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Vertigo Reblogged for Saul Bass.
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What to do in polite society Question: is it appropriate to get married using PMN Caecilia as your typeface? Conventional wisdom says no. Unless the bride’s name is Caecilia.
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Big I want big type on my personal website. This is giving me ideas.
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Facebook Timeline introduces: clutter I don’t get it, Facebook. Why clutter the Timeline up with two friends’ boxes? I know who my friends are—so the little one above is enough.
Pubblicità in Italia The design stands up today: the only thing that dates this is the model’s eye make-up. Lovely cut of Helvetica, the way it should be.
Psychotherapy My psychoanalysis: you know this chap is worried because the exclamation mark on his right foot is in a different typeface.
The Dutch Icon collective, headed by Hemmo de Jonge, has an impressive collection of royalty-free work for sale. The examples above are just two of the 99 sets they’ve drawn to date, all of which are sold exclusively through iStockPhoto (which sadly means there’s no way to buy the complete series as a single set). The consistency and proportions are perfect throughout — alongside Drew Wilson’s Pictos sets, these are among the best stock icons I’ve seen.
For more similar resources, Meagan Fisher posted a great round-up of alternatives a month or two back.
Icons Love these designs—and why does it not surprise me that they hail from the Netherlands?
Saul Bass’ brilliant opening titles for Grand Prix (1966).
Grand Prix Amazing how well Saul Bass’s work stands up today, over 40 years on.
Where in the world are civil liberites and political rights curtailed? How is the situation changing over time?
The Freedom in the World annual reports from the Freedom House organisation present the Political Rights and Civil Lberties situations in 193 countries of the world. This interactive report, compiled by Locus Insight, brings together the data for eight years into an interactive report format enabling changes in countries’ status to be tracked over time. Click on the image to access the interactive map and data charts.
Freedom visualized Very clever—and educational, too.
Retro typographic goodness At Old School, New School at Massey University, on now.
