He leaves behind a design legacy that will live on for generations. You can find out more about Fruitger the man and his life's work by reading Linotype's excellent obituary here.
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Showing posts with label Type. Show all posts
Adrian Frutiger Obituary
Adrian Frutiger, typographic legend, sadly passed away on Saturday at the ripe old age of 87.
He leaves behind a design legacy that will live on for generations. You can find out more about Fruitger the man and his life's work by reading Linotype's excellent obituary here.
He leaves behind a design legacy that will live on for generations. You can find out more about Fruitger the man and his life's work by reading Linotype's excellent obituary here.
So Many Graphics
New promo for Mr Dogg's new song. Lots to feast on visually – clever type, graphics, lighting, art direction and cinematography to make moving versions of classic movie poster art. The song's a bit shit though. (You may have to go elsewhere for more in depth musical critique.)
Lovely Letterpress Posters By Delicious Industries
Our good friend and talented designer, typographer and printmaker Judith Wilding AKA Delicious Industries has just completed these lovely letterpress posters for Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft.
Ditchling is a small village in East Sussex, which has always attracted talented designers and craftspeople. It was the home of legendary type designers Eric Gill and Edward Johnston, and the base from which they created their famous work – Ditchling Museum celebrates the work of these giants of design and type history.
The museum has its own print room with its own historic type library, and Judith wanted to use these to produce the Museum's own promotional posters. The series of six was designed by Judith to use the type from their library, which she then personally letter-pressed in her studio.
It's great to see wood-block letters used in a way other than set in horizontal rows, and posters produced straight off-the-press in this way, with no digital post or manipulation. If you've ever worked with wood type and letterpress (as we have on our print advertising for Fentimans) you'll know how much skill it takes to set type like this and get the feel that these have. Lovely stuff, hats off.
Ditchling is a small village in East Sussex, which has always attracted talented designers and craftspeople. It was the home of legendary type designers Eric Gill and Edward Johnston, and the base from which they created their famous work – Ditchling Museum celebrates the work of these giants of design and type history.
The museum has its own print room with its own historic type library, and Judith wanted to use these to produce the Museum's own promotional posters. The series of six was designed by Judith to use the type from their library, which she then personally letter-pressed in her studio.
It's great to see wood-block letters used in a way other than set in horizontal rows, and posters produced straight off-the-press in this way, with no digital post or manipulation. If you've ever worked with wood type and letterpress (as we have on our print advertising for Fentimans) you'll know how much skill it takes to set type like this and get the feel that these have. Lovely stuff, hats off.
Times New Roman
Our good friend Squa has just completed this lovely short documentary piece about the often overlooked typeface Times New Roman for The Times. With interviews with some well known and respected designers, typographers and artists, where they reveal their thoughts on the famous font.
Edited by Gavin Burridge, produced by Sacha Evans at Betsy Works, DOP Joel Devlin.
When You're Not Invited To The Party, Turn Up Anyway...
One of our latest cheeky little ads for Fentimans. Morning Advertiser, an on-trade magazine, publishes a brand report every year. It turns out that you can buy an ad space in the report. So obviously...
Close-up...
The moral of the story being, when you're not invited to the party, turn up anyway, with a twin-ended dildo.
Close-up...
The moral of the story being, when you're not invited to the party, turn up anyway, with a twin-ended dildo.
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