Posted Font Bureau vs. NBC: Must Steal TV? to Grids
As first reported by cityfile.com this morning, on Tuesday afternoon, NBC was served with a lawsuit by the Font Bureau, one of the country's leading typographic design firms and the company responsible for crafting typefaces for the likes of Apple,...
Posted 'Question Everything': Shepard Fairey on What's Next to Grids
There have been hundreds of stories on Shepard Fairey and his historic poster, but this profile of the artist from last week's CBS Sunday Morning had a nice, relaxed feel and some great early photos. So get your latte and...
Posted Nazis, Alcoholics and Potty-mouthed Rats: It's the Best Comics of 2008! to Grids
The timeless power of black ink on white paper to graphically present great stories, characters and humor has been compiled in a great new anthology "The Best Comics of 2008" edited by Lynda Barry. Recent work from Chris Ware, Jason...
Posted Lou Dorfsman: Remembering the Tiffany Network's Elegant Eye to Grids
Before it was called branding and contracted out to design firms that specialize in imagemaking on a global scale, there was the very cool job of corporate art director. Lou Dorfsman designed every aspect of CBS's image, from the sign...
Posted the Cinematic Art of Batiste Madalena to Grids
I've always been a fan of these early, hand painted treasures of poster art, but to see the the vibrant colors, elegant type design (all drawn by hand!) and bold graphics at the Museum of Modern Art's new exhibition of...
Posted UPDATED: Speakeasy Opening Night SOLD OUT to Grids
Look at these 210 covers of The New York Times Magazine. Among these award-winners are solutions that Arem Duplessis didn't think worked although all were printed. Which ones? How do they do it every week? Why do they call it...
Posted Power Pens: The Art of Politics to Grids
There is nothing like a history-making presidential campaign to bring out the insight, outrage and humor in publishing's top illustrators and visual journalists. Curated by Edel Rodriguez, The Society of Illustrators is presenting the original work of twenty five top...
Posted Optima vs. Gotham: Campaign Typeface Smackdown '08 to Grids
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...
Posted Roadside Type: Name that Font at 60mph to Grids
If you are on the Montauk Highway in Amagansett this summer, there are two reasons to pull over at Lunch and grab a quick bite....
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