Design Observer is a platform created by Michael Beirut (Pentagram) and Jessica Helmand. Design Observer publish a suite of interesting podcasts including:
Have a look / listen to all of their podcasts here: designobserver.com/podcasts.php.
99% Invisible is a podcast that shares stories about design – covering every conceivable aspect of the discipline. The show is produced and hosted by Roman Mars in Oakland, California. You can listen to the extensive episode archive via: 99percentinvisible.org
Art’bracadabra is a absolutely stunning series of animations by French artist / designer Raphaël Garnier produced for the Pompidou Centre’s web TV channel. The short animations share some of the fundamental elements of visual art starting with the dot and looking at line, form, material, tools, colours and so on. I’d highly recommend watching all 10 episodes on Raphaël’s Vimeo channel.
Popper Publishing is a relatively new imprint from Latvia set up as a platform for books, art zines and other projects about illustration, graphic design, photography and fine art. Their main focus is the Popper Magazine. More info on their publications can be found at poppermag.com.
This is a great piece of experimental motion typography created by placing a container of thick fluid (made with cornstarch and water) on top of a speaker that’s playing 40-80hz sounds.
A beautiful piece of motion graphics by Thibault de Fournas that shows the evolution of typography from paper to screen.
I recently came across this great project from graphic designer Hanif Kureshi. The beautiful art of sign painting in India is threatened due to the much cheaper alternative of digital printing. Kureshi started this project in an attempt to champion and preserve some of the many incredible hand styles that were once commonplace across India. Find out more about the project at handpaintedtype.com
I presented at Pecha Kucha Night Dundee Vol 18 on Thursday 25 May 2017, as part of the Dundee Design Festival. My talk focused on why collaboration is such an important part of my creative process.
Alphabettes.org is a showcase for work, commentary, and research on lettering, typography, and type design by women.
“There is no definitive form of the alphabet. To think that we’ve “solved the problem of typeface design” is to assume that the alphabet has been “solved”, that its forms have all been discovered. The alphabet is not a problem to be solved by a typeface. It is a concept made concrete through countless written and designed letterforms; the alphabet is not defined by a single typeface but expressed through all of them.”
I love this explanation of why we need new typefaces by typographer Kris Sowersby of the The Klim Type Foundry, New Zealand. Read Kris’ full blog here.
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