Archive for December, 2009

"The Creation of Light" to "Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots" - and links to collections of woodcuts from selected books of the New Testament.

"When he was a child, Martin McClellan would sneak out into the garage where his father kept a hobby print shop. He'd spin the flywheel on the 19th century Golding Pearl press, pumping his leg on the treadle (cast iron in the shape of an ornate capital G) to achieve a great momentum. He'd jump on the treadle and ride it up and down until the energy dissipated and the ride slowed to a stop. To this day looking at great typography gives him an equivalent thrill. He's awkwardly utopian about design. He lives in Seattle."

Interesting demo of next-gen CSS possibilities.

LIFE Magazine collection of logos painted on boxcars.

"The Digital Catalogue documents, visually and textually, the first ten years of Andy Goldsworthy's ephemeral, outdoor practice. It replicates Goldsworthy's Slide Cabinet Index, and includes previously unpublished material from Goldsworthy's Sketchbook Diaries.

Amazing new track from Sam Amidon.

"The typeface should have 'the bold simplicity of the authentic lettering of the finest periods' Pick wrote to Johnston. It should also, he told him, be easy to read from a moving train and in bad lighting, be noticeably up-to-date with the times, and yet also be completely different from anything found on other shops and signage. Finally, in true Frank Pick style, Johnston was told that each letter should be 'a strong and unmistakeable symbol.'"