Margaret Calvert recently turned 88 years old - along with Jock Kinneir she is the graphic designer responsible for the UK's distinctive #GraphicDesign and #dynamic_typography
of road signs introduced in the 1960s, which is one of the few things this country can still be proud of (the signs are easy to read from a distance even at night).
The font of the gov.uk website is also the same one from the road signs..
So, Danish illustrator and graphic designer Preben Dahlstrøm, a true master of the illustrated field guide in the 1970s: I’m trying to find some biographical information on him – but I have nothing more than that he might have been born in Odense in 1917 and died in the 1990s.
@jhilden It was not him. Unfortunately the National Library does not have microfilms on any of those newspapers which have hits of this name the previous year, 1988. Mostly smaller local publications I guess.
AFAIK there is no Danish equivalent to the Finnish Digital Agency in case you'd like to get hold of the official records (birth, death etc). Instead, you'd first need to know the home community of the person. I'm no expert though.
@Ttso Thanks anyway! Maybe this will turn into a grant project someday, or then I’ll just have a look at the digital newspapers next time I happen to visit Copenhagen
to the young graphic designers/artists that do home print media. My word of advice... DONT USE THE BAKED IN PRINT OVER NET FEATURE.
Get a cheap thin client from a thrift or e-cycler, dump windows 7 or linux on it and set up print server.
It will save you a billion years of troubleshooting and wanting to throw your expensive printer out the window.
Wishing you the best. ~An artist who hasnt had a printer issue since 2016! #graphicdesign#art#artist#IT#tech#homelab#dev#linux
i am in somewhat dire need of monies but dont wanna ebeg yet. so i have a trade deal.
you pay me... pretty much whatever amount u want, with a minimal of 10 dollars. and i make you a funny vtuber logo. of your sona, your foss project whatever.
deal?
if you want one, please DM me, attaching examples below.
if you cant afford one, please boost this post :neocat_3c:
If you are in to archives and all things graphic design and lettering arts, there’s a great paid internship going @letterformarchive in San Francisco.
Wonderful group of people to work with, and an amazing collection
I am thrilled to open the position of Curatorial Intern at @letterformarchive! This person will work with me to document new acquisitions and donations, research our collections, and write about them for our website.
New online workshop! Latin-Arabic Logo Matchmaking with Azza Alameddine Alameddine.
Learn about Arabic calligraphic styles and explore the relationship between Arabic and Latin letterforms. Suitable for designers of all levels. No need to know Arabic to participate. Sessions will be held in English.
Join us Tuesday, April 2 for a free online lecture, Type Revival for Period Film & TV with Leah Spencer. She will offer a look into this unique intersection of traditional craft and contemporary tools. See her process as used in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” to reproduce original mid-century type and lettering as digital fonts.
@afranke Thanks for pointing that out! It does look pretty similar, albeit with slightly different symbology. I’ll see if I can do some tweaks to Beyond Expiry’s to distinguish it more.
#GraphicDesign#Ephemera A Japanese 🇯🇵 advertisement from 1983 for a #SonyWalkman WM-20 which was roughly the size of a cassette tape and used only one AA battery.
@Luke Yes! I’ve got some archive recordings and mixes here. Pardon the bad website formatting. The CSS got lost in the shuffle to a new server and I haven’t had time to fix it. https://kletter.us/soundclash/