Typography is the foundation of environmental graphic design and many experiential graphic design projects. Along with color, scale, and form, typography is a basic building block of communications in the built environment.
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Big Type & Crystal Goblets
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Beatrice Warde, in her famous 1932 essay “The Crystal Goblet (or Printing Should Be Invisible),” contends that the ideal vessel for wine is one that shows the liquid’s virtues. According to Warde, the best typography should likewise be invisible—the unseen carrier of information.
By Allan Haley, author, lecturer and expert on all things typographic
 What's Neue? |
 Proportion—The Language of Graphic Design (Second Edition) |
Thoughts and Opinions
Design To Go—Los Angeles
In this week's installment of Design To Go, Diane Burk visits California, stopping in Laguna Beach and Los Angeles.
 FHWA Stands by Clearview Decision for Highway Signs, but Clarifies its Use for Community Wayfinding |
 States, Highway Officials Push Back on Clearview Turnaround |
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 Allan Haley: Scaling Typography |
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Don Kiel Wins Award for SEGD Auction Project
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Retired Manager of Wayfinding & Visitor Information at New York-Presbyterian (and SEGD Auction hero), Donald Kiel, recently won a 2019 Communication Arts award for "Caution Tape T-Shirt."
ESI Design Renovates Portland’s Historic Power + Light Building
Oregon’s Public Service Building, built in 1928, was designed by renowned West Coast architect A.E. Doyle. The building was once the home of Portland’s main power station and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was recently renovated by ESI Design (New York) for the building’s owner, real estate investment firm Beacon Capital.
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