October 2005 Archives
It appears the cover of the Women in Design issue of STEP has sparked some controversy over at BeADesignGroup. Male blogger Drew Davies feels that the "kute kitten kover" sends a message exactly opposite of what was intended because of the negative stereotypes kittens perpetuate about women. Drew was promptly and repeatedly put in his place.
As my family and I exited the Circleline ferry for our visit to Ellis Island, I spotted a camera crew dart up the walkway and into the building. At first I dismissed it as a small documentary company trying to protect their equipment from the rain, but as I found out later, this was much bigger than PBS, so big that it resulted in my confrontation with a network-television thug.
It was just a matter of time before I blogged about one of my favorite photography books, and when I noticed it a couple nights ago in a few scenes of the 1998 Seinfeld episode "The Bookstore", I knew now was as good a time as any to mention it.
Arm? Stroke? Crotch? Get your mind out of the gutter and over to Dynamic Graphics magazine, where author Cassie Hart has put together a type terminology glossary. This is just one of many articles from Dynamic Graphics magazine's Type issue.
BusinessWeek Business Editor Lauren Young interviews Bureau of Printing & Engraving designer Jack Ruther on symbolic, aesthetic, and security considerations of the newly redesigned $10 bill that will go into circulation in early 2006. Apparently Americans really don't like change -- in every sense of the word.
John McWade explores the possibilities of logo creation using sets of linked letters in his graphics.com article, "Strategies for Letter-based Logo Design." Article also contains some nice examples of simple yet interesting type treatments.
LaTimes.com reports that Beverly Hills city officials want to know why they aren't making more money off of their 1930s Warner Bros. Studios designed "iconic" city emblem. John Kuraoka, freelance advertising copywriter, seems to think that the brown shield with gold type is simply weak design.
