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alcorn

books_mccain_alcorn_4

a throwback thursday (but on friday) post from me today: this old post from 2012 about this great little book i found in a shop… now if i could just find the actual book in the ever-growing pile of books here at the studio…

m / 04-08-2016 10:59 - tags: , , ,  

flappy bird

check out these wonderful automated flip book machines by juan fontanive, his other work and installations are also well worth a look

juan_fontanive_ornithology

m / 03-08-2016 11:01 - tags: , , , ,  

the man in the middle

doves_type_radio4

interesting BBC radio 4 talk about the long-lost ‘cobden-sanderson’ doves typeface, thrown into the thames river one hundred years ago and presumed lost forever…

see also this related post on the me blog from february last year… (many thanks to my mate dominic davies for the tip)

m / 01-08-2016 11:01 - tags: , , , , ,  

#tbt

tbt_obama_black

a four-page typographic interpretation of obama’s inauguration speech, made for dutch magazine ‘creatie’ in 2009

the only rule was no images allowed… i decided to analyse his intonation (by watching the speech on ‘you tube’) and break it down typographically in terms of recurring words and vocal emphasis…

m / 01-08-2016 09:53 - tags: , ,  

no more sleep

karel_martens_vpro

interesting interview with much-acclaimed graphic designer karel martens for the late night vpro show ‘nooit meer slapen’ (dutch only)

m / 18-07-2016 12:44 - tags: , , , ,