Monthly Archives: November 2009

Can you dance a design?

Written by admin. Posted on November 23, 2009. Filed under Design. Tagged , , . No comments.
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Yes, says Miti Desai, an Mumbai-born graphic artist who uses the traditional dances of India. As she danced, Desai began to conceptualise her movements. ”Design is about the expression of lines and shapes and colours and grids, and I wondered what would happen if that grid was internalised.” Her approach borrows from yoga, she explains: [...]

Font Shop adds exciting new foundry

Written by admin. Posted on November 23, 2009. Filed under Typography. Tagged . No comments.
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The yellow-tinted, (design) world famous Font Shop recently announced two new specimens to its team of font foundries. One of the new fonts that caught my eye, NeubauLaden, hails from Berlin, built from a grid of strict geometry and cold modernism. According to Font Shop, Austrian born, Berlin based designer Stefan Gandl formed Neubau in [...]

Simon Page poster designs for IYA 2009 for sale

Written by admin. Posted on November 19, 2009. Filed under Grid Design, Müller-Brockmann, Posters. Tagged , . No comments.
Simon Page is a UK-based Graphic Designer who works in a variety of styles in a number of mediums. A common theme that is evident throughout his work is mathematics and geometry. His recent work for the International Year of Astronomy was initially designed as self-promotional work, but word gets around and he eventually received [...]

Khoi Vinh creates a WordPress theme

Written by admin. Posted on November 14, 2009. Filed under Design, Wordpress. Tagged , , , . 2 Comments.
Basic Maths Wordpress Theme
Khoi Vinh, of subtraction.com fame has created a beautiful grid-based WordPress theme called Basic Maths. To be honest, I’m surprised he hasn’t monetised the plagiarism long before now. Basic Maths has been developed in conjunction with Allan Cole of fthrwght.com, in a similar vein to Allan’s fantastic new theme, Neutica+. The beautiful theme offers clean, [...]