Mexico City typeface designer Gabriel MartÃnez Meave won recognition from Type Directors Club this year for this family of fonts.
It’s called Presidencia.
Archive for January, 2009
The tilt-shift effect
Written by January 20th, 2009 in Design Inspirations and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsPatrick Wright, a friend of Design Kompany’s, is doing these cool animations.
I thought I’d share one of ‘em here, it’s about touring New York.
DK’s own Akira Morita went there a while back for an inspirational field trip. That’s when he shot these graffiti images from all around Manhattan.
new york city tourist from Patrick […]
In Search of Meaning (20): What it takes for success
Written by January 18th, 2009 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsOn Saturday I got to hear author Malcolm Gladwell speak at Town Hall about why some people succeed at things and others don’t.
One of the key points reminded me of this book I read a couple years ago, It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be. It’s by […]
Andrew Wyeth, painter, dies at 91
Written by January 17th, 2009 in Design Inspirations and News at DK.0 CommentsAmerican artist Andrew Wyeth died on Friday. Here’s Wyeth’s obituary in the NY Times.
And here’s my favorite piece of his, Christina’s World:
Thanks to RK for the link.
Malcolm Gladwell talk on Outliers this Saturday
Written by January 15th, 2009 in Interesting Finds.0 CommentsMalcolm Gladwell, author of Tipping Point and Blink, will be at Town Hall on Saturday, January 17 to tell us why some people are so accomplished, while so many more never reach their potential.
Gladwell “asserts that environmental factors such as the role of culture, work ethic, and accidental opportunity are as important as […]
Illustrator Sketch #11: OK Computer
Written by January 13th, 2009 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsI think it’s because I went to the Edward Hopper show at SAM recently that I got inspired to draw people in cafes.
Again, I mean.
This was always a favorite pasttime, but then I got distracted drawing abstract space with sharpies.
Laptops
On my cafe excursions with a sketchbook, I kept noticing in Seattle that often […]
Illustrator Sketch #10: ‘Hint, it’s a mirror’
Written by January 9th, 2009 in Interesting Finds.0 CommentsD: Hey little baby. Who’s that in the mirror?
B: Ga.
D: Hint, it’s a mirror.
Catch! Japan and DK
Written by January 7th, 2009 in Design Inspirations and Interesting Finds.2 CommentsSpeaking of Japanese stuff, I’m going to have to geek out a little now.
I have been wracking my brain trying to remember the author of this story I remember from Japanese literature class. It’s about this hole in the ground that people keep throwing stuff into, because it just goes and goes and goes and […]
