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Type designer Marie Boulanger has written a book about how typography is a «dangerous tool» for reinforcing gendered stereotypes and bias in design. Called XX, XY: Sex, Letters and Stereotypes, the book unpacks how fonts can be assigned masculine or feminine associations that are used to reinforce the binary when designing products and packaging. Top: the back of the book displays...
Type designer Marie Boulanger has written a book about how typography is a «dangerous tool» for reinforcing gendered stereotypes and bias in design. Called XX, XY: Sex, Letters and Stereotypes, the book unpacks how fonts can be assigned masculine or feminine associations that are used to reinforce the binary when designing products and packaging. Top: the back of the book displays...
Type designer Marie Boulanger has written a book about how typography is a «dangerous tool» for reinforcing gendered stereotypes and bias in design. Called XX, XY: Sex, Letters and Stereotypes, the book unpacks how fonts can be assigned masculine or feminine associations that are used to reinforce the binary when designing products and packaging. Top: the back of the book displays...
The founders of film and animation studio Factory Fifteen have revealed how they fused Japanese pop culture with sports references to develop a frenzied promo video for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. As the trailer for the BBC’s media coverage of Tokyo 2020, the one-minute video takes viewers on a fast-moving journey through different city scenes, featuring everything from J-pop and anime to...
Designers and architects including Arthur Mamou-Mani and Adam Nathaniel Furman have shared what they’re grateful for as part of 100 Days of Gratitude, an ongoing portrait series illustrator Justyna Green started in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The London-based illustrator began drawings for the series 100 Days of Gratitude as Covid-19 restrictions began loosening around the world. Top: Adam Nathanial-Furman...
Designers and architects including Arthur Mamou-Mani and Adam Nathaniel Furman have shared what they’re grateful for as part of 100 Days of Gratitude, an ongoing portrait series illustrator Justyna Green started in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The London-based illustrator began drawings for the series 100 Days of Gratitude as Covid-19 restrictions began loosening around the world. Top: Adam Nathanial-Furman...
A 2012 animation showing New York City being buried under a mountain of giant bubbles allowed people to appreciate the scale of carbon emissions for the first time, according to its creators Real World Visuals. Released in 2012, the computer-generated timelapse shows the city being buried under a mountain of bubbles representing the city’s 54 million tonnes of annual CO2...
Twenty graphic designers have reinterpreted moments from UEFA European Championship football history on a set of beer mats, with proceeds going to grassroots football charities. Weird Euros features the work of established artists and designers like David Shrigley, Chris Simpson and Pentagram‘s Astrid Stavro, as well as rising talents such as Robyn Nicol, David Oku, Raj Dhunna and Isobel Mehta. Raj...
Ken Garland, the graphic designer best known for redesigning CND’s peace symbol, has passed away at the age of 92. The news of the British designer’s death was reported on Twitter. «Sad news,» tweeted Adrian Shaughnessy, who is the author of a book about Garland’s work, Structure and Substance. «Ken Garland has died.» «He died peacefully surrounded by family, friends...
UK design studio Cellule has worked with medical researchers to produce Echoes, an app that lets users hear the sound and rhythm of their heartbeat. Echoes was produced to test the possibilities of tracking heart conditions via smartphones. But the app also aims to go beyond a purely medical function by letting users connect with their body and «contemplate your...
Musician Imogen Heap has created a collection of six audiovisual NFTs that are carbon negative and hope to «set the bar for what digital art can and should be». The Firsts Collection is Heap’s first foray into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and features short, improvised audio clips called Rifffs, which she created during live, collaborative jam sessions with users of the music...
Here are six examples of typography informed by or made using the human body, including a sex-position typeface, wispy letters formed from strands of hair and letters traced from urine. Body Type by Julius Raymund Advincula Filipino graphic designer Julius Raymund Advincula used the folds of his skin to create Body Type, an alphabet that finds hidden letterforms in unlikely...
