Eye on Design

MAY 19, 2021

I write this when I find a typewriter,” explains the influential Greek graphic designer, standing in his basement studio in the central Athens neighborhood of Petralona. Descending from street level, the first room is an assemblage of shops signs, early 2000s Macs, various bricks, and a vitrine full of supermarket product packaging.

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Magazine Graphic Design Fonts Graphic 88

Fonts in Use

MAY 12, 2022

Forte in use for a shop sign, spotted by Tom Koch in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Microsoft licensed the digitized version and bundled the font with their Office software, starting with Publisher 97. Like Mistral , it’s a brilliant design that has fallen into disregard after years of amateur use. Happy Forte spotting!

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Shop Sign Fonts Publishing Publishing 38

UX Collective

JULY 14, 2022

In continuing this series of Creative Monologue , I’ll be talking about how we designers and businesses brand or rebrand ourselves, and the related pitfalls we should avoid. “It The term branding used over here mainly refers to the visual outputs that a company/individual would publish. Nothing was overlooked.

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Brand Branding Agency Presentation 104

Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The birth of modern logos can be attributed to pioneers like Paul Rand , who emphasised the need for simplicity and symbolic resonance in logo design. Sale Logo Modernism Hardcover Book Remington, R. Emerging trends and innovations in logo design are constantly reshaping how brands present themselves to the world.

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Brand Branding Arts and Crafts Digital 74

Eye on Design

JUNE 10, 2022

It was originally published on March 23, 2021. I came to Ebner’s work through her book The Sun as Error , a collaboration with Dexter Sinister , which can also be found on the shelves of more than a few designers I know. She’s what I would term a “designer’s artist.”

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