"...There are, however, some designers and even clients who insist that the public deserve and will respond to much higher standards in graphics. They are convinced, as Charlie Chaplin was convinced, that the best way to entertain the public is to first entertain oneself."
A fun, interesting and tought-provoking short documentary about the typeface we all love to hate: Comic Sans. Makes you think that nothing must be taken lightly, especially when it comes to human perceptions (and design in general).
Here’s a challenge:
try designing a logo using Comic Sans (that’s not for a cartoon magazine, of course :P).
Few things can compare with the pleasure of freeriding through the snow powder, down the slopes of the mountain, through woods and alpine plains alike. I only hope that I’ll still be able to ski — meaning, we’ll still have enough snow — in Romania ten or twenty years from now.
Happy holidays everyone, snowy or sunny, just as you like it :)
You can view a larger image, along with others on my flickr. Two videos with my brother and I freeriding are also online on youtube, here and here :)
Later edit:
Well, it seems ‘freeriding’ is a snowboarding term, so the better thing to use would be backcountry skiing :)
Superb concert last night in Bucharest. It thrilled me to see that not only did they know in which country they were (this may sound odd, but many artist coming here for the first time mistook us for Budapest—a big mistake, considering the ancient national issues between romaniand and hungarians), but most of their impressive type&image screen kept rolling strong headlines in romanian, among some being facts about our political problems. It really showed how serious Del Naja is about his campaigns and how much it means to him to fight for an idea through his music and shows.
And the music… well, it was enchanting, hypnotising, hair raising. Can’t wait to get the new album :)
I’d sure love to turn this photo into a poster :) Big type would look great on it, especially Akzidenz Grotesk or Franklin Gothic. Ragged left, of course—would work better than ragged right with the photo flipped, I think.
