This is a piece byKyle Bean, student/designer/illustrator/self-proclaimed maker of things.
It is entitled the future of books.
The text on the spine is set in futura. hah.

Too bad reading on a screen blows. I guess by the time this idea would be real everyone would be getting Lasik...so straining your eyes won't matter.
I wonder if each book on cd would have a sticker you could put on the cover.. to show off what you were reading at the time. Maybe another screen on the cover. Stickers are so lo tech.

The rather difficult font game

Here is a game where you try to guess which font is displayed. I got like a 26 out of 34. The average is is 24. I want Gregg to try!

http://ajax.sayitaintslow.com/fontgame/

Persepolis playing at Plaza Theatre 7:45 nightly

Persepolis playing at Plaza Theatre 7:45 nightly!

Persepolis is the award-winning animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name.
Nominated for Best Animated Feature for the Acadamy Awards and winner of the Jury Prize at 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/persepolis/

Here, Gregg.

Here is a type documentary done by BBC. It is from the 80's. It is entitled Typomania!
I'm sure this is exactly what you were looking for (snicker). I don't think the host could be any more dry. The blog where I found it called it "very interesting." I know you can't wait.

I was going the video itsself up, but blogger hates me. It's not giving me the option to do so. I actually even went to the help center to try to figure it out. Boo.

So here the address is, all un-blog savvily.

http://www.spiekermann.com/iblog/C1097932338/E1823448250/index.html

Chip Kidd Speaks at SCAD

SCAD-Atlanta Writer Series Presents Chip Kidd
Thursday, April 17
7:30 p.m.
SCAD-Atlanta
1600 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.

Chip Kidd is known for his work in the design and literary worlds. His book jacket designs for Alfred A. Knopf (where he has worked since 1986) have helped spawn a revolution in the art of American book packaging. In 1998 he was made a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, and in Fall 2003 Newsweek included him in its first-ever issue devoted to design. "The Cheese Monkeys" (Scribner, 2001), Kidd’s first novel, was a national bestseller as well as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His second novel, "The Learners," was published February 2008. This event is free and open to the public, and a book signing will follow the lecture. Free parking available on site. For more information, call 404.253.3100

I wish our class was T/TH. Then we would not be having class.

For all of you who have had not had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Kidd speak, he is absolutely hilarious. Go.

What I learned in class 2/24/08

Let's see now.

I learned that it's always important to read/follow directions.
I was reaffirmed in the fact that knowing how to talk about your work is just as important, if not more so, as the work itself.
Kim is crazy.
Don't use a font that wasn't created with any punctuation.
Benjamin Franklin used Garamond.
Gregg saw Primus while we were all in middle school.

Now let's all go make typefaces out of condiments!
It looks fun!

Fruit and Font Fun

I just thought these were neat. The message is still very readable, even though it's hand done on a piece of fruit. I would like to see a whole bowl of these.