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Gathering audio on Type & Design for a show

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:37:32 -0700

Gathering audio on Type & Design for a show:

I’m looking for audio clips of thoughts, insights, stories, pet peeves, etc for Read Between the Leading. We want to try a show of short “design thoughts.”

If you’ve got something to share, there are a few ways you can get us your audio clip:
1) You can call us and leave a messsage: 646-402-5686 extension 20248
2) You can record it on your computer with Garageband, Audacity, some audio program and email it to readbetweentheleading@gmail.com
3) If you’ve got an iPhone, you can record a voice memo and email the memo to readbetweentheleading@gmail.com

If you’ve got anything type or design related you’d like to get off your chest, please get it to us, we’d love to hear it. If you have absolutely no way to record audio, email us some text and we can probably find a way to slip it in at the end of the show.

This is where I’ll be working for the summer. I just...

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:55:54 -0700

This is where I’ll be working for the summer. I just finsihed my first week with Michael Gericke’s team and it has been incredible so far. There might be a bit less posting on here for a little while but I’ll try to update with news and things I’m learning at Pentagram. And of course Read Between the Leading will continue through the summer.

Non-profit Type Foundry?

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:14:10 -0700

Non-profit Type Foundry?: Aaron and I announced the idea for a non-profit type foundry on the latest episode of Read Between the Leading just a few days ago. Since then I’ve been trying to gather some feedback, to try and see if there would be enough support for the idea of a type foundry that runs on donations and distributes it’s typeface for free. The idea would be the gather donations, commission typefaces from highly skilled and respected type designers, and then distribute those fonts on the web for free, so that they could be used in web design with methods like @font-face, SIFR, Cufon, etc… There have been a lot of recent developments in web typography and I think this idea could help push web type further in the right direction. If you’ve got the time, please click through and fill out the survey or at least give a quick answer via tumblr with your thoughts. Thanks.

I just posted episode 18 of Read Between the Leading: This week...

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:04:11 -0700

I just posted episode 18 of Read Between the Leading:

This week on the show we talk all about type on the web. We discuss recent developments like Typekit, Font Bureau’s Permission table, and Spiekermann’s new typeface Axel. We also talk a bit about our own idea for a non-profit type foundry, a foundry based on donations that commissions type designers to design web fonts we can release for free on the web.

We’d love to hear your feedback about our non-profit type foundry idea. We’d also love to hear any news (or any corrections) about some of this new technology we’re talking about. Feel free to leave us a comment here, email us at readbetweentheleading@gmail.com, or find us on twitter @rbtlshow.

Shownotes for Episode 18

Introducing Typekit

Font Bureau’s post about Permission tables

Erik Spiekermann introduces Axel

Typoberlin Blog on Axel

The League of Movable Type

Previewed above is that map I designed for the Delhi Metro...

Thu, 28 May 2009 10:31:00 -0700

Previewed above is that map I designed for the Delhi Metro system, another piece from the project I mentioned in the last post. Click through to see the PDF of the full system. You can find more images from the project on my portfolio site.

I just finished this project for an information design project....

Thu, 28 May 2009 10:29:05 -0700

I just finished this project for an information design project. The assignment was to design an identity system, maps, signage, brochures, booklets, etc for a transportation system of our choice. This booklet is for the Delhi Metro, which is set to be completed in 2010 (one phase of it atleast). You can find more images of it on my portfolio or on my flickr.

Aaron and I started a discussion on sustainable design this week...

Sat, 23 May 2009 09:32:00 -0700

Aaron and I started a discussion on sustainable design this week on Read Between the Leading. I say started, because I think it’s topic that designers are going to be talking about for a very long time, until sustainable design just becomes design. I wanted to use this episode as a jumping point, so if you’ve got thoughts on the topic, ideas for guests, or great examples of sustainable, email readbetweentheleading@gmail.com or click through and leave a comment.

This week on Read Between the Leading I got a chance to...

Sun, 10 May 2009 16:49:29 -0700

This week on Read Between the Leading I got a chance to interview web designer Jason Santa Maria. If you’re at all interested in the future of web design and art direction on the internet, I’d suggest listening to what Jason had to say. And if you haven’t checked out Jason’s personal site, give the link above a click. He’s doing a lot of interesting work, trying to bring some of the beautiful design we’re all used to in print to the web.

This week on Read Between the Leading I talked to Aaron all...

Sun, 03 May 2009 11:15:04 -0700

This week on Read Between the Leading I talked to Aaron all about spec work. It’s a topic that gets designers fired up but seems to keep coming up as places like CrowdSpring and 99Designs gain more traction. I am personally against doing spec work as a designer, but I’d love to hear what other designers or even clients think about it or stories they may have. We’re giving away a $100 gift certificate to MyFonts on the show, so if you’ve got a great spec work story or thoughts on the topic, call it into our voicemail 646-402-5686 extension 20248. If it’s a great call we can play back on our show, you could win that $100 from MyFonts. Also, you could win with a great reply to our question on YouTube.

I recently got a chance to interview Invisible Creature on Read...

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:44:56 -0700

I recently got a chance to interview Invisible Creature on Read Between the Leading. I’ve been a fan of their work since they were at Asterik Studios. I was really excited to finally get a chance to pick Ryan and Don’s brains.

This week on the show we were joined by Ryan and Don Clark of Invisible Creature. We got a chance to talk to them about their history, their design work, their inspiration, and we even got a chance to ask them some questions we collected from listeners.

We’re also giving away a prize this week. We’ve got a $100 gift certificate to MyFonts.com, so if you’d like to win it, call in to 646-402-5686 ext 20248 and leave us your best or worst client story. We will be playing the best calls on the show, so change names if you must. We want to keep this fun though, so nothing slanderous. Also, if you’re a student and you don’t have clients, we’ll take a great professor story. And if you’re international and don’t want to call, you can send us an mp3 of your story to readbetweentheleading@gmail.com.

Shownotes for Episode 13

Invisible Creature

Tooth and Nail

Ryan and Don’s band Demon Hunter

Some of Don and Ryan’s inspiration: JP Miller, Ed Emberley, Chip Kidd, Pushead, Stefan Sagmeister, Storm Thorgerson, Vaughan Oliver

I just posted the next episode of Read Between the Leading with...

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:51:48 -0700

I just posted the next episode of Read Between the Leading with Stephen Coles. I’m really happy with how the episode turned out. And Armin and Bryony of UnderConsideration next week. I’m excited.

On this week’s episode we talk to Stephen Coles of Typographica and FontShop. We talk to him a bit about his own work in the type world, typographic diversity, selling your type, and why this really is the golden age of typography.

Next week on the show we’ll have Armin and Bryony of UnderConsideration and Brand New on the show. If you have questions for them, email them to us at readbetweentheleading@gmail.com, call 646-402-5686 ext 20248, or reply to us on Twitter.

Shownotes for Episode 11

Embrace OpenType

Cure for the common Font

Taking your fonts to market

Armchair Modern

Amplitude

The FontFeed - blog with Stephen Coles, Jürgen Siebert, and Yves Peters

FontBook

Stephen’s writing pre-FontShop

FontShop

“Thank You for Smoking” Titles

Quantum of Solace Opening

Quantum of Solace Title Cards

Stephen’s favorite typfaces: FF Milo and FF Milo Serif

I just posted Episode 10 of Read Between the Leading. This week...

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:03:00 -0700

I just posted Episode 10 of Read Between the Leading. This week we got to talk to Glenn of FormFiftyFive. We found a lot to talk about and it ended up being a longer episode, close to an hour. We also ended up with some great bloopers (we added a couple into the very end of the episode).

I’m excited for next week’s show because we’ll have Stephen Coles of Typographica.org and FontShop. If you’ve got a question for him that you want on the show, call 646-402-5686 ext 20248 or reply to @rbtlshow on twitter.

On this episode, we are joined by Glenn Garriock of the design blog FormFiftyFive. We talk a bit about design education and the professional world, designer’s block and inspiration, and finally we delve into the topic of designer certification.

Shownotes for Episode 10

FormFiftyFive

Glenn’s Portfolio

Elmwood

6x10

FFFFound

Because Studio. Graphic Design.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:54:50 -0700

Because Studio is the freelance graphic design practice of Loz Ives. A ton of great work.

The Forgotten Interrobang

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:52:37 -0700

National Punctuation Day Reignites Interrobang Passion

Lawrence Weiner

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:57:52 -0700

I don’t necessarily agree with him, but I find this short film very interesting. It is funny that Hillman Curtis uses Helvetica for the credits though.

typeSQL

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:39:46 -0700

Typeface connection visualization tool

twistori

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:32:11 -0700

Beautifully simple wefeelfine-inspired twiter app.

H&FJ on The Ampersand

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:34:03 -0700

I'd been hoping Jonathan Hoefler would write this one...

The Ampersand

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:31:18 -0700

"When creating a new typeface, a designer can inject the most artistic flair into the ampersand character."

Type City Gallery

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:11:39 -0700

Explore the streets of Type City.

Thirty Tables of Contents

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:05:05 -0700

A collection of well designed Table of Contents pages from Design Observer.

The Rather Difficult Font Game

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:25:21 -0700

How well do you know your fonts?

Things I have learned in my life so far

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:47:11 -0700

Hillman Curtis just posted his new video about Stefan Sagmeister.

Foam And Typography

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:14:18 -0700

Very interesting use of foam to create letterforms.

Pilcrow & Capitulum

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:10:18 -0700

"how much fun can it really be to draw a backwards P?"

Helvetica Serif!

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:29:14 -0700

FontFont have decided that April 1st is the perfect release date.

9 Must Install Textpattern Plugins

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:17:53 -0700

A great list from Sam Brown.