The Elements of Typographic Style

Posted on 8th December 2010 in Major Project - Words. No Comments.

Bringhurst’s “the Elements of Typographic Style” is a hugely famous book in design circles. Full of information about how and why to organise and use your type, it is easy to see why it has become so popular.

Comic Sans in the Wild

Posted on 5th December 2010 in Major Project - Words. No Comments.

Comic Sans is a font with a well known stigma, and yet it gets used everywhere – sometimes even by professional designers.

As part of my project, and out of my own curiosity, I’ve decided to document Comic Sans.

Thinking With Type – Ellen Lupton

Posted on 5th December 2010 in Major Project - Words. No Comments.

Notes on Ellen Lupton’s Thinking With Type

Drawar Comic Sans Challenge

Posted on 1st December 2010 in Major Project - Words. No Comments.

Drawar were looking for challenge themes (one for every day of December). My curiosity about Comic Sans overriding all else at the moment led me to suggest none other than Comic Sans. Scrivs took this idea and created a brief.

Experience Design – Nathan Shedroff

Posted on 17th November 2010 in Question: Materiality. No Comments.

These are notes taken whilst I was thinking about how important the physicality of something can be. I remembered Shedroff’s book from my BA and whilst I knew it wasn’t necessarily along the right vein, I hoped there would be some ideas about why the experience in itself was important.