Saul Bass, work from the 1950s to the 1980s
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~ Saturday, November 15 ~
~ Thursday, October 23 ~
Elegant, minimalist cover design for McLuhan’s revolutionary book.
(via Book Design Review)
What your font choice says about you
A delightfully snarky guide to the subtext conveyed by your font choices. I particularly like Comic Sans. Seems like half the messages I get from my Grandma (who tends to be overly religious (but in a nice, caring way)) use it, now I see why.
~ Monday, September 22 ~
Losing control
Khoi Vinh’s presentation, “Control”, conveys some important observations about the differences between print and interactive design.
I learned design principles while producing HTML back in the mid to late 90s, so never had the luxury of total control that print designers are used to. This presentation helped me understand interactive design principles that I had internalized through years of working in the medium, but hadn’t fully brought into conscious awareness.
Khoi Vinh is one of the most influential proponents of the minimalist aesthetic in interaction design, and currently works at the New York Times.
~ Monday, September 15 ~
Cymbolism | Words & Colors
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New color aid for designers takes a different approach from the more scientific procedural based tools: group colors by the emotional tone they convey.
I’m a bit skeptical how this will work out, as colors can contextually convey quite different emotions depending on the colors with which they are displayed.
For instance, a dark blue color might be perceived as royal, trustworthy when paired with a rich gold, but perceived as watery and morose when paired with an olive green or dark purple.
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