50 covers of La Luna de Metrópoli

A collection of covers designed by Art Director Rodrigo Sanchez for La Luna de Metrópoli, a weekly supplement of the Spanish newspaper, El Mundo.

A nice resource of typography

Art Nouveau: a new style for a new age

Art Nouveau, 1890-1914
"The exhibition was organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington in 2001.
Part 1 of the 3-part exhibition, The World's Fair in Paris, 1900, showed a selection of works exhibited there by European and American artists.
Part 2 explored diverse sources that inspired the style, which flourished in the years around 1900.
Part 3 presented works associated with the cities of Paris, Brussels, Vienna, Glasgow, Munich, Turin, New York, and Chicago."

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The New Video Arcade in Spain Might Be the Movie Theater

"MADRID — For the last three years, Enrique Martínez has been toiling like a 3-D warrior to let the games begin.

The result is a hybrid movie theater with all the digital fire and fury of a video game: fog, black light, flashing green lasers, high-definition digital projectors, vibrating seats, game pads and dozens of 17-inch screens attached to individual chairs. And naturally, there’s buttered popcorn."

By DOREEN CARVAJAL

Published: February 26, 2007

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When Inconsistency becomes Consistent

It was a couple of hours into the judging process of the Type Directors Club TDC 53 competition that I saw the first cover of Metrópoli, a weekly supplement of the Spanish newspaper, El Mundo. Well, it was then that I saw the first five — then ten, and maybe more — covers of Metrópoli. I was initially attracted to the super tightly set egyptian slab typeface of the masthead in all its uppercase glory. As I sidestepped through the table to see the rest of the covers, the blocky letters mutated, distorted, adapted and genuflected to a dizzying variety of styles and tropes, of mannerisms and executions as the imagery — in this specific context, typographically-based imagery — changed completely from cover to cover. “Consistency”, as we know it, was clearly not the goal.

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Bauhaus

"Bauhaus is a German word originating in the two words “bauen” (to build) and “haus” (house). Originally called the Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar, the name was coined by Walter Gropius for the art school that he founded when the fine and applied arts schools in Weimar were merged in 1919."
Read more: The Design Encyclopedia

Bauhaus - Archiv Museum of Design

About Illustration

Illustration Web
"We represent 100+ contemporary illustrators of the highest order. They are contributing to many exciting and innovative projects from the advertising, new media, graphic design, publishing, editorial and broadcast industries." Read more...
Artist Submission

Society of Illustrators
"On February 1, 1901 a group of nine artists and one advising businessman founded the Society with this credo: “The object of the Society shall be to promote generally the art of illustration and to hold exhibitions from time to time."
The Society of Illustrators is located at 128 East 63rd Street, New York
Museum of American Illustration

Apply for a Grant

2007 Grants: Visual Arts and Film/Video
Visual Arts may include painting, sculpture, works on paper, installation, photo-based work, contemporary crafts, public art, and interdisciplinary projects.
Film/Video may include experimental documentary, animation, experimental film or video, non-traditional narrative, installation, and interdisciplinary projects.
Deadline: March 5, 2007

2008 Grants: Emerging Fields, Innovative Literature and Performing Arts
Emerging Fields may include all forms of digital arts, audio work, multidisciplinary projects, new genres, and innovative literature.
Innovative Literature may include poetry, fiction, nonfiction, as well as genre-defying work by writers who demonstrate exceptional stylistic, linguistic, and formal originality.
Performing Arts may include dance, music, theater, experimental music performance, experimental opera, spoken word, theater/performance art, and interdisciplinary projects.

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Diacritics: all you need to design a font with correct accents

"This website is based on the Wikipedia model for sharing information. Anybody could modify texts and pictures published on this website. ...When creating and placing accents, it is necessary to be aware of the fact that typesetting multiple languages may cause the various accents to appear together. That is why the accents must harmonize not only with the characters, but also with each other. When cutting a new face which supports multiple languages, the shapes of the accents should be standard and acceptable, rather than eccentric."

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Making digital type is not the same as drawing a typeface

"The art and process of designing letterforms is a very creative task but it is not void of the rules and guidelines that govern good design. Any form of design is a solution to a problem or need. A good design is one that is appropriate for its use without any inappropriate features."

Read more... Character design standards overview, Microsoft Typography

Victoria's Secret Goes Green On Paper for Catalogs

"After enduring protests by an environmental group over the past two years, Victoria's Secret will stop using catalog paper made with pulp from a Canadian forest that is an important wildlife habitat and will move toward buying paper certified by a group that scrutinizes logging practices." An article by Amy Merrick
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Forestethics

(PRODUCT) RED

"(RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world's most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT)^RED branded products. A percentage of each (PRODUCT)^RED product sold is given to The Global Fund. The money helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa."
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You can find RG Lacandola's eCard at www.joinred.com/impactcards/

The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines

"An explosion of architectural little magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture with the architecture of the magazines acting as the site of innovation and debate." Read more...
"The exhibition's annotated timeline serves as a cross-section, tracking the progression, upheavals, and transformations of the magazines."
The exhibition "Clip/Stamp/Fold" and the series LITTLE MAGAZINES / SMALL TALKS take place at Storefront for Art and Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, New York, NY 10012.
NOVEMBER 14, 2006 – FEBRUARY 24, 2007

What Is Copyright

"Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works."
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United States Copyright Office - What is Copyright
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Jack, We Hardly Knew Ye

The little orange symbol on the shell of my cell phone has almost entirely worn off, thanks to years of jostling around in my pocket with loose change and keys. That abrasion is an apt symbol for the end of Jack, the Cingular Wireless logo.

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Crimes Against Typography

Crimes against typography are committed everyday. But few typefaces have been victimized more than the late-sixties/early-seventies gothic Avant Garde – and the felonies persist.

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Galeria Melissa

"Rio-based designer Muti Randolph (also responsible for the retro-futuristic design of the São Paulo club D-Edge) creates the bold compositions on a computer and prints them on a Vutek inkjet printer, a process that takes 24 hours."
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Color trends

"Darius, founder and CEO of COLOURlovers™, said, 'Our site is edgy, revolutionary, and works from the bottom up, not from the top down. It represents a new way to think about color and design."
Read more about Colour Lovers

Rich Black

"There are many different possible ink combinations - the most common "rich black" contains percentages of all 4 inks: 63C, 52M, 51Y 100K."
Rich Black vs. Plain Black an article by Marvin Humphrey

Talking about Whitespace

"Passive whitespace creates breathing room and balance." Article by Mark Boulton
Read more about Whitespace here.

Set Type That Looks Professional

Creating a properly formatted word processing document helps your final project meet the expectations. Here's an article that should help with the details:
Yes, You Can Use Microsoft Word to Set Type That Looks Professional
This article is from Aaron Shepard's e-book "Books, Typography, and Microsoft Word."

Package Design

Packaging Design: Successful Product Branding from Concept to Shelf by Marianne R. Klimchuk and Sandra Krasovec, is a resource of practical and professional information for creating packaging designs.

Read this article by Marianne R. Klimchuk. She is the Associate Chairperson of the Packaging Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

The Mac OS X font managers review

Here's a detailed (8 page) review of 3 font managers for OS X:
http://arstechnica.com
Apple's own FontBook is not included because the author feels
"while it is a nice utility and a welcome addition to the system,
it is not enough for professional font management needs."

Posted by Brian Ashe, Senior Lab Specialist for
Digital Publishing, Typography and Page Layout