Would you believe that the artist who designed in engraved Roman letters the slogan, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night...” atop New York City’s main post office at Penn Station is the same man who designed the famous, iconic Superman comic book logo? Both are the works of Ira Schnapp (1892-1969), … Read more
Featuring works by international designers awarded Certificates of Excellence by the juries of the 2014 Type Directors Club international competitions for Communication Design and Type Design, this annual exhibition at SASD at UB is much-anticipated by students and professionals. Exhibit entries are the works of international designers of graphics, packages, environments, logos, corporate branding, typefaces, … Read more
The free exhibit at Bau, Centro Universitario de Diseño de Barcelona, will show the best international graphic design, from the winners of this year's TDC61 competition. The exhibit is part of the Bau Design Forum and will run through to October 9th 2015.
For more than four decades, Louise Fili has combed the streets of Paris with camera in hand, cataloging the work of generations of sign craftsmen. Graphique de la Rue is her photographic diary of hundreds of the City of Light’s most dazzling restaurant, shop, hotel, and street signs: from the grand neon scripts that illuminate … Read more
Pyramid of Caius Cestius as seen from Monte Testaccio. Typographers shape forms that endure and remain still enough for us to easily read them. But what is the shape of a figure in motion? How does movement refigure or disfigure a shape? How does moving through space reshape us? This talk will include projects and … Read more
