My 2018 Valentines were made by stamping a foil design (in various foil colours) over vintage Harlequin Romance novel covers from approximately the 1960s–’80s. Fronts and backs were used for a total of approx. 300 completely unique valentines. 2018
Because this Valentine thing has gotten a little out of control in a covetous way, I thought it would be nice if I was able to give people multiple valentines that were all similar but slightly different, so they could keep one or two for themselves and still have a few to give away. So... View Article
Richard Turley is maybe my favourite Art Director. Another great—if I do say so myself—cover for The Guardian’s G2. It is a complex pattern designed to make letterforms. 2007
"No soy calígrafa, maestra del lápiz y el pincel..." asegura Bantjes, diseñadora para Penguin Books, Random House, The Guardian, entre otros. Paradójicamente su trabajo se ha distinguido por el uso de la letra como elemento central para producir intrincadas composiciones donde las líneas ornamentales y orgánicas y los mensajes escritos confluyen en un todo. El trabajo de Bantjes, como ella misma lo describe, atraviesa los límites del tiempo, el estilo y la tipografía para fundirse en un flujo continuo creado por sus letras y todos sus caminos. Para entender un poco mejor el proceso creativo que esta diseñadora sigue en su trabajo, así como su opinión acerca de la caligrafía, la tipografía y otros asuntos, les dejo una excelente entrevista que Type Radio sostuvo con Bantjes hace poco: http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/index.php?cat=Bantjes,Marian
World-renowned designer, illustrator and typographer Marian Bantjes started working in the field of visual communication in...
World-renowned designer, illustrator and typographer Marian Bantjes started working in the field of visual communication in...
Susan Kare designed the distinctive icons, typefaces, and other graphic elements that gave the Apple Macintosh its characteristic—and widely emulated—look and feel.
Millions of people around the world are familiar with the artwork of Susan Kare, but few would be able to connect that name with Apple's early computer icons. Her new book takes a look back.
World-renowned designer, illustrator and typographer Marian Bantjes started working in the field of visual communication in...
Given the opportunity to write / draw over 3 spreads on the subject of Community for Fontshop’s Font 004 magazine, I took the chance to explore some “graphic communication.” I initially wrote a fairly lengthy piece on the inclusiveness/exclusiveness of community and the varying levels of exclusivity, as well as the various potential communities to... View Article
Society of Graphic Designers of Canada / BC Chapter Annual Report for 2004. I chose 10 blackletter typefaces to print this report. Because I wanted to. No one ever reads these things anyway, but for the record, it was perfectly legible. It just happens to look great as well. 2005
Susan Kare, the sister of aerospace engineer Jordin Kare, is an artist and a graphic designer. She was born on February 5, 1954, in Ithaca, New York.
Todd Falkowsky of Motherbrand in Toronto approached me to design a … a … well, see, there’s this machine that squishes pennies, just like we used to do on the railroad tracks when we were kids (only it’s safer) and it has the ability to impress a new image into the penny, turning the penny... View Article
Came across this artist via Design Observer. Marian Bantjes is a typographer of the purest sort: hand-lettering skills that you don’t see much of any more. Her grace with form is absolutely a…
The legendary Silicon Valley pixel designer explains why she made Pinterest her first full-time job in decades.
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Carin Goldberg was born in New York City and studied at the Cooper Union School of Art. She began her career as a staff designer at CBS Television, CBS Records and Atlantic Records before establish…
The web design and development industry is percolating with chatter about Skeuomorphism vs. Flat digital design styles. Why is this important and what does it mean for user interface design.
‘Des Chats-Dessins sans paroles’ (Cats- Pictures without Words) is a book of 1897 by Swiss-born painter and printmaker Theophile Alexandre Steinlen ( 1859-1923). Based in Montmartre, Paris, Steinlen frequented the Le Chat Noir cabaret. There he met Toulouse Lautrec, Adolphe Willette and Aristide Bruant. He was hired to create a lithograph for … Continue reading "Théophile Alexandre Steinlen’s Illustrations of Cats in Fin de Siecle Paris"
A comprehensive visual history of Classic Mac OS (System 1-System 9) from 1984 to 2001. See a gallery of the Classic Mac OS (System 1-System 9) evolution from the beginning to 2001.
Not content to sit on the sidelines, the Internet Archive recently resurrected something, too. This time, it's a swath of apps, games and software from the...
