Posts filed under 'Films'
Driven Type
Pleaseletmedesign used the “Toyota iQ” car, four colored dots, cameras, Open Frameworks and a race car driver to make this experimental typography. Download the iQ font: http://www.iqfont.com.
Add comment July 31, 2009
Article 2 (for BHO) by Andrew Sloat
Add comment January 23, 2009
Uggh, Wingdings was bad enough!
Font Conference
Stupid fun from College Humor. The crazy Wingding guy at the end is the best! Check it out… www.collegehumor.com
Add comment July 26, 2008
Favorite Kinematic Typography
Kinematic typography refers to the art and technique of expression with moving text.
My design colleagues have been sharing these short typographic films with me for months. Simply mesmerizing. Thanks everybody!
If you start digging, you’ll find hundreds more of these on YouTube. You could spend hours, so I’ve tried to narrow it down to a few of the better examples. Many utilize very similar techniques. Here are a handful that I never tire of watching. These in particular, pair typography with some of our favorite scenes from movies and TV shows. I believe these are student projects (I apologize but it’s really hard to find proper credits). Enjoy…
Ocean’s Eleven
Psycho
The Office (Benito Mussolini’s “War Statement” as interpreted by the incomparable Dwight Schrute)
The Big Lebowski (animated by Koos Dekker)
Add comment April 3, 2008
This Type Tastes Good
Best explanation of what “typography” is. This clever motion piece was created by students, Marcos “Boca” Ceravolo and Ryan Uhrich, for the 4 Motion Design class at the Vancouver Film School.
“Typography is what language looks like.” —Ellen Lupton, Thinking with Type
“A good typographer is someone who communicates a point of view with skill and imagination, and makes the type taste good.” —Jeffrey Keedy
1 comment April 3, 2008
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP…
Learning to write the ABCs — child vs. calligrapher. You’ll just love this!
Charming short film by Job & Roel Wouters,
recorded in Amsterdam at studio Xelor, early 2008. (4:21 minutes)
1 comment March 12, 2008
Helvetica: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.
I was pleasantly surprised. This film is VERY engaging! Offers a wide variety of perspectives about the typeface we all love/hate. Highly recommended to students. Check it out on Netflix.com and currently $19.99 on amazon.com.
More information: helveticafilm.com
“Helvetica is like a good screwdriver; a reliable, efficient, easy-to-use tool. But put it in the wrong hands, and it’s potentially lethal.” — Tom Geismar
Add comment January 4, 2008
Paula Scher’s Typography Notebook
From “Detour” presented by Moleskine — an exhibition at the Art Directors Club in NY (summer 2007). The exhibition featured 70 Moleskine notebooks from prominent designers and artists. This one was created by Paula Scher while on vacation in Jamaica.
Art Series : Paula Scher (short film)
One in a series of short documentaries by Hillman Curtis. http://www.hillmancurtis.com/hc_web/film_video/source/scher.php
Highly recommended: Make it Bigger, Paula Scher (2002)
Another film about Pentagram: http://www.hillmancurtis.com/hc_web/film_video/source/fof/pentagram07.php
Add comment January 3, 2008
Sagmeister – Things I have Learned in my Life So Far
Brand New: Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far, Stefan Sagmeister (2008). This book consists of 15 unbound signatures in a laser-cut slipcase. Shuffling the sequence of the signatures will produce 15 different covers.
Also recommended: Made You Look, Stefan Sagmeister (2001)
Add comment January 3, 2008
Letterpress Printing
Short film about John Kristensen’s Firefly Press in Somerville, Massachusetts. (QuickTime 6 movie 7.5 MB 00:05:52)
http://elsa.photo.net/video/firefly-small.mov
1 comment January 3, 2008
