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About the Author
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Steven Heller is the
cofounder and the cochair of the MFA Designer as
Author
program at the School of Visual Arts. He writes the Visuals
column
for the New York Times Book
Review and the Graphic
Content
blog for T-Style; is editor
of AIGA
Voice; and is a contributor to Design
Observer. He is the author, coauthor, and/or editor of more
than 120 books on design and popular culture, including the forthcoming
New Ornamental Type (Thames
and Hudson). More information can be found at his homepage.
See
all
Daily
Heller
posts here.
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Inspired by Venice
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by Steven Heller
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During last Summer's SVA Masters Workshop in Venice and Rome, in Louise Fili's type workshop, Brazilian graphic designer Celina Carvalho found inspiration for making typefaces in some unusual places. "I was drawing iron motifs found in gates, balconies and windows of Venice," as part of a guidebook assignment, she said. "They inspired me to create letters, which would be the starting point for me to develop unique alphabets." And so she did. From random pieces of iron work came her series of eclectic yet functional display faces (above suggests the shape of fish which is Venice, and below are patterns and letters that subtly reference Italian Futurism). She produced them in a day. These days, letter designs can be found in almost any physical object. From time to time I will showcase other fanciful letter forms. For now, let's savor these.
If you are interested in studying with the faculty at this year's Masters Workshop apply here. (Deadline is April 1)
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