"...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."

Get your own Periodic Table of Typefaces

Posted: October 9th, 2009 | Author: Iancu | Filed under: design, fun, grid, type | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Remember the Periodic Table of Typefaces? Well, you can print your own now—thanks to the high demand, the kind folks at Squidspot can send you the vector files—donating is of course encouraged. I surely got mine already—I couldn’t consider myself a type-fan without having this on my wall :P

You can also buy the new versions, printed silver on black or white:
typeface_poster_blk_slv


The beautiful bear—Pointless Corp logo

Posted: October 4th, 2009 | Author: Iancu | Filed under: design, illustration | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment »

It’s such a pleasure to see a thorough, well-designed logo that manages to be at the same time fun and memorable:

Pointless Corp logo

Pointless Corp logo

You can admire him in its natural habitat, the «corp»’s website, Pointless Corp. Logo process taken from here.


“Browse less & draw more”

Posted: October 3rd, 2009 | Author: Iancu | Filed under: design, personal, thoughts, tips, type | Tags: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

This is probably the best piece of advice I could ever give to a fellow designer. And I’m very very sure Mr. Milton Glaser would agree, as you can read in this interview, with Chip Kidd.

I made an iPhone wallpaper out of it, to keep it in mind as much as possible—maybe, just maybe I’ll be able to actually take this advice myself. Feel free to use it. Let me know if you like it. Thanks :)

Browse less & draw more

Browse less & draw more

And yes, nothing beats Futura. Ever.
(small hint to IKEA :P)