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How to Write a Play

How to Write a Play

As part of the Angle Theatre’s campaign to find new playwriting talent, Pentagram ‘s London studio has produced a short film offering advice on how to write for the stage… Be Discovered 2011 is Angle’s competition to find new... 

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Garamond or Garamont?

Garamond or Garamont?

This engraved portrait was included by Léonard Gaultier in about 1580 in his ‘Portraits of illustrious men who have flourished in France since the year 1500 until the present’. It is the only image we have of the maker of printing types whose name... 

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iType

iType

The Week in Type Before I dive into this week’s the week in type , I’d like to tell you a little more about Codex, the journal of typography . First, I’d like to introduce the Codex team: the Editor in Chief, Carolyn Wood and my Assistant Editor,... 

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MOMA on the money

MOMA on the money

The week in type Hope you enjoy this week’s week in type . To kick things off, lets all give a warm hand to the makers and bakers of the fonts that made it into MOMA’s permanent collection . The week in type Hope you enjoy this week’s week in... 

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The Opening of Design Museum Boston’s "Creative Capital" Exhibit

The Opening of Design Museum Boston’s "Creative Capital" Exhibit

Last Friday night, the raw, brutalist interior of Boston’s City Hall was awash with color and festivity as Design Museum Boston kicked off the official opening of their first exhibit, “Creative Capital.” We’ve followed Design... 

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Imitation Imitation Sugar

Imitation Imitation Sugar

NutraSweet , one of the first, most visible purveyors of aspartame recently refreshed their brand in an obvious move to take on the pastel world of packet sweeteners. Now NutraSweet, which originated as an ingredient brand (a B-to-B of the food world,... 

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superchat tokyo: suzanne oxenaar + florianne eshuis

superchat tokyo: suzanne oxenaar + florianne eshuis

image: logo design by thonik amsterdam ’s lloyd hotel has been a bastion of contemporary dutch design since it reopened as a hospitality venue in 2004. image: logo design by thonik amsterdam’s lloyd hotel has been a bastion of contemporary dutch... 

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Ode, a Fresh Start for a Broken Script

Ode, a Fresh Start for a Broken Script

By Martin Wenzel When designing a typeface, I prefer to explore a construction principle rather than revive an existing typeface idea. By Martin Wenzel When designing a typeface, I prefer to explore a construction principle rather than revive an existing... 

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The Abu Dhabi Brand: Rich

The Abu Dhabi Brand: Rich

Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However you may be more familiar with the world’s-tallest-tower-building, 7-star-hotel-opening, artificial-islands-in-the... 

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Yo-ho-ho! FDI Tierra Nueva released!

Yo-ho-ho! FDI Tierra Nueva released!

Four fonts—found on a map of America, created by the spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez and the dutch engraver Hieronymus Cock anno 1562. Here is what designer Sebastian Nagel says about his typeface: “When I—by chance—in 2004 discovered the... 

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