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- SignSphere: Design & Inspiration November 2008November 24
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SignSphere is a montly collection of inspirational design, typography, icons resources. This month there are many great articles published from a full review of the NYC Subway typeface, the icons collection of the winter games in 2010, a new mini-site from fontshop, pantone colored sneakers and much more. If you want to submit news to SignSphere, please send me an email via the contact form. Thank you and enjoy reading.
The (mostly) true story of Helvetica and NYC Subway
A fabulous article by Paul Shaw for the New York subway graphic system. In a dept review of the sign system, choose of typeface and creation of design manual this nine pages essay describes everything. I have enjoyed reading this article but was looking for some examples of the sign manual, searched Google and found some images of the sign design manual at Flickr.NYC Transit Authority graphics system
- Visit the article by Paul Shaw at Aiga and take a look at this Flickr set of the original NYC Transit Authority graphics syst
- Announcement: Winner Letterrijk bookNovember 21
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Thank you all for the huge support about the article for Rijksoverheid typeface & new brand identity for the Dutch government. Thank you all for the kind emails, comments and inspirational discussions here at the blog and by email. All credits go to studio Dumbar, Project 1 Logo, Peter Verheul and Mathieu Lommen for their great support and invite for the supporting kanjers event, highly appreciated.
The winner of the book Letterrijk
All the comments until Friday 21st of November 2008 on the article about the Rijksoverheid participated in winning a free copy of the book Letterrijk. I have used random.org to choose the winner, see here for the complete list created by random.
Congratulations Jarret Fuller for winning the competition
If you want a copy of the book be sure to buy it quickly because of the low quantity available. You can find more information about the book Letterrijk at the website of the publisher.
- More information about Letterrijk at the publisher
- Dutch government introduces corporate typefaceNovember 14
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As part of the new brand identity of the Dutch government Peter Verheul designed a custom typeface for all forms of visual communications. This is the result of a new way the Dutch government wants to position themselves into society. Currently there are over 200 departments and ministries which all have different logos and uses different typefaces as their brand identity. In a pitch held by the Dutch government studio Dumbar won this competition and introduced a new logo and 1 brand identity: 1 Logo.
Typeface: Rijksoverheid Serif / Sans
From the beginning of 2008 Peter Verheul was asked by studio Dumbar to take his typeface Versa and transform the typeface usable for a larger audience. He changed the look and feel of the Serif version of Versa Serif and created a complete new set of letters for the Sans version. The fonts are named Rijksoverheid Sans and Rijksoverheid Serif. The name of the typeface is recognizable as “government” and will be used in every way of visual communication. The Rijksoverheid Sans will be used mainly for headings of text and in signage or wayfinding systems. The Rijksoverheid Serif is used as bread letter for reading text. In just under nine months Peter Verheul managed to finalize the fonts and released them in four different variations, from Regular, It - Book Review: Signage systems & Information graphicsNovember 5
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There are several books about signage systems and environmental graphic design available. Andreas Uebele wrote the book Signage systems & Information graphics and this is one of the best and most extensive books about signage available. I enjoyed reading and taking a detailed look at the projects spoken in this professional source book and with most of the described signage projects are a specific details by the designers. A truly great signage book, a total must have.
Signage systems & Information Graphics
The 336 counting pages book has a hard cover and is 28,5 x 24 cm. The pages read well and quickly you can find what you are looking for by the index. The text layout and choose of typography fits well and reads great, designed in a grid way (similar to how signage is designed). Andreas Uebele is a well known designer with the design identity agency in Germany “Büro Uebele”. They have managed to design many signage & information graphics projects in the last years, from airports, offices, library and more. The author describes the following elements of signage design:- Signage design, typography and how to choose a typeface
- Production, planning and sign management
- Projects from sign designs from all over the wo
- 20+ iPhone Apps every designer should knowOctober 28
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A list of iPhone apps for designers who use their mobile device more than just for calling. iPhone apps are a huge extension to the workflow of every professional designer. This list is a large collection of work apps for your iPhone to manage your online files, create a mindmap, record messages, send business cards, pick a color and convert it into another, make calculations and much more. This list provides over 20+ iPhone applications, some are paid, some are free, let me know what iPhone App you use.
Rulerplus
RulerPlus is a simple application for your iPhone / iPhone 3G / iPod Touch, providing you with a simple 7 cm / 2 inch ruler. Ruler+ let’s you take measurements quickly and easily. Ruler+ also allows you to extend the ruler. Simply move your iPhone to the right and press ‘+’ to create the extended ruler. Supports centimers / millimeters and inches.
