Join us on Thursday, March 6th, 7:00 p.m. at the Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St. to hear Peter Zak & Barry Lavender -Get Some Personality: Branding with Custom Type
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Karl Thomson of Compass360
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Join us Tues. February 26th, 7:00 p.m. at the Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St. to hear Karl Thomson of Compass360
Who would play you in a movie?
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Have you ever wondered who would play you in a movie? It’s one of those conversations that pops up from time to time when you’re out with friends and you start talking about books you’ve just read or films you’ve just seen. Well, a recently posted piece at Design Observer has been growing steadily over [...]
Hoy there little Spiggie!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Norwegian Designer Torleiv Sverdrup has added his name to the ranks of the International House of Fonts (IHoF), a division of the P22 Type Foundry in Buffalo, with the release of his first two typefaces, Hoy and Spiggie, named after places in the Orkney Islands. Hoy has a very uncial feel, not dissimilar to Colmcille, [...]
Get Rid of Stereotypes
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Not all of the people in this industry are fixated on type and design 24/7, some of them have serious hobbies and alter-egos. Karl Thomson, who is our first Speaker in the upcoming Calendar, is somebody who wears two hats extremely well. Not only is he an extremely talented designer, but he is [...]
