September 2009 – Ayana Airakan-Mance

Noted: An advertising agency has come up with a campaign to promote a forthcoming food festival – Telegraph

An advertising agency has come up with a campaign to promote a forthcoming food festival – Telegraph I became aware of this article via two folks on Twitter: Jordie Welles and chetan. A truly interesting graphic approach to advertising. Posted using ShareThisMore

Noted: Eggs and Sausage by Jackie Lay

Sharing a great find from the mehallo blog. Big thanks to Steve Mehallo Eggs and Sausage by Jackie LayMore

Expressive Sentence Exercise Was A Great Success

The MMSP 125 students assembled in teams of 2-4 and had to typographically design/illustrate their given sentence. Part of this exercise required the students to collaborate and reach a consensus on the design and design parameters. The concepts that evolved were quite good. The students shared that the collaborative process went smooth in some instances,…More

Noted: MIT’s Next Lab Course/Project

I inadvertently stumbled upon MIT’s Next Lab project’s web site as I was trying to correct an incorrect link a friend sent. What an interesting project. Their mission partly states: “. . . believing that the global dissemination of knowledge will rapidly bring well-being to those who need it most. . .The Next Lab project…More

Noted: The Details That Matter

by Kevin Potts “A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, the graphic arts industry was populated by full-time illustrators, production assistants and compositors. With only composing sticks for laying out type, straight edges for defining grids, a human proofer to catch spelling mistakes and an arsenal of X-acto blades for making edits, these…More