local agency ‘superheroes’ recently commissioned us to make two showcase pieces for converse / foot locker for the launch of their limited edition ‘woven’ series, these are the two final pieces
me news
new transport
…after what must have been a stormy initial meeting, Jock received the following letter from Sir Colin: ‘I am anxious you shouldn’t embark upon inventing an alphabet of a character quite “new”. We have, as a committee, got into the habit of accepting the general weight and appearance of the German alphabet as being the sort of thing we need! I think therefore something on those lines is what the Committee believes it wants…
those talented people from A2 type have collaborated with margaret calvert to revamp the seminal sixties transport font which she created together with jock kinneir
check the website for more background info plus these two ‘kinneir & calvert’ related posts from the me archives…
m etro
…you’ve got floating M’s. Squares and circles and other geometric backdrops. Tiny notches or flairs. Rather outrageous flourishes. Capital and lowercase M’s alike. There are lots of allusions to motion: from tracks to tunnels to a train itself…
interesting article on the myriad variations of the letter m
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on the eve of our 10-year anniversary in august: a six-page interview with journalist dirk van ginkel in dutch design magazine publish this month
i’ll post the text online when i get some time…