Monthly Archives: November 2009

Can you dance a design?

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Yes, says Miti Desai, an Mumbai-born graphic artist who uses the traditional dances of India. As she danced, Desai began to conceptualise her movements. ”Design is about the expression of lines and shapes and colours and grids, and I wondered what would happen if that … Read More

Font Shop adds exciting new foundry

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The yellow-tinted, (design) world famous Font Shop recently announced two new specimens to its team of font foundries. One of the new fonts that caught my eye,

Simon Page poster designs for IYA 2009 for sale

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Simon Page is a UK-based Graphic Designer who works in a variety of styles in a number of mediums. A common theme that is evident throughout his work is mathematics and geometry. His recent work for the International Year of Astronomy was initially designed as … Read More

Khoi Vinh creates a WordPress theme

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Khoi Vinh, of subtraction.com fame has created a beautiful grid-based WordPress theme called Basic Maths. To be honest, I’m surprised he hasn’t monetised the plagiarism long before now. Basic Maths has been developed in conjunction with Allan Cole of fthrwght.com, in a similar vein to … Read More