It’s not Helvetica

Roland forwarded me a link to Font Conference, a video from CollegeHumor. Like most things CollegeHumor, this video is hit and miss, but you might be able to tease something out of it to enjoy.

From Roland’s email: “…some type humor, except it glorifies the wrong typeface.”

But is it Garawood, or Zebramond?

Not terribly hot off the presses (April), but this is a funny entry on an interesting blog I just found from a type designer/manager at Adobe... Typblography.

"Garamond and Zebrawood walk into a bar, they have a few drinks and one thing leads to another… (yes they were hanging out at the same bar, believe it or not)."

"Create from scratch, the typographic love child of:
Garamond and Zebrawood"

See what Christian Robertson and other type designers came up with, on Typophile.

Design Police Directives

This is a bit dry. But, perhaps because I work for the police department and I am the designer, and have been calling myself the Design Police... it seemed like it was my duty to post this.

The Design Police Directives

Imagine you're Art Directing a new piece and are reviewing the draft. You could use these red tags to markup the doc. Not that you would. But do you ever think that sometimes a strict voice of authority is what you need to keep your design on track?

(Clicking gets multiple downloads of a PDF version of what you see when you click through the pages. That's a bit annoying. Stay with Next and Previous. Who knows what the address form is for.)

For your weekend enjoyment...

via YouTube:



Groovy, man. Gotta love those Swedes.

Ahhh, oooh... Point well taken.

iDied

via flickr

Singin Along Cause I'm So Design Gangsta

A quick and nerdy deliverable for you courtesy of Kyle Webster and You Tube. I really can't get the tune out of my head.

youtube.com/watch?v=yJexyQT0l1c

"Press Check!" "CMYKaaaaaay!"

DESIGNERSLASHMODEL

via Roland via e-mail

Design Alliance:

This is interesting and ghastly at the same time:

“Do I create beautiful work because I am beautiful, or am I beautiful because I create beautiful work?”

designerslashmodel.com

Client woes

Here's another site along the lines of AdVerbatims that may cheer you up if you think dealing with your client is a challenge. ClientCopia.com

You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares...

When you're having one of those days:

where you feel like pulling all your hair out...
and releasing that pent-up silent scream...
if you hear just one more inane remark about how to design...
what to move and where...
what's wrong with the font you've chosen...
or receive one more insane deadline...

then go to this comforting, sly site called:

AdVerbatims

And read what kindred souls have heard. Best of all, you can add your own accounts to the mix.

You're gonna be all right now.