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Monthly Archives: July 2011

The Future of Creativity

July 25, 2011 by Julia Earthrowl | 9,791 Comments

In an economy such as ours, life for any graduate is hard. But for someone hoping to make it as a creative it’s probably the hardest. At any one time there’s rumoured to be over 300 young teams pounding the streets, portfolio in hand, hoping to impress a creative director, and if they’re lucky, they nab a placement which doesn’t necessarily mean a job! The unfortunate situation is that with such serious competition many teams get exploited for their talent and it’s often not the most creative teams that get work but those who can last the longest on unpaid placements*.

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Cake Wednesday

July 20, 2011 by Jenny Theolin | 9,095 Comments

Forget lunch, let’s have cake instead! Courtesy of the lovely Francis Donnelly. Nom Nom.(By the time this post is live, rest assure both cakes will be gone. Score.)

Björk Biophilia App – Intro narrated by David Attenborough

July 20, 2011 by Jenny Theolin | 3,261 Comments

We love this new multimedia exploration ‘album app’ created by Björk (and a vast group of collaborators, including artists, designers, scientists, instrument makers, writers and software developers) for her new album Biophilia. All of the albums song’s will gradually become available inside Biophilia as interactive experiences.

“Introduced by David Attenborough, Björk’s new app is key to her ambitious Biophilia album and promises to break new ground in the way we consume music.” As seen on the Guardian Music website.

You can download it here.

Erik Spiekermann | Typetastic

July 18, 2011 by Nina Zimmermann | 7,086 Comments

Erik Spiekermann, graphic designer, typographer and type guru, has created timeless, influential and, yes, meta-physical work over the past three decades. He founded MetaDesign in 1979 and designed its namesake typeface FF Meta. In 1989 he, Neville Brody, and Joan Spiekermann started FontFont.

This was preceded by the formation of font retailer FontShop (the first ever digital distributor of fonts). Most recently, Spiekermann founded United Designers Network with offices in Berlin, London and San Francisco. In January 2007, the studio has been renamed SpiekermannPartners.

Spiekermann’s most prolific typefaces are ITC Officina Sans and Serif, FF Meta and FF Unit. His highest profile clients are Nokia, Audi, the city of Berlin, and The Economist.

The system of typefaces he designed with Christian Schwartz for DB Deutsche Bahn (the German Railways) won the German Federal Design Prize for 2007, the most prestigious award in Germany. Before heading to new visionary pastures, he will be awarded the German Design Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 in February.

Listen to the design genius talk about new visual languages, design processes and the analogies of music and typography - super inspiring!

Read his personal blog spiekermann.com/en