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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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Noise About Type
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by Steven Heller
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There are many ways to learn about type and typography. For example, type is alive on the web in podcasts, webinars, and radio shows. But you may ask: Shouldn't type be seen and not heard (about)? Isn't type about as interesting to hear and see as watching dust accumulate? Think again. The below sampling of downloadable typographic webcasts are just perfect for lonely drives, solitary evenings, and jogs around the reservoir. In no particular order, here are are but a few type shows:
Typeradio. Since 2004, Typeradio has been visiting different design events around the world, to meet designers and to talk.
49 Sparks. These video podcasts about passionate type designers and printers are focused on design and trends and are about one minute long.
Graphic Design and Typography in China. Lectures from the Shanghai International Literary Fest 2009. Listen to
Pan Jian Feng (type designer), Ou Ning (curator), and Lynn Pan
(historian). With discussion of Marinetti and Futurism.
Arabic Typography 2008. An Evening of Arabic Typography in Amsterdam. Brief presentations by Thomas Milo and Tarek Atrissi
preceded a general introduction of the topic by Titus Nemeth, all
active in Arabic typography.
Thinking With Type. Ellen Lupton's extensive series based on her popular book of the same name.
Typoglogy. My own quirky overview of display type from the Victorian to Postmodern eras.
On The Bauhaus. Part of the MFA Designer as Author Lecture Series, Keith Godard speaks about the Bauhaus--and its typography, of course.
Typomania. A short video by Erik Spiekermann teaching type consciousness to kids.
And as a bonus: Here's a historic article on the front page of the nytimes.com on typography.
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Reader Comments
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Read Between The Leading definitely fits the bill
http://readbetweentheleading.com
-Yotam
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By
yotam
November 16, 2009
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I think you can also add http://readbetweentheleading.com/ a blog created by Savannah student design enthusiasts. Very interesting initiative.
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By
mimosin8
November 16, 2009
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