IDEO’s view on the future of the book
“Meet Nelson, Coupland, and Alice — the faces of tomorrow’s book. Watch global design and innovation consultancy IDEO’s vision for the future of the book. What new experiences might be created by linking diverse discussions, what additional value could be created by connected readers to one another, and what innovative ways we might use to tell our favorite stories and build community around books?”
nail and thread type
A woven typeface, author unknown
Movable type – a danced alphabet
A typeface created by motion tracking dancers.
Four letter words
WhiteNoSugar 3D installation
Anamorphic ampersand
Anamorphic Ampersand by David and Conor
as easy as one-two-three
ABC Oddity from autofuss on Vimeo.
Gorgeous iPhone app for kids to learn letters, words and sounds.
Giving Character to Characters
Organic Typograhy
A project by Richard The | Design Ecology Group | MIT Media Lab
In most applications using digital typography today (e.g., animation or screen display), designers rely on existing typefaces. The possibilities for altering and transforming these typefaces are exploited in many ways. What is currently not explored is another large field of typography: the dynamic, flexible, and organic appearance of handwritten typography or calligraphy. This kind of typography is only brought into the digital realm by laborious processes such as scanning; this is because current file formats for type describe the outlines of the individual letters, not the essence/skeleton/model of a letter that we use when writing by hand. This project tries to explore the possibilities of computational and generative processes to improve and change the visual appearance of typography.
Creased type
A typeface made of folded and scored A4-sheets of paper by Dan Vallins. Read more
burn the tires font
iQ font – When driving becomes writing / Full making of from wireless on Vimeo.
Two typographers (Pierre & Damien / plmd.me) and a pro race pilot (Stef van Campenhoudt) collaborated to design a font with a car. The car movements were tracked using a custom software, designed by interactive artist Zachary Lieberman. (openframeworks.cc). Download the font here: nl.toyota.be/iqfont. More pictures here: flickr.com/photos/40243214@N05/sets/72157621047564023/
