The Branding of Polaroid, 1957 - 1977

http://giam.typepad.com/the_branding_of_polaroid_/polaroids-graphic-identity-by-paul-giambarba-1957-1977/

Notificações

Relembra-se que a sessão de apresentações será retomada na primeira aula de Janeiro.

Informa-se também que o enunciado da proposta de trabalho, apresentada hoje em aula, já está disponível online.

Boas festas.

Icons, Icons, Icons

That’s how the icon for a computer with Windows looks in a networked environment of Macs. The joke by the designers filibusters at Apple was a little obscure, but a bit coarse.

10 Outstanding Metaphors in Icon Design

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Once, we needed an icon for a data filter, which is often portrayed using the metaphor of a funnel. It was drawn like this:

The client’s response was as follows: “I do not really understand why for a filter, you drew an icon shaped like a Martini glass!”

10 Mistakes in Icon Design

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The surefire way of creating a set of icons falling apart along the way is to start generating icons one after another, in the alphabetic order, without looking ahead and with no clear vision of the whole picture. The opposite approach is what we call “designing an iconic language”. This method is described in details in the book by William Horton, “The Icon Book”. And now I will try to demonstrate you an example of what it is and how it is implemented.

Designing an iconic language

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Does that mean that the only useful function of icons is to help users with dull sight? In fact, no. But this example demonstrates that an icon unlike text can have properties for locating it on the screen. These properties are shape and color. Text messages are not different from each other by shape or color. To distinguish one message from another you need to read it. In the event with icons, you need just a quick glance.

What icons are for

Sarau de Natal

Privacy Icons

The Privacy Icon makes an iron-clad guarantee about some portion of how a company treats your data. This method means that without ever having to delve into the details, everyday people can glance at the simple icons atop a privacy to know if and how their data is being used. At the same time, it gives companies the flexibility required to create comprehensive and meaningful policies.

http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/privacy-icons/

http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/what-should-matter-in-privacy/

Alteração dos prazos P04

Informam-se todos os discentes que os prazos da proposta de trabalho 4 foram alterados para:
Entrega em formato digital: 14/12/2011, 19:00;
Apresentação: 15/12/2011, 8:30 AM.

Done Manifesto

These maxims are really a super concise and clear way of restating one of the founding tenets of so-called design thinking: The idea of creating prototypes as soon as you can, and failing as fast as possible so you can evolve your way to something great. It isn't to say that you have to make these failures public. But the failures have to be made and not just thought about. Get it done.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665527/infographic-of-the-day-13-rules-for-realizing-your-creative-vision

Sketching

Sketching: the Visual Thinking Power Tool
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sketching-the-visual-thinking-power-tool/

To Sketch or not to Sketch? That is the Question
http://designinformer.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/04/sketch-question/

Offsetters Development Sketches
Get ready to scroll.
http://identitydesigned.com/offsetters/

Pictogram Illustrations

The Sketchbook of Susan Kare, the Artist Who Gave Computing a Human Face

http://blogs.plos.org/neurotribes/2011/11/22/the-sketchbook-of-susan-kare-the-artist-who-gave-computing-a-human-face/

40 Minimalist Icon, Symbol & Pictogram Sets

http://spyrestudios.com/minimalist-icon-symbol-pictogram-sets/

pictogram

http://cargocollective.com/search/pictogram

PPWI

Donny Grafiks

http://www.donnygrafiks.com

http://www.donnygrafiks.com/works/pictogram/

Always with Honor - Icons

http://alwayswithhonor.com/filter/icons

The Pratical Aplication of Pictograms

http://www.pictogram.se/products/8805-practicalapp_pictogram.pdf

Helveticons

Helveticons

Royalty-free vector icons, glyphs and symbols based on the Helvetica Bold typeface

Olympic Games Pictograms

http://1stmuse.com/pictograms/

Movie Pictogram

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Stanley-Kubrick-pictogram-movie-posters/1177041

Music Pictogram

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Pictogram-music-posters/1834313

Olympic Pictograms Through the Ages

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/24/sports/olympics/pictograms-interactive.html

The noun project

http://thenounproject.com/

Univers Revolved

Univers Revolved is a three-dimensional alphabet. It invites the readers to play with their imaginative mind and think beyond the conventions of their familiar reading method.

http://universrevolved.com/4.About%20Univers%20Rev/Aboutframeset.htm

BEAUTIFUL TYPOGRAPHY: A CRASH COURSE

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2011-design/beautiful-typography-a-crash-course/#transcription-request

The Evolution of Type

Evolution-of-Type-Exhibits-1-5
Evolution-of-Type-Exhibits-6-9-12
Evolution-of-Type-Exhibits-10-11-13
Evolution-of-Type-Fig-23-24-18-31

Atendimento

Caros alunos,
Estarei disponível para atendimento amanhã à tarde a partir das 17:00, mediante marcação prévia, via email.
Pedro Cardoso

Fontstruct

Para quem ainda não conhece.

http://fontstruct.com/

prototyp-0

L’application prototyp-0 est spécialement conçue pour le dessin de caractère. Grâce au procédé automatisé, prototyp-0 accélère considérablement le processus de création, permettant ainsi de générer dans un délai très court une multiplicité de polices typographiques complètes. Pour correspondre à ses critères, l’utilisateur pourra régler une vingtaine de paramètres (graisse, chasse, hauteur d’X, empattements, etc.)

http://www.yannickmathey.com/prototyp

Typeverything

http://typeverything.com/

Ubuntu Font Family

The Ubuntu Font Family are a set of matching new libre/open fonts. The development is being funded by Canonical on behalf the wider Free Software community and the Ubuntu project. The technical font design work and implementation is being undertaken by Dalton Maag.

Both the final font Truetype/OpenType files and the design files used to produce the font family are distributed under an open licence and you are expressly encouraged to experiment, modify, share and improve. The typeface is sans-serif, uses OpenType features and is manually hinted for clarity on desktop and mobile computing screens.

The scope of the Ubuntu Font Family includes all the languages used by the various Ubuntu users around the world in tune with Ubuntu's philosophy which states that every user should be able to use their software in the language of their choice. So the Ubuntu Font Family project will be extended to cover many more written languages.

http://font.ubuntu.com/
http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Ubuntu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Font_Family
About Ubuntu Code of Conduct

Logos

http://logopond.com/

Helvetica and Alternatives to Helvetica

Helvetica is a classic. Helvetica is played out. Each of these statements is true to an extent. The world’s most recognizable typeface will soon star in a new film that documents both its omnipresence and its timelessness.

There are many reasons why Helvetica is so widespread. The most obvious being that a few weights have been bundled with the Mac OS for years. It is arguably the most respectable of the “default” fonts. But it’s also used because it’s a safe, neutral choice. For many purposes, typography is more about content than style. Fans of Beatrice Warde will tell you that typographers should communicate without distraction. Helvetica, with its simple, unadorned forms, is the perfect crystal goblet. Even its ubiquity contributes to its neutrality — letters so common they become invisible.

But invisibility isn’t always appropriate, particularly in advertising or branding where individuality is key. Here we recommend our favorite fonts from the grotesque genre that offer something different from Helvetica (or Arial) — whether it’s style, warmth, or extra features like small caps, figure alternates, and additional widths.

http://fontfeed.com/archives/helvetica-and-alternatives-to-helvetica/

Arial & Helvetica

How to spot Arial

"Many of the characters in Helvetica and Arial are very similar to each other, although none are quite identical. Other characters are quite a bit different, and they are the key to telling which is which. Here are some of the most obvious ones (Grotesque 215, Arial’s ancestor, has also been included for comparison)(…)"

Arial versus Helvetica

"Every typeface, like every one of us, has its distinguishing features. You might be forgiven for thinking that some fonts are clones, or identical twins. However, closer inspection reveals subtle differences and nuances that simply escape casual perusal. Something that can really help to heighten our sensitivity to those differences is getting out our magnifying glasses and really taking a closer look."

The Scourge of Arial

"Arial is everywhere. If you don’t know what it is, you don’t use a modern personal computer. Arial is a font that is familiar to anyone who uses Microsoft products, whether on a PC or a Mac. It has spread like a virus through the typographic landscape and illustrates the pervasiveness of Microsoft’s influence in the world."

The 8 Worst Fonts in The World

The 8 Worst Fonts in The World

Shape Type

http://shape.method.ac/

Symbols

http://designhistory.org/symbols.html

Typography Experiments

http://portfolio.hellopanos.co.uk/#1002314/Typography-Experiments

Pentagram

http://www.pentagram.com/work/#/all/all/newest/


é uma empresa de design com alguns projectos de criação de logótipos e cartazes aonde o uso da tipografia e elementos gráficos estão presentes.

Vários - ícones e narrativa

http://viktorhertz.carbonmade.com/projects/3023695

http://viktorhertz.carbonmade.com/projects/2680663#8 (há mais alguns exemplos pertinentes nesta galeria)

http://www.squareinchdesign.com/category/childrens-story-posters/

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Pictogram-music-posters/1834313

Type play

Type play

Philographics by Genis Carreras

http://geniscarreras.com/philosophy.html

50 Meaningful and Creative Logos with Thoughts Behind Them

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/meaningful-creative-logos/

Livro LetterWork

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16681059/LetterWork.zip

72 Creative And Smart Typographic Logo Inspiration

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/72-creative-and-smart-typographic-logo-inspiration/

Word as Image

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J59n8FsoRLE&feature=player_embedded&fb_source=message

Rebus

Eye Bee M poster designed by Rand in 1981 for IBM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rand

Unique Types

Nosewritten by Welab

Unique Types is a mobilization against prejudice. Using the fonts, you support AACD cause, showing the phisically disabled children can do almost everything other people can.

http://uniquetypes.cc/index_en.html
http://www.uniquetypes.cc/designers/index_en.html

The Kerning Game

The Kerning Game

Notificação

A aula de apresentação da proposta de trabalho 2 (27/10) decorrerá na Aula Magna. Relembra-se que a presença de todos os discentes ao longo de toda a sessão é obrigatória. A sessão terá início às 8:30 AM para que possam ser efectuados os devidos preparativos, sendo que as apresentações iniciarão às 8:45 AM. As versões impressas deverão ser entregues no início da sessão para que possam ser consultadas aquando a respectiva apresentação.

What Type Are You?

http://www.pentagram.com/what-type-are-you/

The League of Moveable Type

Talvez seja um bocado tarde para open source fonts, no contexto da proposta, mas os fundadores da The League têm um conceito muito interessante e pertinente que me parece apropriado. Principalmente para quem assistiu no sábado, na Fbaup, à palestra do Peter Sunde, do The Pirate Bay, e da Elizabeth Stark, fundadora do movimento Free Culture. Para os que não estiveram presentes nesta palestra sobre a questão da propriedade intelectual e partilha "ilegal" na internet, pesquisem sobre isso e explorem o site:

http://theleagueofmoveabletype.com/

So you need a typeface

http://inspirationlab.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/so-you-need-a-typeface/

P02: A Tipografia Suiça do Weingart

Formato Analógico
Data: 27.10.2011 8:30AM
A4 ao alto/portrait encadernado
Conteúdo:
- 36 exercícios de acordo com o enunciado.
Todas as páginas deverão ter referenciada(s) a(s) fonte(s) e tamanho(s) utilizadas no respectivo exercício em Helvetica 8pt K=40)
- Memória descritiva.
- Capa com Nome e Apelido (K=100).
- Separador para cada fase 1, 2, 3 e 4.

Formato Digital
Data: 26.10.2011 19:PM
A4 deitado/landscape, Nome-Apelido.pdf
Conteúdo:
- 8 slides (2 slides de cada fase).
- 1 slide inicial com Nome e Apelido (Helvetica Regular 60pt RGB=0 centrado).

Future Places

Festival de media digitais e culturas locais
19-22 Outubro
Porto

http://futureplaces.org/program/

Data de apresentação P02

Informam-se todos os discentes que a data de apresentação da proposta 2 foi adiada para dia 27 de Outubro, quinta-feira.

Period Styles: A punctuated history

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3137704/a_punctuated_history.zip

Christian Gessner

Manual de impressão do século XVIII com ilustrações feitas a partir de ornamentos tipográficos.

http://pplspcoll.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/analog-ascii/

Alguns Links

Thinking with Type, Letter

Thinking with Type, Text

The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web

Typography for Lawyers

Erik Spiekermann's Typo Tips (.pdf)

The Typographer's Glossary (.pdf)

Styles, Weights, Widths, It's All in the (Type) Family (.pdf)

Education at FontShop

Fonts in Use, again.

Fotolia type ad

These ads contain no images, only typography and in no more than three colours — a bold move for a company that makes its money selling images.

(…)

Some typographers may critique the ads due to their hard-to-read nature, however, what might not be apparent is that this was, in fact, very intentional. What is unique about typography-heavy advertising is that it requires more from the viewer than passive observation; it requires an active participation — reading. The idea was to create a “block of type out of blocky type,” and in all caps, so that it required cognitive investment on the part of the reader, and made it memorable. Meadus figured that the writing was interesting enough that the readers wouldn’t mind being challenged to get through it, and “given the abrasive, pompous tone of voice, it was fitting that they be hard to read.”

http://www.typeforyou.org/2011/07/01/fotolia-bold-move-with-only-type-ad/

Frankenfont

An edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein laid out using characters and glyphs from PDF documents obtained through internet searches. The incomplete fonts found in the PDFs were reassembled into the text of Frankenstein based on their frequency of use. The most common characters are employed at the beginning of the book, and the text devolves into less common, more grotesque shapes and forms toward the end.

At http://fathom.info/frankenfont/

Cheese or font?

http://cheeseorfont.com/

SITES COM INTERESSE

Boa noite de novo,

parece que ao bocado nao foi de vez, passo aqui de novo para deixar mais alguns sites relacionados com tipografia:

typographica.org (este tem um 'capitulo' que me chamou a atenção e que me suscitou particular interesse, se fizerem scroll down no site vai aparecer uma hiperligaçao chamada Making Geometric Type Work, da algumas noções de Kerning e Tracking, bem como mais alguma informação relativa a relações entre caracteres e palavras). Vale a pena.

fontfeed.com (este também tem informação relacionada com kernign. Tem artigos uteis sobre o assunto).

typeforyou.blogspot.com (Tem artigos uteis sobre o assunto).

fontsinuse.com (utilização na pratica de determinados tipos).

Por ultimo:

http://www.fontshop.com/blog/newsletters/december10b/index.html (Top 2010 fonts. E sempre útil).

Adios muchachos

I LOVE TYPOGRAPHY

Boa noite pessoal,

passo por aqui só para deixar um site que, embora muitos de vocês possam já conhecer, ou não, continua a ter material com muito interesse a nível tipográfico.

Aqui fica:

ilovetypography.com

Boa noite a todos

Marian Bantjes Explores Joy Through Typography

Marian Bantjes is one of those creators that make pigeonholing impossible. Trained as a graphic designer, with a decade-long career as a typesetter under her belt and a penchant for the intricate beauty of letterform illustrations, she calls herself a ‘graphic artist’ and is an avid advocate for self-education and self-reinvention.

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/10/19/marian-bantjes-i-wonder/

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marian_bantjes_intricate_beauty_by_design.html

KERN

KERN is a minimalist typography experience challenging you to precisely place a missing letter into a falling word while avoiding any unnecessary ligatures! Practice and prove your typographical acumen with a score that gives new meaning to point-size!

Para quem tiver iPhone at http://www.FORMationAlliance.com/index.php?id=39

rainbow types

(achei uma brincadeira apropriada ao projecto. Já agora, aqui está o site do ilustrador, vale a pena: http://www.marcjohns.com)

KERNTYPE

Fazer do kerning um jogo.

http://type.method.ac/#

Lesson Swiss Style Design

Aproveito para deixar aqui um artigo óptimo sobre Design Suíço.

Parece adequado, não?

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/17/lessons-from-swiss-style-graphic-design/

Bruno Maag fala sobre tipografia.

Bruno Maag - Type is our business - part 1 of 2 from The Workshop on Vimeo.

Bruno Maag - Type is our business - Part 2 of 2 from The Workshop on Vimeo.

typography

http://www.designers-books.com/
(pesquisem, vale a pena)

Letter Fountain

http://www.letterfountain.com/
http://www.taschen.com/lookinside/06770/index.htm

Type books

http://papress.com/thinkingwithtype/
http://webtypography.net/

Calendário de apresentações P01

Segue o calendário de apresentações da Proposta 01. Os discentes deverão estar devidamente preparados e agir com antecipação a fim de agilizar e respeitar o cumprimento do calendário abaixo indicado. A respectiva aula (29/09) decorrerá na Aula Magna, relembrando-se que a presença de todos os discentes ao longo de toda a sessão é obrigatória. A sessão terá início às 8:30 AM para que possam ser efectuados os devidos preparativos.

G1 – 8:45
Mariana Cardoso
Catarina Lencastre
André Resendes

G2 – 9:00
Rita Mendes
Tânia Silva
Helena Soares

G3 – 9:15
Elodie Mota
Ana Torres
Diana Marcelino

G4 – 9:30
Joana Valadar
Maria Santos
Eliana Pires

G5 – 9:45
David Rodrigues
Joana Carvalho
Luís Batalha

G6 – 10:00
Maria Teresa Almeida
Mariana Silva
Sofia Correia

G7 – 10:15
Mariana Owen Ribeiro
Jéssica Teixeira
Mafalda Mariares Almeida

G8 – 11:00
Rafaela Abreu
Joana Fachana Costa
Francisca Bulhosa

G9 – 11:15
Manuel Melo
Mariana Mota
Cláudia Castro
Pedro Brandão Pinto

G10 – 11:30
Maria Carlos Cardeiro
Laura Ferrari Pina
Maria Miguel Cardeiro

G11 – 11:45
César Marques
Rui Sereno
Pedro Teixeira

G12 – 12:00
Catarina Silva
Júlia Guimarães
Sara Pimenta

G13 – 12:15
Alexandra Guedes
Ana Rodrigues
Susana Barbosa
Gil Rodrigues

G14 – 12:30
Sevil
Elayda
Caio

Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite!

"So here's a new definition for doodling. And I hope there's someone in here from The Oxford English Dictionary, because I want to talk to you later. Here's the real definition: Doodling is really to make spontaneous marks to help yourself think. That is why millions of people doodle. Here's another interesting truth about the doodle: People who doodle when they're exposed to verbal information retain more of that information than their non-doodling counterparts. We think doodling is something you do when you lose focus, but in reality, it is a preemptive measure to stop you from losing focus. Additionally, it has a profound effect on creative problem-solving and deep information processing."

Keynotes

Ted Talks
Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness



Ignite
Scott Berkun - "Why and How to Give an Ignite Talk"