it would probably be quite dangerous to smoke some grass before clicking around on this page from ‘rafaël rozendaal’, because the mesmerising effect could get you trapped in a space/time continuum, forever, be warned…
i actually tried to design a website for a client with this simple yet cool, effect several years ago, but failed… if you are reading this ‘m’… this is what it was meant to look like!
a newly designed (very complete & elaborate) font family from mister ‘henrik kubel’ a.k.a. A2 type called quite simply ‘antwerp’ which is full of historical references, as the man himself states:
…my passion and admiration for 15 and 16th century Italian, French and Dutch typefaces might shine through in Antwerp — I acknowledge that it has become an integral part of my ‘type dna’ — It’s how I design letters, fonts, alphabets and it’s also a direct translation of how I draw type by hand on paper — in other words, I have been conditioned by history!…
more details on the font and it’s process can be found here
the ‘graphic design museum’ has uploaded a short impression of the recent poster expo opening ‘black & white are not colors’ in the hague at the ‘ship of fools’ gallery, not much of the work can be seen but plenty of people drinking beer… (via fontanel)
very entertaining presentation from someone who i admire a great deal, accompanied by a casio rendition of ‘ziggy stardust’ and that guy ‘lawrence’
see also this related post from 2007, or use the handy search field to the left for ‘siggi’ it seems i’ve written quite a lot about him over the years… (link via ‘rob stolte’)
this afternoon foam is going to launch a new exhibition ‘the future of the photography museum’ for which four different guest curators (lauren cornell, jefferson hack, erik kessels, alison nordström) are going to be examining possible future scenarios…
sounds intriguing, the launch is today at 7pm, in their new temporary exhibition space, right here in my office building…