Breathless 1960

Breathless 1960, Typography from Emanuel Cohen on Vimeo.

Another quirky little piece of film, this one's quite short however. There's a bit of a shortage on the type front as there's quite a lot of image used as well, however I like it's rough, crafty nature and use of colour. Not really sure what it's about though because it's all in French. I'm also enjoying the way the odd random letter creeps in at various points, that's a nice little touch.

Pale Blue Dot

The Pale Blue Dot Typography from Nick Lyons on Vimeo.

Another nice piece, once again not simply just letters being pushed around a screen; this one has an interesting concept which is reflected well throughout the video.

War of the Worlds Kinetic Type

War of the Worlds Kinetic Typography from J.R. Schmidt on Vimeo.


Thought I'd start investigating some kinetic type to help me get involved with this project, I'm quite liking this one here, based on the old War Of the Worlds radio show. It's fairly gloomy and atmospheric compared to most kinetic type videos I've seen before, most videos seem to make use of the same pristine styling, clean cut with bright colours, so it's nice to see one that goes for quite an alternative feel, which of course is largely influenced by the audio clip used.

Top 10 Print Manual

Open publication - Free publishing - More design

International Office

A type specimen for Klim foundry, printed on newsprint as an alternative to previous Klim specimens, which are usually found in smaller booklets. I admire the simplicity of the design work, and the inevitable cost-effectiveness that results from this. Mainly however I looked at this for inspiration for my own type specimen-type-thing. It is interesting to learnt that these specimens don't necessarily need to be confined to small booklets. They have also taken inspiration from 'A Search For Tradition' - a talk by Douglas Lilburn in 1946 - in order to give some relevant content to the publication.

Hague and Gill

Just fancied uploading this as I live just round the corner......pretty interesting how my town used to be kind of 'on the map' as such in the design industry....particularly with furniture design and manufacturing, and I suppose printing as well, as I have recently found out. 

808