Don’t forget your [insert modern essential here] December 15, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Art, Blogging, Design, Etcetera, FFFFOUND!, Laughing, Pretty!, Technobabble, The Ether, Typography.Tags: Apple, Decal, eyePhone, FFFFOUND!, iPhone, Mantra, Memory, Snellen Chart, Steve Jobs, Typography
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This…
… is a brilliant idea. Before Leaving Check List vinyl wall decals by Hu2 Design.
{ Public Poster Project by Egor Bashakov on Behance Network, via FFFFOUND! }
I abhor, loathe, and dread the niggling feeling that you’ve left something behind somewhere. Even when it’s just a completely unjustified twinge at the back of your mind all day. But especially when it’s true!
*Things gets more complicated with music players and reading glasses of course. Though I have yet to encounter said technicality, because music lives in the eyePhone, thus killing two birds with one apple seed [it's worth your time clicking that last link, for technological comparison with this, for example]. And these young eyes are working perfectly well, thank heavens**.
**Although if they weren’t, I could always test them out on this awesome type-lovers’ Snellen Eye Chart).
A Clean Perspexive December 8, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Design, Etcetera, Technobabble, Wisdom, Words.Tags: Chanel, Etymology, Fashion, Karl Lagerfeld, Perspex, Words
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{ Perspex Briefcase by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, via Highsnobiety }
Everything is so much clearer…
…when viewed from a clean Perspexive.
Dear Pantone® Santa… December 4, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Art, Design, Etcetera, Pantone, Pretty!, The Ether.Tags: cashmere, Christmas, Concept design, Eyeshadow, Nail polish, NotCot, Pantone, shopping
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I want this.
And maybe some matching eyeshadow:
Pantone® nail polish and eyeshadow (concepts) by Renata Veiga { via NOTCOT }.
And while you’re at it, how about a nice Pantone® cashmere sweater, in 2695C?
In fact, if I continue to be relatively well-behaved, would you see to it that your elves put into production every Pantone® concept product developed over the past decade or so?
[PS. I'm still waiting on that mug, lego, and Pannetone®* I asked for last year].
* What is it about Christmas that brings the Pantone® concepts out of the woodwork?
Chess Letters, Book Letters, [Bachelor of] Legal Letters. November 9, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Blogging, Design, Etcetera, School, Typography.Tags: Bookshelves, Chess, Exams, Law School, Letters, Stress, Study, University
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No time to blog.
Too busy studying.
Would rather be playing
{ Type Chess Set by Wary Meyers via The Jailbreak }
Or maybe choosing a Book That I Actually Want To Read, from
{ Letters Bookshelf by Pieter de Leeuw via Design Milk }
Instead, there are only four letters on my mind right now:
B. LLB.*
*…Okay, technically it’s B. Comms/LLB. But in the final 5 days of 5 years’ study — having secured the “Comms” bit last semester, and now with only 2 exams to go — those 2 Ls and Bs are my only (very significant) academic concern right now.**
** If I had more free time I’d throw something in here about blubbing, study lbs, and curious palindromes. But I haven’t, so I shan’t.
Sweet (Caramel) Typeface; Sweet (Almost) Freedom October 26, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Art, Blogging, Design, Pretty!, School, Typography.Tags: caramel, dezeen, Font, sugar, thesis, Typeface, Typography, University
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I have finished my honours thesis.
And after an amuse bouche of post-thesis antithetical freedom, now all that stands between me and the end of 18 years of study (at this end, 5 years of University: 2 undergraduate degrees) is… 19 days, 3 assessments, 2 exams, and a whole lot of study.
Until then, I’ll satisfy my sweet tooth with this delectable caramel typeface.
{ Karamel Sans CE by Marta Maštálková, via dezeen }
OH how I adore caramel.
But I would still give all the toffee* in the world for the impending freedom flitting sweetly on the near horizon.
*Even coffee as well. Seriously.
Plastique Fantastique: Typographically accessorised September 22, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Art, Design, FFFFOUND!, Helvetica, Pretty!, Typography.Tags: CMYK, etsy, Helvetica, jewellery, Kerning, necklaces, Plastique, retail, rings, shopping
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THIS. This is what awesome looks like through the eyes of a typophile.
Laser-cut acrylic necklaces…
…and rings
for the ultimate in beautiful, witty, typographical (okay, nerd) accessories.
Okay, uber nerd:
All from Plastique’s etsy store.
Now hurry along with credit cards a-flashing, dear fontgeeks. Stocks are limited, and I need someone to buy them out before I surrender to temptation.
Venn Redux September 14, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Art, Blogging, Design, Etcetera, FFFFOUND!, Laughing, Pantone, Pretty!, Technobabble, The Ether.Tags: Art, Behance, Cake, CMYK, Cool, Design, FFFFOUND!, Narwhal, Nerd, Pantone, Unicorn, Venn diagram, Whale shark
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Okay, remember when the internet started leaking a steady supply of hilariously reworked periodic tables and I developed a tiny obsession (then revisited it) despite a distinct lack of real scientific knowledge?
Well, it’s happened again, this time with Venn diagrams. Usually, I try to avoid anything remotely mathematical (unless of course it’s Craig Damrauer’s New Math).
But there are Venn diagrams, and then there are Venn diagrams. These are the latter:
{ Douglas Adams loved giant, spotty, placid whale sharks, and so do I. via Behance }
{ I love both unicorns and narwhals, and this is genius. My original favourite, by ArgyleWhale via horkulated }
{ I’m also a fan of colour standards, so CMYcake is my new favourite, via FFFFOUND! }
There’s also something rather nice about memes that are gradually exuded throughout the ether like this. As opposed to those high GI memes that burn twice as bright but half as long, before hitting maximum saturation and maximum irritation at almost precisely the same moment (see also: Rickrolling, Squirrel Crashes, and — as much as I hate to say it — Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat).
PS. For a permanent source of often puerile, seldom unfunny, and not at all mathematical diagrams and graphs, you might like to bookmark GraphJam:
…but only if you can afford to fritter away vast swathes of time on a regular basis)
PPS. This one is conclusively prescient:
{ Enough said! via BuzzFeed }
Verdana is IKEA’s font of the futura. August 25, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Blogging, Design, Helvetica, The Ether, The News, Typography.Tags: Font, Futura, Helvetica, IKEA, Typeface, Typography, Typophile, Verdana
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03.09.09 UPDATE:
- Great coverage of the issue on idsgn.org, which, I have just discovered, is a Bloody Brilliant Blog (BBB).
- You can sign the anti-Verdana “IKEA please get rid of Verdana” petition here.
- And TIME.com has even cottoned on to the debacle: The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume Over Verdana.
{ from Please Copy Me, via user Raumschiff on Typophile }
After 50 years, IKEA is changing its font from Futura to Verdana.
{ Follow through for the full story & discussion on Typophile.com }
I love IKEA. I can honestly attest that almost every item of furniture I have ever owned (since childbirth) has been from IKEA. IKEA is the Helvetica of the furniture world. It is a blank canvas. A neutral. Sufficient character to stand up on its own (pun intended), but muted enough that it doesn’t drown out what you’re really trying to say * .
I also love the kooky IKEA language, and the crazy nomenclature around which it is built. A mirror known as FRÄCK; a tiny plush owl toy called SOT; a computer table that answers to the name DAVE. Every book I’ve ever owned has lived on a BILLY bookcase.
Part of me worries that none of these will look or sound quite so Scandinavianly edgy when printed in Verdana…
*Probably something along the lines of “I like low prices, simple lines, white-on-white, and am handy with an Allen key“.
“Refridgerators”, “pidgeons”, “burried”, and The French Band. July 17, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Art, Cinema, Design, Earworms, Laughing, Pretty!, Spellcheck, The Ether, Videorama.Tags: Air, Art, Craigslist, Mike Mills, Music, Open Salon, Pidgeon, Playground Love, Refridgerator, The French Band, The Virgin Suicides, typos
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Firstly…
Read (v.)>> Good luck selling that “refridgerator”
A brilliant (and very astute) rant from Verbal Remedy (“The She-Lord Of Perpetual Nattering”) on her Open Salon blog Verbs and Spices (once upon a snark) about the relationship between spelling and selling.*
Reminds me of something I once posted about back in the day: Good luck finding that “pidgeon”.
And also, of something I haven’t posted about, but keep meaning to:
I can forgive a typo like this. I kind of like the idea of one Mike Mills being too “burried” in romantic sentiment to spell it correctly… And yes, it’s mainly because, as I just discovered, HE DID THE COVER ARTWORK FOR ALL THOSE INCREDIBLE ‘AIR’ ALBUMS!
My gosh, how I adored (and still do adore) this album and its cover art:
In fact, I wholeheartedly believe we should all listen to it now, and “burry” ourselves in romantic sentiment. So very Virgin Suicides.
* Brilliant name, by the by.
Breaking News: I Like Stationery! June 30, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Art, Design, Laughing, Pretty!, Typography.Tags: Get The Hint, Post-its, Stationery, Sticky notes, UrbanOutfitters
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I adore the colour scheme here.
And the simple, blocky font.
And the post-it factor.
Get The Hint Stickies by UrbanOutfitters, via noquedanblogs.
Good News: Is always welcomed.
Bad News: Can usually be ignored, if you so choose.
You’ll Love This: aka. Thinking Of You + Great Minds Think Alike.
You’ll Hate This: Ditto.
You Won’t Believe This: Would be a GREAT one to stick at the ‘amount due’ end of a credit card/phone/internet bill.
(Imperative directive and Not-so-passive-aggressive options also available.)
