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Type Thursday 14: Holger Königsdörfer

Arlo — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:00:20 +0000

When I was thinking of what to post this week, I realized that I hadn’t featured any of the work of Holger Königsdörfer—from whom many wonderful things have come. Without ever having met him it seems that we share similar sentiments (or at least aesthetics) regarding type design. Here follows a smattering of his designs.

There’s also a lovely synopsis here about his graduating class from the Type Design program at KABK.

Acon

Lex

Romanée Revival

excellent design in a great range

Swipe Saturday 11

Arlo — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:42:02 +0000

Antonio Bernardo has some of the most stunning jewelry images (and jewelry). I dug these photographs out of my swipe folders after a frantic search of what I would post. I love the simplicity of the concept and the compositions are impeccable. I wish I knew the photographer.

simple. elegant. captivating

Two months later…

Arlo — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:22:58 +0000

The last couple months have been more busy than all the combined busy-ness of the last year. I get tired just thinking about it. But still I keep moving forward with anticipation for what’s coming next, always keeping myself as busy as I can handle. Hopefully this year will bring more consistent posts and some writing, not just pretty pictures (Although I know most people come for the pictures) I was finally able to fix the nav problem, too—something about the permalinks being messed up—but all the archives are viewable again. Whew. And I think I finally got rid of that nasty hack that kept sending everybody to a strange and malicious site. Here’s to a great new year!

Type Thursday 12: Carter Sans

Arlo — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:22:33 +0000

Matthew Carter has done it again—another instant classic shown in use for the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame Gala. The identity was designed by Joe Marianek, one of this year’s ADC Young Guns, under the direction of Pentagram New York partner, Michael Beirut. Using a new typeface, Carter Sans, designed by inductee Matthew Carter and Dan Reynolds, the system is entirely typographic and beautifully executed.

Attendees of the Gala will receive an advance copy of the typeface, and the rest of us will have to wait until January. It’ll be available on Fonts.com and Linotype. Definitely looking forward to this release.

Images from Pentagram’s blog

Type Thursdays 3

Arlo — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:52:03 +0000

Designed by Beth Shirrell, a recent grad from Tyler School of Art, designed Kalakari as part of her MFA. It also won first place in the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design Competition. This ornamental display face takes inspiration from Hindi architecture and the art of henna.

Kalakari translates from Hindi to English to mean ornamentation

Swipe Saturday 3 (On Monday)

Arlo — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:43:39 +0000

So this weekend was a little busier than I anticipated, so sorry for the delay.

‘what consumes me’ by bud cadell

The Living Principles

Arlo — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:35:28 +0000

The new Living Principles site is up and ready for some involvement. It’s formatted in such a way that you have the capability to post content as well as peruse what others post. The opportunity to create dialog about sustainability that isn’t directly tied to one profession will help cross-pollinate and develop a growing community.

The New Living Principles Web Site

Swipe Saturday 2

Arlo — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:19:29 +0000

If I played ping pong, I would have one—or two—of these. For Puma by Aruliden.

I Wanna be Part of The Club

Arlo — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:50:24 +0000

A new bold boutique hotel in Singapore called The Club.
By Ministry of Design.

Via Contemporist.com. Photos by CI&A Photography.

The Week After

Arlo — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:50:32 +0000

So it’s been a week since I returned to work after attending my first AIGA Leadership Retreat. Chattanooga, TN was (I’m sure) a relatively quiet city until nearly 300 devoted AIGA leaders descended. Our chapter was able to send 5. We arrived early in the morning, just in time to grab a couple hours light sleep before beginning what would become, for me, a weekend filled with inspiration, instant friends, and too many late nights in a row.

Some of the highlights included the button exchange at the opening social; 2 truths and a lie with AIGA President, Debbie Millman; meeting Wes from New Orleans, whose toe-headed son is named Arlo; local bars and their beer; seeing the beta launch of thelivingprinciples.org; the closing party by the Minnesota chapter; and, of course, all the great ideas for our local chapter’s continued success. Every group session, breakout session and lunch was filled with passionate people looking for the best ways to keep their chapters improving and growing.It was a revelation to see so many people experiencing and overcoming similar obstacles to membership, attendance at events and keeping involvement high in their local communities.

Like-minded individuals all gathered to help support each other toward a common goal: making AIGA’s mission mean something more than just words on a page.

The trick has been, and will be, to carry over the same level of passionate excitement to our local chapter’s retreat in mid July, but overall I’m looking forward to being a little more involved in shaping the programming here in Salt Lake.