Ok, this Toby Ng poster, besides that its America"N" Apparel, I know Motorola uses universe, not helvetica, Actually, Kappa doesn't use helvetica either. Although its tough, I thought graphic designers can tell the difference between universe and helvetica.
Wow, I'm not into the music, but, Wow!
Saw this cool thing walking down lower east side today
I finally watched this dvd, its brilliant. I personally don't really like the typeface, its a well designed typeface, but, as some of the designers pointed out, its over used, therefore, loses its freshness. Thank god england still reserves to Gil sans, and... I mean, if you're really into it, they also have that slightly goofier Johnston 22 for their tube stations, but I mean, see? Because its a bit goofy, its not being used in a lot of places, therefore, it retains its personality and eccentricity, thats what counts in today's world.
I loved how this dvd also talks about the roots of Helvetica, I got to finally see the inside of Linotype foundry, amongst other really really cool things, IF you're into design that is, hehe. Sagmeister has a bit in the DVD, glad I met him in Beijing.
Best take on Helvetica:" Its well balanced, a perfect harmony of push and pull, positive and negative space."
Worst take on Helvetica:" Look at it, the "O" has the same proportion as the "Y" its not designed with a personality, its an army!"
pretty clever.
I will never buy a Zune, the navigation system is not horrendous but its messier than ipod. The thing I really dig though, is their advertising. This thing on the web is really cool, the posters, short animations has little to do with the actual product, but it has to do with interpretation of certain kind of music. I prefer this form of advertising, it is making an effort to say, yeah, we get it, we love music and all the feelings it conjures up too, not because we want you to buy this music related product. In a few days, I will post what I've done for Airbus thats similar to this. ;)
From Sprout Home, pretty clever, dishwasher safe, limited microwave use, dissect while you dine. All at $10.50 a plate. Is that a dog on the green plate? Hmm.... dog...
Thanks to Adam, I got the link to see the title sequence of a very much anticipated film - Thank you for smoking. The title sequence is done by Shadow play Studio and you can view the title sequence here.
Adam's site would be www.adamdines.com however, for no good reason, it is banned in China, for those of you who live in this unfortunate area, you can view it through anonymouse.org go there then type in his address.
