the use of numbers rather than names; however, in the Univers family, the typeface names include both number and names.