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“Every visual creative work is a manifestation of the character of the designer....”
– Josef Müller-Brockmann, Grid Systems, Niggli Publishers
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WatchWatch
Here’s some music for the weekend. If you buy it, you support Red Cross! ‘Us’ is a collective of musicians and artists from around the world that stands for solidarity over isolation, action over apathy and hope over despair. All proceeds received from this compilation will go to the Red Cross to aid them in their life-giving work around the planet; supporting the places and...
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August 2011
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The Ten Commandments on Typography
by Kurt Weidemann 1. Typography is the art of fine measurement. A too little and too faint removes it from the mastership as well, as a too much and too heavy. 2. Typography is a service. The artistic act about it is primarily the art of being able to disregard itself in the first instance, the discipline not to interpose itself between the author and the reader. 3. Typography has found...
Aug 16th
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“10. Typography only knows a few rules and masters that were made and obtained in...”
– From The Ten Commandments on Typography by Kurt Weidemann (December 15, 1922 – March 30, 2011)
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July 2011
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“9. Typography sets such diverse tasks with such different aims that bigoted...”
– From The Ten Commandments on Typography by Kurt Weidemann (December 15, 1922 – March 30, 2011)
Jul 30th
Artikel zum Type Design Workshop »Follow the quick... →
Jul 24th
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“8. Typography builds by type. Type is character. It characterises its designer,...”
– From The Ten Commandments on Typography by Kurt Weidemann (December 15, 1922 – March 30, 2011)
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“7. Typography structures information and processes it according to its content;...”
– From The Ten Commandments on Typography by Kurt Weidemann (December 15, 1922 – March 30, 2011)
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June 2011
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“6. Typography is environmental protection for the eyes, it’s worth to open them...”
– From The Ten Commandments on Typography by Kurt Weidemann (December 15, 1922 – March 30, 2011)
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“It’s important to get to know the whole range of the subject during the studies....”
– Indra Kupferschmid (from the Typoversity Interview) German/deutsch: »Es ist wichtig, dass man im Studium die Bandbreite des Fachgebietes kennen lernt. Ich [als Professorin für Kommunikationsdesign und Typografie] lege beispielsweise Wert auf Vielseitigkeit in der Schriftwahl. Meiner Meinung nach...
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“5. Typography requires logical reasoning and psychological knowledge. The...”
– From The Ten Commandments on Typography by Kurt Weidemann (December 15, 1922 – March 30, 2011)
Jun 13th
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“4. Typography in the Western world traces back to a character set from the Roman...”
– From The Ten Commandments on Typography by Kurt Weidemann (December 15, 1922 – March 30, 2011)
Jun 12th
“Man könnte meinen, dass sich Design per Definition im Kreis drehen muss, weil...”
– Meine These. Werf ich jetzt mal einfach hier in den Raum. Ich hab das Wort »spielen« umformulieren wollen, weils in unserem Kulturkreis ja eher verpöhnt ist, aber es ist drin geblieben. Vielleicht hinterfragen wir unsere Einstellung ja einfach mal. Andernfalls ist die These eh nicht haltbar :D
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“3. Typography has found its most beautiful forms long since centuries. Therefor...”
– From The Ten Commandments on Typography by Kurt Weidemann (December 15, 1922 – March 30, 2011)
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