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Bush's Third Term

John McSame
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Flickr Galleries

Just because I'm thinking about it and taking a break from loads of school work here's a few flickr galleries worth eyeing. On account of the inspiration and/or reference and/or high-res happiness you understand.

• Beer ads from late 18th to early 19th c. newspapers.
• "Rich Peoples Rooftops." NYC style.
• More beer. Mmmmm beer.
• Baseball Ephemera
• Folk Typography
• Espacios Publicitarios
• Maryellen McFadden's Galleries: Retired graphic designer and instructor. Ridiculous amount of design history.

Indeed

Typeset Sweat Shop Blues

Printing a Book, Old School from Armin Vit on Vimeo.

Communication

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Daisy

I've been a little torn as to which site to post this to as Kubrick was such an erudite man and artist but ultimately the typeface discussion has won me over, not to mention the amount of research he put into things that may or may not become a films. Research of a deep and wide nature is key to the design process, obviously Mr. Kubrick understood this.

from Jon Ronson's "Citizen Kubrick":

Tony takes me into a large room painted blue and filled with books. "This used to be the cinema," he says.

"Is it the library now?" I ask.

"Look closer at the books," says Tony.

I do. "Bloody hell," I say. "Every book in this room is about Napoleon!"

"Look in the drawers," says Tony.

I do.

"It's all about Napoleon, too!" I say. "Everything in here is about Napoleon!"

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I take a break from the boxes to wander over to Tony's office. As I walk in, I notice something pinned to his letterbox. "POSTMAN," it reads. "Please put all mail in the white box under the colonnade across the courtyard to your right."

It is not a remarkable note except for one thing. The typeface Tony used to print it is exactly the same typeface Kubrick used for the posters and title sequences of Eyes Wide Shut and 2001. "It's Futura Extra Bold," explains Tony. "It was Stanley's favourite typeface. It's sans serif. He liked Helvetica and Univers, too. Clean and elegant."

"Is this the kind of thing you and Kubrick used to discuss?" I ask.

"God, yes," says Tony. "Sometimes late into the night. I was always trying to persuade him to turn away from them. But he was wedded to his sans serifs."

Tony goes to his bookshelf and brings down a number of volumes full of examples of typefaces, the kind of volumes he and Kubrick used to study, and he shows them to me. "I did once get him to admit the beauty of Bembo," he adds, "a serif."

"So is that note to the postman a sort of private tribute from you to Kubrick?" I ask.

"Yeah," says Tony. He smiles to himself. "Yeah, yeah."

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Internet Gold

The Website is Down

Broad Daylight

Dub Me

Flier for OV, OR's next show in Athens, GA. You oughta go if you're in or around the classic city that weekend.

Third Quarter Deliverables

 

These uploaded in a weird order but you should be able to figure out what's what. If you can't then I really need a lot more help than I thought.

• 2001: A Space Odyssey - Typeset  screenplay, poster promoting the opening, and a mailer.
• Birth Announcement - Seasonal calendar that mimics Max's eyesight development via vellum overlays. Blurry, cross-eyed, high-contrast, & depth perception.
• Wrigley's Chewing Gum & The Chicago Cubs 100 Anniversary Edition to reverse the curse of the billy goat.

I'll try to get around to posting my Olympic Branding work for the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia a little later today. It's Sunday after all so get off my back.