The BBC has just posted an interesting, and somewhat humorous, article regarding type. One part which made me smile read:

“When Avatar, the biggest grossing movie of all time was released, one section of the audience was immediately outraged. Graphic designers hated it. Why? They didn’t like the font that director James Cameron had chosen for the subtitles.”

Worth a read to see Gatwick Airport’s new logo. I prefer the old one.

There is a specific section on Minimalist & Grid Designs where Nick says:

Minimalist and grid designs are not today’s new. They have been popular for the past couple years and I think it will continue to grow in 2010.

Penned and compiled by Brockmann himself, it is a cross between his History of Visual Communication book and the monograph Pioneer of Swiss Graphic design. He organizes his work and notable works of others into categories, and then writes short design theories (ie Uniformity in Advertising), based on the groupings.

This book does double duty also as a classic Swiss visual look book with hundreds of images, layouts, logo examples, and more, all placed in Brockmann’s impeccable grid design. 200 pages, 1 chapter in color.

What is evident in the majority of the designs is a clear indication of strict adhesion to some form of grid layout.

“There’s a good reason for this: over the years, I’ve been asked countless times by others if they can use the Subtraction.com ‘theme,’ even though none existed — even if it did, I would have been inclined to say no, wanting to preserve its uniqueness for myself. So when I sat down to design Basic Maths, the aim was to create something that would satisfy this desire to have something Subtraction.com-like in the marketplace — not a clone, but a reinterpretation.”

Antonio was spurred-on to write the interesting article after reading this Web Designer Depot post.