It’s a daring logo that’s for sure!

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Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo

Phillip Toledano has released a new series of photographs and website called Days with My Father. Stunning imagery and very heartfelt especially if you spend time with it Click Here

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An article on the supposed identity of Banksy. I don’t really believe it to be “compelling evidence” as it is described. But worth a read anyway so you can make up your own mind

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Produced By Pharrell - Santogold, Julian Casablancas, N.E.R.D.

Great video! Nice piece of motion design by Anomaly, Cornerstone and of course, Psyop.

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Sorry for the silence, it’s been a hectic time with some great projects in the pipelines. To quote an upcoming movie about a caped crusader and a villain who will forever cackle his way in pop culture history, “Trust me, I’ll show ya!” (The Joker, The Dark Knight, Warner Brother 2008)

This is a great little article for all us type geeks, so enjoy!

Avant Garde

I recently went to the RIBA bookstore with an architect friend and we found ourselves both looking through books, but for different reasons. My friend was looking at the books which he felt offered him the best value in terms of architectural knowledge, whilst I on the other hand was trawling through book after book trying to find that perfect specimen of good print and editorial design enfused with beautiful typography. Alas, it is much harder than I thought.

Just as I was giving up hope, having criticised either the kerning, leading or rag in half the books in the bookstore, then I found it. THE book! It was hidden away under a desk but what a book! The uncoated recycled dust jacket, which when removed reveals a beautiful hardcover which has been spot uv’d! Ahh finally this was someone who had some pride in their work! So it passed the first test, but did it pass the second? I hurriedly opened the book to find some examples of typography! And voila, everywhere I looked there was example after example of experimental typography mixed with beautiful bodycopy, which had the ideal leading, beautiful rag and decent kerning! My day was made!

If I was to be a bit harsh the body copy was 2 point sizes too big but I reminded myself that in terms of RNIB guidelines it was perfect! So I picked up my wayfinding books, and this gorgeous example of a dissertation (which was only two pounds!) and wandered to the counter smug with myself! It hadn’t occured to me to check the sleeve to see who had designed it, as I assumed if it had been anyone famous the book would have had a prominent space on a bookshelf, not under a desk!

Once we had painfully coughed up some extortionate amount of money, the rest of the day was spent doing usual things. It was only on the way back home on the tube that my mind was allowed to wander back to the wonderful piece of design I had found. Remembering what Michael Bierut had said, in the talk he gave us when we visited Pentagram NYC, about complimenting designers as there was too much competition in the industry, I opened the sleeve to see who had designed it. And then my smugness vanished… “Designed by Frost”

I was truly gutted! My little piece of unknown design happened to come from one of the most prominent and famous design agencies in the world. And of course I had heard of Frost*, who hasn’t!!! I love all the previous examples I had seen of Frost’s work, and so as soon as I got home I went on their website to find that my book was on there.*Sigh*

Taking nothing away from the piece of design, it is still every bit as well designed as it was when I first saw it! It was still beautifully made and worth buying. The problem is not it is made by an agency or by Frost, whose work I love and as a designer I’m pro-agencies. No, the thing that really got me and slightly diminished the purchase, was that for a few hours, it had felt like I had discovered some hidden talent. But alas it was not to be!

Hey boys and girls,

Just thought i’d let you know that the site is now fully functional on all resolutions, across the major browers (i.e. firefox, safari and now IE 6-8!) So hopefully no more problems

Also the navigation has been moved left, just fot ease of use.

Note: These changes have not affected the blog, which was already cross browser and resolution friendly

Thanks,

Rishi