Semi‐Permanent a celebration of all things art and design is back in 2010 to inspire Melbourne’s thriving creative community yet again. While some may think it’s the forum where design nerds gather to fight against the evils of Comic Sans, Semi‐Permanent offers an eye‐opening insight into the broad streams of design, and where those varying crafts [...]
The next installment of Australia’s typography exhibition GO FONT UR SELF* takes place on Thursday 19th August at new space LO-FI Collective, Taylor Square, Sydney from 6pm. Proudly presented by Kirin© GO FONT UR SELF* is back for another round with Chapter 5. The touring exhibition, which is a calendar event in the wonderful world of [...]
A from ABECEDA by Karel Teige, Prague, 1926 “Karel Teige (1900-1951) was the brightest star in the brilliant constellation of Czech avant-garde artist-writers of the 1920s and ‘30s. A constructivist and a surrealist, a poet, collagist, photographer, typographer and architectural theorist, his 1926 photomontage designs for the alphabet are a uniquely elegant and witty invention, [...]
Design Capital State of Design Festival to explore the future of Victoria’s built environment, mobility systems and digital strategy The 2010 State of Design Festival’s business program, Design Capital, will focus on how three interrelated areas – the built environment, mobility systems and digital strategies, are helping businesses address the big issues they face in [...]
The fifth State of Design Festival is set to Change By Design this year, with new look website and a host of events across Victoria. Held 14 – 25 July, the 2010 Festival presents a broad program of exciting, revealing and informative events under the theme Change by Design. This year’s Festival boasts four major [...]
Lord of the Logos: Designing the Metal Underground Lord of the Logos is an incredible collection of work by Christophe Szpajdel. Presented in the style of a black prayerbook, it includes hundreds of typographic logos for bands of the heavy and black metal genres. “The hallmark of Szpajdel’s work is his surprisingly fluid combination of [...]
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IKEA: Futura to Verdana Image: idsgn For 50 years IKEA have maintained a strong brand with the use of Futura in their catalog designs, but now their font of choice has switched to Verdana. The main reasons for the switch over are said to be: so the same typeface can be used easily internationally, as [...]
View Article | View Website In a recent issue, DG magazine online covered Studio Output’s interior design for Seven, a small hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Intrigued by their approach to this brief, we decided to take a closer look at the work done by this UK studio.
View Gallery | View Website | Print & File [Members] | Return to DG magazine 130 In a recent issue, DG magazine online covered Studio Output’s interior design for Seven, a small hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Intrigued by their approach to this brief, we decided to take a closer look at the work done by [...]
Revitalisation: Fine Print Identity Looking to refresh its identity, print management firm Fine Print required a revitalisation that could effectively show off its printing techniques. Rachael Doherty reports. Having worked with him before, Fine Print approached Creative Director Dan Pike of The Letter D, to create an ID that would represent its print process service [...]
