Tag Archive for 'Design'

How a magazine spread is designed and the handwriting of type designers

Two things: A video that shows how a magazine article is laid out and samples of the handwriting of influential type designers - A “two-fer for Tuesday” as some DJ’s used to say in radio . . . you remember radio? Radio when it was programmed by human DJ’s in real-time don’t you?

The “hot single” is this fun time-lapse video that documents a designer’s work shaping up a magazine spread.
I found this on Swiss designer Tina Roth Eisenberg’s blog.

Part two is this novel post by Cameron Adam from the The Man In Blue Web site.

Cameron says: “I asked a number of prominent typographers to send me a scan of their handwriting.”
An interesting experiment because these hands craft a great variety of symbols that enable rapid textual communication. The pervasive use of digital type and devices has certainly led to a world that seems to rely less and less on handwriting.

Sebastian

This is the sample from London-based typographer, Sebastian Lester of CustomFonts.com.

See more examples and over 80 comments in the well-illustrated post.

Pretty amazing to see the how original each hand is and how those strokes influence their work.

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Cairo, Egypt (Documentary filmmaking)

November 20 - December 20
Directing documentary film project for MDP Egypt.

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Cairo, Egypt (Documentary filmmaking)
Cairo, egypt
November 20, 2008December 20, 2008

Newspaper design and innovation in Egypt

A new video from Cairo about the innovations and developments in Egyptian newspapers-with a focus on the new design techniques being used to deal with a more competitive media environment. With commentary by Akhbar and MENA chairman, as well as Cairo U professor and Media Development Program Chief of Party. Video also highlights work being done by USAID-funded Media Development Program with its Egyptian media partners to develop their training centers.

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