Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk DESIGN INDABA 2010 24-28 FEBRUARY This will be a big year for South Africa, what with hosting the FIFA World Cup in the summer, but before that the design community descends on Cape Town for...
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The Week in Type Hoping that everyone is feeling refreshed, invigorated and inspired after Christmas and New Year.
The Week in Type
Hoping that everyone is feeling refreshed, invigorated and inspired after Christmas and New Year. That we are now in...
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Now that 2010 has begun, I can’t help but reminisce about the past 12 months.
Now that 2010 has begun, I can’t help but reminisce about the past 12 months. 2009 was good, personally and professionally; can I measure its this? Was 2009...
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I found a note of dutch designer/publisher Roger Willems ’ URL and a message to myself, ‘Post this on FFF.’ I can’t remember how I happened across the site in the first place, but the work on show is definitely worth having a look at. Lovely...
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dutch designer frank tjepkema showcased his penchant for bling in 2002 with the much-publicized chi ha paura…? exhibition way back in 2002. in this show he displayed jewellery pieces made of intricate layers of overlapping corporate logos.
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Named after a historic term for the smallest type sizes that could be cut in metal in the early 18th century - about 7 point - Nonpareille is Swiss expat Matthieu Cortat’s Lyon, France-based foundry.
Named after a historic term for the smallest...
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Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk SHENZHEN & HONG KONG BI-CITY BIENNALE OF URBANISM / ARCHITECTURE 6 DECEMBER – 23 JANUARY You won’t find A1 boards or flashy pavilions here. This bi-city biennale is more interested in...
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Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk SHENZHEN & HONG KONG BI-CITY BIENNALE OF URBANISM / ARCHITECTURE 6 DECEMBER – 23 JANUARY You won’t find A1 boards or flashy pavilions here.
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By Abi Huynh Last year Mathieu Christe and Berton Hasebe wrote a very thorough article detailing the general day to day of the Type and Media masters program. With this article we hope to outline an historical overview of the course and provide a brief...
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Brewing beer since 1719 — a good hundred years before its main competitor, Heineken — Bavaria is the second largest producer of beer in The Netherlands. I’m not a beer connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination but I drink enough...
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