ARLO VANCE

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The Sub/Conscious Meanderings of a Design Philandros

Type Thursdays 4

So karaōke went a lit­tle longer than I expected last night—hence the slight delay in this week’s Type Thursday. But these infor­ma­tion graph­ics are too awe­some to let slip by. Intelligence in Lifestyle, an Italian men’s mag­a­zine isn’t avail­able in the U.S., but there’s an amaz­ing flickr stream of high qual­ity images (that’s where I got these, via iso50)

Intelligence in Lifestyle Magazine Covers
More Intelligence in Lifestyle Magazine Covers

Intelligence in Lifestyle covers

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Intelligence in Lifestyle Information Graphics







infor­ma­tion graph­ics from inte­rior spreads

Swipe Saturday 3

In Iron Man 2 the 3D inter­face used by Tony Stark for his research was stun­ning and extremely com­plex. Here are a few of the visu­al­iza­tions Prologue devel­oped for the film.

Iron Man 2: Visualization 1
Iron Man 2: Visualization 2
Iron Man 2: Visualization 3
Iron Man 2: Visualization 4
Iron Man 2: Visualization 5
Iron Man 2: Visualization 6

visu­al­iza­tions of the ‘new ele­ment’ and other ele­ments from the film

Type Thursdays 3

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 - an ornamental display typeface
Kalakari - another sample of ornamented type
Kalakari - The character set

Kalakari trans­lates from Hindi to English to mean ornamentation

Swipe Saturday 3 (On Monday)

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

Skill Set Chart

‘what con­sumes me’ by bud cadell

Green Week 2010

Today is the last day of GreenWeek at 3form, a week focused solely on sus­tain­abil­ity. I’ve been employed for two months now and have had a total trans­for­ma­tion in my thoughts about what a cor­po­ra­tion can do about sus­tain­abil­ity in Utah. All it takes is a com­mit­ted team and some aggres­sive goals:

1. Stop send­ing man­u­fac­tur­ing waste to land­fill. Although chal­leng­ing, there have been some won­der­ful solu­tions to this prob­lem. In the last year more than 90% of 3form’s waste has been diverted to cre­ate new prod­ucts or become a sources of energy for other man­u­fac­tur­ing in Utah.

2. Be car­bon neu­tral by 2017. Okay, so for a man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pany, this is an extra­or­di­nar­ily aggres­sive goal con­sid­er­ing all of the chem­i­cals, raw mate­ri­als and energy needed to pro­duce translu­cent acrylics, resins and polyvinyls.

3. Increase recy­cled con­tent in the prod­ucts. Right now, most of the prod­uct lines con­tain 40% pre-​​consumer recy­cled con­tent, which is rev­o­lu­tion­ary for a mate­ri­als com­pany like 3form. We even have a line called 100 Percent that is made of 100% post-​​consumer plastics.

The level of trans­parency of 3form to the pub­lic about its poli­cies and actual results is sur­pris­ing, since most cor­po­ra­tions don’t like to spill the beans about the bad things that still need correcting.

Overall I’m thor­oughly impressed with the cul­ture sur­round­ing sus­tain­abil­ity at 3form, where it’s an every­day con­sid­er­a­tion instead of a “green washed” mar­ket­ing campaign.

Type Thursdays 2

This is Sevinge, by California-​​based foundry Reserves. With alter­nates galore and crisp moder­nity, Sevigne is poised to become the new Avant Garde.

Sevigne - A Modern Sans with Alternates
Alternates Galore
More Alternates Galore

sevi­gne by reserves in california

The Living Principles

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 Living Principles - A Framework for Sustainability
The Living Principles Web Site

The New Living Principles Web Site

Swipe Saturday 2

Coolest ping pong table ever
Chain link net
Coolest ping pong table ever
Coolest ping pong table ever
Paddle and Ball cases

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

Type Thursdays 1

I’m always inspired by up-​​and-​​coming design­ers espe­cially in the realm of type design. Aby Huynh, a fairly recent grad­u­ate from the Type and Media pro­gram at the The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK), caught my atten­tion with his degree type­face Arietta. I was imme­di­ate struck with how well the three italic variations—each with their own dis­tinct voice—complemented the roman and bold to har­mo­nize perfectly.

Arietta, a contemporary text typeface with three italic variants.
Arietta - comparing the italic variants
Arietta - the family of fonts
Arietta - The specimen book
Arietta - Spreads from the specimen book showing the development process.

A sam­pling of Arietta and its devel­op­ment from abi’s website.

I Wanna be Part of The Club

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

I want my room to have numbers like this
Deluxe bed for two or more
Bold use of the b/w check.

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

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