Landscapes October 12, 2011
Landscapes: Volume 2, the second of a three part series by Dustin Farrell.
Landscapes: Volume 2, the second of a three part series by Dustin Farrell.
Monocle news report on Copenhagen design agency e–Types and their shop, Playtype.
Typefaces are something of an obsession at Copenhagen design agency e–Types. They’ve recently started selling fonts out of a shop around the corner from their office, the first bricks–and–mortar outlet for typefaces in the world, luring in customers with products like lettered coffee mugs as part of their campaign to raise public awareness about the power of the typeface. Monocle heads to Vesterbro to see how they’re faring.
Wood Type Revival by Matt Griffin and Matt Braun of the design firm Bearded.
Wood Type Revival is printing rare historic wood type, and turning them into digital fonts for modern designers.
The Creativity of Anger by Jonah Lehrer, contributing editor at Wired.
“Can anyone tell me what MobileMe is supposed to do?” Having received a satisfactory answer, he continued, “So why the fuck doesn’t it do that?”
“Far Nearer” by Jamie xx — out now on Numbers.