Type Type Type

Is always interesting. I found three thing that I thought were interesting to take note of.

Fonts as Characters at college humor has a little skit depicting fonts like real characters. It reminds me of a play that you would make in elementary. Though, I think most fonts are misrepresented, I thought Baskervile, Bookman and Wingdings were well characterized. Either that or I just like crazy people and old men bickering.

Squidspot has an Periodic table of Typefonts and I think its a must have for every type student or geek out there.

And last but not least, there was this adorable one liner comic like thing between helvetica and arial. I didnt know Arial was actually a helvetica wannabe.

Vimeo Parade

Has anyone downloaded the iQ font yet? Its interesting has been around for a while now. I like how people try to be innovative for the littlest things. Its cute.

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I was told the other day to post my awesome video findings at vimeo.
So I would like to say that this video is majorly sexy in a lighting and rendering 3d kind of way.

ARTIFICIAL PARADISE,INC. from Jp Frenay on Vimeo.

Universiteit Twente from Buro Knapzak on Vimeo.

With Rain from takcom™ on Vimeo.

I think after this, people can tell what type of styles I like. And if you're still stumped, I like minimalistic/clean/b&w styles. I love color, dont get me wrong. But I love the level of sophistication a simple grey scale design can bring. Its all about paying more attention to form and function when the colors are gone. Its like muting a video.

Anyway. I'm off. Enjoy.

New Favorite Patisserie and Type

The other day I had to take pictures of glass ceilings for research and ended up in the Winter Garden place at the Financial District.

As I stumbled around, I passed by a directory that said "Patisserie." I immediately went that direction (because I'm a sugar addict). So I stumbled upon Financier Patisserie.





I had or-gay-zms looking at the variety of selections at such a decent unexpected price. I dont know, I thought that place would be pricy but it wasnt. I found more expensive things in chelsea or the lower east side. (Surprisingly)

I decided that if I had to get one thing (because I finished a pint of ice cream for breakfast), I would get a pistachio macaroon.



And OHMYGODZ! It was such a steal at 2 dollars. It was the size of 3 macaroons. Even if it had the butter cream type of center, it was the best one I've had. The meringue that sandwiched it borderlines cookie consistency, but retains its nice light texture with a very perfect tint of density. I was extremely happy, to say the least.

I was also happy that it took me more than 2 bites to consume the whole thing. I feel like this place should lick madeline patisseries' ass because they charge 2.25 for a cookie a quarter of that size.

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I'm taking Michael Kelly for Type I in the ComD department in Pratt. He's pretty popular and will grade you a C in your first semester. Its almost a fact, no matter "how good you are." This weeks homework helped me reassess my definition of "good type" and "bad type."

But here are some interesting type links:

Typographic Posters
Hauser Lacour An interesting editorial design company. Love their stuff.
Simon C Page Another Graphic Designer
Design the News Information Aesthetics dude.

Productivity level = 0.