From Paul-Rand.com, here’s an excellent and edifying insight into the mind of the master via a three-part interview by designer Miggs Burroughs for his Wayne’s Worldesque television program: Paul Rand Interview on Miggs B. on TV
Miggs Burroughs is a pretty crappy interviewer, and heaven only knows why Rand agreed to sit down with him, but Rand’s usual eloquent brilliance shines through nonetheless.
I’ve been calling it a piece of crap since I first saw it, and it looks like some Britons have taken their offense at the design monstrosity that is the 2012 Olympics logo one a step further.
Not a whole lot different from the original, I think.
From Silo Design (warning: annoying window resize), here’s a site that’s as fun as it is instructive: Type Is Art
I made a type lady:
Because type is art. Quiet, serene, and elegant art.
Here’s a breathtaking performance by Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) from 2003 in France.
Esbjörn Svensson tragically died last month in a scuba-diving accident – a grievous loss for the music world, as well as his family and friends.
Roger Chasteauneuf has posted an excellent InDesign/typography tutorial at Typophile that is well worth checking out for anyone interested in how to use the typographic grid to keep the page neat, legible, and handsome: A tutorial for good typography in InDesign - Setting up a baseline grid
He uses metrics, since he’s in Europe, but if you live in the United States (or Liberia!), you can easily substitute English units. As Roger points, out, we are extremely fortunate to be able to set type with the excellent tools available in InDesign.
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To create, to endeavor, to err, to learn, to achieve, to forever pursue the ideal of beauty.
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