Design sense

These book covers were done entirely with type, scissors and a single sheet of paper which was then photographed.

Gary Hustwit, director of "Helvetica," has a new movie debuting at SXSW in Austin on industrial design. Looks like a great line-up including Jonathan Ive of Apple and a lot of other amazing people who design the stuff we think we have to have. Also on board is Rob Walker who writes the Con… Continue

A few days I blogged about a great collection of movie titling sequences . Here's an equally cool story on type in mass transit, specifically the graphic identity of the New York subway system. The jumping off point is a quick retelling of how Helvetica became the standard font, but there are great digressions into the beautiful and functional… Continue

Very cool site collects the best movie titling sequences. Great stuff for both movie and typography obsessives.

Interesting look at how the front page has evolved over time done as an infographic. From Greg J. Smith, a Toronto-based designer and researcher with interests in media theory, representation and digital culture.