Typography: August 2008 Archives

Dylan Went Electric and Ed Fella Has a Website

Dylan Went Electric and Ed Fella Has a Website

Probably one of my favorite typographers and artists is a gent by the name of Ed Fella. If you aren't familiar, you're in for a treat. If you are very familiar...you're STILL in for a treat.

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Optima vs. Gotham: Campaign Typeface Smackdown '08

Optima vs. Gotham: Campaign Typeface Smackdown '08

There has been much interweb chatter (some of it here! -- Ed.) of not only Hoefler & Frere-Jones's Gotham as the official font of the Obama campaign, but also of a graphic discipline and consistency throughout this election season that companies like Apple and Nike would be proud of. It also didn't hurt to have Shepard Fairey's Obama poster turn into the must-have wall art of the politically aware.
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Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful What You Wish For

Michael Walsh, the art director of the Visual Arts Press, asked me to do the next SVA subway poster this past January. I was completely blown away, and of course, said I'd be honored. The next day, the lovely Ric Grefe from AIGA called to tell me I was getting the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Medal. I assumed that before the end of that glorious week, I'd get clocked by a car on my bike ride home and would linger in a coma that would last beyond both the poster deadline and the big AIGA gala in September. Surprisingly, I've been spared (though I'm still waiting for an anvil to fall on my head). … MORE

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