At Typographics 2016, Tobias Frere-Jones discussed how we can learn from the past when aiming to deliver typographic detail on screen.
Author Archives: Angela Riechers
Evoking Memories: Communicating via Memory in Design
Evoking memory is a powerful communicative device, and many designers struggle to decide when to employ it. These historical examples illuminate why.
Toxic Nostalgia
“I LOATHE nostalgia!” The provocative opening sentence of the legendary magazine editor Diana Vreeland’s 1984 memoir, D.V., would find few supporters today—as a culture, we currently ADORE nostalgia. Design, from I.D. and the digital world to graphics and architecture, is drowning in it. Every era has borrowed and repurposed visuals from previous times, but...
Lincecum in Motion
Tim Lincecum’s precisely choreographed pitching sequence goes like this: First, his eyeballs slide all the way down into the left corner of his eyes like a shark’s. Then, right leg planted, he winds up and starts a huge sweeping stride forward with his left leg—nearly 7 and a half feet, or 129 percent of...