Apologies for being MIA. Been busy finishing up my final projects. Designing under stress can be so difficult…sometimes you just can’t force creativity. So I’m curious what you guys do when you’re frustrated with your designs and you feel that everything you create looks like poo. How should we de-funk ourselves?
In a funk
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Typecache a repository of type
Hi, I am very glad to come back here and say hi on Ghug. It has been a while but please allow me to share with you the website, Typecache.com, which I recently made with my friends. It is an online index for type foundries and font sellers, and showcases their collections of type. There are also font lists such as Helvetica/DIN alternatives. As typographic literacy grows, the site will hopefully be a useful resource for designers, art directors, and type enthusiasts. We keep posting typography-related information including new font releases on Facebook and Twitter. Please check them out as well.
Me and James have worked on the first typecache interview with our great teacher Cyrus Highsmith and we are working on the new one. Stay tuned to our website. Details »
Omotesando Koffee
This hidden gem is to become one of Tokyo’s key community players amidst a recent wave of ‘new generation’ coffee shops. It’s owner, Eiichi Kunitomo – operates the serving process from within a kiosk-inspired minimalist steel cube, located within a traditional Japanese house which forms the outlet and the basis of the shop’s distinctive identity. Details »
Port Magazine
Just came across this launch issue of Port Magazine at Borders today. Port is a global quarterly men’s magazine based in London, merging style with thoughtful, intelligent content.
Yoshi Sodeoka
Yoshi Sodeoka has been producing art projects since the early 1990s when he made the leap from his native Japan to New York over two decades ago.
Designing More With Less
For those of you who are in NYC, check out this MUJI and IDEO event, Designing More With Less. Wednesday, June 08, 2011 from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM @ The Cooper Union.
In this panel session, we will explore how consumption of all forms – from media to food – has become a political act. Consumers are thinking more and more about the morality of their choices. Conspicuous consumption has given way to conscience consumption. As designers, we realize the opportunities to create actions, initiatives, movements, and vessels for positive impact. MUJI has long been a believer in creating impact through less. Over the course of this discussion, we will ask and seek to answer, “How can we design more with less?”
David Lewandowski on Tron
In early 2010 a small team of designers and animators were brought together by Digital domain to do the on-screen interface graphics for Tron Legacy. This team included GMUNK, Jake Sargeant and David Lewandowski.
Polish Hipopotamus
Ever wondered what a polish hippo would look like? Feast your eyes. For me this is best described as maelstrom of sensory overload, but made for fun and with love. Afraid? So you should be.
Playtype
The Playtype concept store was launched in conjunction with the revamp and redesign of Playtype.com. Located in Copenhagen’s Vesterbro, the store is the physical manifestation of the online shop.
Naji El Mir
Even at a fairly early stage of his career Naji El Mir has already been involved in many cross-cultural projects, solving Arabic and Latin combinations in branding, logo design, broadcast design and corporate identity, his work can be coined as mixture of both Arabic and Western visual cultures.
OCAD University
“Brand are not dead…anything is possible”. Bruce Mau Design’s re-brand of OCAD University is a must see.
Alison Haigh
Alison Haigh was nominated winner of the Best Newcomer Award at the Grafik Design Awards 2010 by none other than Peter Saville. She has an intriguing (and somewhat slightly bewildering in parts) selection of work in her portfolio. It’s certainly worth checking out when time permits. Details »
The Khatt Foundation
The Khatt Foundation, Center for Arabic Typography is a cultural foundation dedicated to advancing design research and typography in the Middle East, North Africa and their diaspora, and to building cross-cultural creative networks. As an online creative network they connect designers and visual artists, provide information about various resources, projects, news and events.
What a sad day when the infamous Crystal is in a funk. Keep your head up child. Everything is gonna be alright! I do not think i necessarily have an answer for this. But I do have a mindset. I think we as human beings, need these moments. If we were rockstars everyday, it just cannot sustain itself. We need funks to bring us back to earth. To keep us thinking. To challenge us. To keep us developing. We need these moments. I’d equate it to a sine or cosine wave. We need just as many lows as highs to maintain equilibrium. So I’d say, as down in the dumps as you may be. Embrace it. Because there are good times ahead. Sorry for sounding very grandfatherish. It happens sometimes.
If you have a dog – walk it. If not, consult your nearest pet rescue and invest in one. Works every time. I like the miniature schnauzer myself…
Get drawing! i always find that if i’m having trouble trying to get an idea right, taking a little time out to do some more self-indulgent work helps. it releases some of the pressure, and it helps to break out of the rut you can get into when working on one project for too long
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