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  • Commented on From the Desk of ... Ronn Campisi
    Ronn's office was this tidy when he was still using a drafting table at The Boston Globe. I remember it vividly from 1985. Fred's office was immaculate, too, when I was at Rolling Stone. I wonder what that means......
  • Posted SVA: Off Course Show to Grids
    Step away from your desk for an hour soon and get over to the School of Visual Arts (209 East 23rd Street). You have to see Kevin O'Callaghan's most recent MFA Designer as Author first-year show; OFF COURSE. I have...
  • Posted Joe Newton: Head of Type to Grids
    I first met Joe Newton at Rolling Stone about 20 years ago (yikes!) when he was visiting from Seattle. He was a cool cat in a pork pie hat and rolled up jeans, and we immediately became music buddies. Joe...
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #12 to Grids
    Apparently, vanishing type on walls is called "ghost type." New York City is filled with it, so I want to start documenting some for myself before it's too late....
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #11 to Grids
    More from my Sunday morning in Williamsburg. I felt like I was a tourist in another country, and honestly, was a bit uncomfortable taking pictures while people were going about their business. I didn't want to gawk or be rude,...
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #10 to Grids
    Okay, I'm not as cool as you are. I only made my first trip to Williamsburg a few months ago, to pick up my cousin. Who knew it was so groovy? Not me, I guess. I could have spent the...
  • Posted Ron Gabriel: The (almost) Graduate to Grids
    Ron worked as a magazine art director until August 2009, when he left Hearst Magazines to pursue a MFA in Design from the School of Visual Arts. He worked for titles including Seventeen, New Woman, The New York Times Upfront,...
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #9 to Grids
    More random NYC pix that make me happy. There are so many great moments around the city, and it's been kind of nice to stop here and there to capture a few. I can't imagine what it must be like...
  • Posted Henry Leutwyler's Neverland Lost to Grids
    You all know Henry Leutwyler from his celebrated Vogue, Vanity Fair, New York Times Magazine, and Esquire photos. Well, some of my new all-time favorite MICHAEL JACKSON images are on display at the Foley Gallery on West 28th Street in...
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #8 to Grids
    Lovely and crusty hand-painted lettering graces the roadsides of just about every American town. I was especially taken by the sign for wheelchairs along Route 206 in New Jersey (they used to sell potatoes, and then it was hub cabs)....
  • Posted SPD Presents: ART + INFO Master Class with STEVE DUENES to Grids
    I don't pretend to be an expert on infographics. In fact, I'm pretty intimidated by all but the ones that have lots of cool spot illustrations (pretty pictures--I get that!), and wish that I could wrap my brain around organizing...
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #7 to Grids
    I've been on a mission to collect religious signage, though I'm careful not to be disrespectful. And, of course, in attempting to be ecumenical as possible, I'm reaching out to all faiths. I will continue to post more, assuming the...
  • Posted Der Moment of Type Zen #6 to Grids
    Ever wonder who's using all those Frakturs? The faux-Bavarian town of Leavenworth, Washington, that's who. This past fall, I spent the weekend at an AIGA Seattle retreat in the scenic Cascades, and took a quick tour of the local tourist...
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #5 to Grids
    Italy is incredible. I don't know what else to say. The colors, the light, the food... and of course, the type. I finally got there this past fall, and here's a small sampling of what I wanted to take home...
  • Commented on Your Moment of Type Zen #4
    Tobias Frere-Jones does a great type tour for AIGA. It sells out really quickly......
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #4 to Grids
    It's much easier to do the photo thing on my bike than in the car, so you'll be seeing more of these NYC posts in the coming weeks. There's an endless supply of typographic eye candy around the city, so...
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #3 to Grids
    I have a thing for portable signs. The letters are always kind of crunchy and the words are sometimes misspelled -- or just plain missing. And the copy itself is often priceless. I've always been drawn to this kind of...
  • Posted Wow = Typecalendar.com to Grids
    Did you know that on January 7th, Charles Addams was born, as well as one Mister Nicolas Cage? Or that January 6th was the date that Nancy Kerrigan got clubbed on the knee by Tonya Harding? Let renowned designer Roberto...
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #2 to Grids
    I hope you enjoyed the first batch (or actually, even looked at them). I drive along Route 206 in New Jersey fairly regularly to visit my folks in Leisuretowne (yes, there really is such a place -- and it's a...
  • Posted Your Moment of Type Zen #1 to Grids
    I've got a lot on my mind these days (don't get me started), so to relieve some stress, I've decided to take some pictures... of type. Yep, I know -- there are lots of type blogs with amazing, obsessive collections....
  • Posted Paula Scher's "India" to Grids
    Paula Scher's been doing these groovy type maps for awhile now, and here's your chance to own a giant signed limited edition silkscreen (the paintings themselves are priceless). Full disclosure here; I'd buy every continent if I could afford them,...
  • Posted Rare Specimens, Indeed to Grids
    So you think you've got rare specimens? I'll see your rare specimen and raise you one major rare specimen that I dug up in preparation for the upcoming HOW conference in June. I recently dug up some old stuff for...
  • Posted Woodtyper to Grids
    Nick Sherman is a young type designer at MyFonts.com, and a lover of wood type. He did a residency at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, has taught typography and letterpress printing at MassArt, and...
  • Posted Film Titles Galore to Grids
    Christian Annyas is a web designer who created an exhaustive, rich site, for his collection of screenshots of film titles. The site's organization and design make it easy to navigate and a great type resource. There's even a quick synopsis...
  • Commented on The 2010 Fortune 500 Cover
    That is some handsome Danny type....
  • Commented on Incredible Archive of the Day
    I know! I can't believe the wealth of resources, and that you can actually download stuff. Amazing!...
  • Posted Incredible Archive of the Day to Grids
    "Memory of the Netherlands" is an exhaustive archive of hundreds of thousands of Dutch images. I don't know who put this together, but that's one tired intern....
  • Posted GINA BARNETT: Questions, Anyone? to Grids
    We hope we'll see you this Thursday night at Gina Barnett's Speakeasy at the Helen Mills Theatre. We've blogged, we've probed, and we've e-mail blasted. So log out, swipe your Metrocard and join us for an insightful evening that will...
  • Posted ARTFUL COMMUNICATION: Embracing Change to Grids
    No matter how talented we are, at some point, we all experience that "writing on the wall" moment, when we  know that it's time to move on. Maybe it's downsizing, or a new editorial direction-or whatever-but it's something no one's...
  • Posted ARTFUL COMMUNICATION: Public Speaking (Ugh) to Grids
    Teaching presentation skills is actually a small part of Gina Barnett's practice. Most of her work is devoted to leadership presence and communication excellence. Gina works with a wide range of executives to identify their communication strengths and areas for...
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