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The 15 Most Popular Fonts of All-Time

Inkbot Design

As printing spread across Europe, type designers began crafting additional typefaces. Famed typographer Matthew Carter returned to the Microsoft drawing board to craft a complementary serif to balance Verdana’s friendly utility. Venetian fonts, followed by Garamond and Baskerville, emerged as printing powerhouses. The result?

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The 10 Projects that Defined a Decade of Canadian Architecture

Azure Magazine

When 60 Richmond Street welcomed its first residents in 2011, the striking building – defined by a play of colourful, interlocking volumes – represented the Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s first new co-operative in 20 years. Audain Art Museum by Patkau Architects, 2016. 60 Richmond Street East by Teeple Architects, 2010.

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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Reading is one of the best ways to learn new techniques, theories, and approaches to elevate your craft. Sale Design Thinking for Visual Communication (Basics Design) Ambrose, Gavin (Author) English (Publication Language) 184 Pages – 08/22/2019 (Publication Date) – Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Publisher) −$4.72 $30.23

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The Ace Hotel’s Winning Hand

Azure Magazine

If satire is a form of adulation , the Ace Hotel brand reached pop-icon status around 2011, when the sketch-comedy TV series Portlandia aired a skit featuring the thinly disguised Deuce Hotel. Sister City, which opened this past spring, is a mellower version of Ace hotels, which are programmed to the nth degree with art and music happenings.

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Architecture in Miniature: 3 Iconic Structures as Seen by Chisel & Mouse

Azure Magazine

Since 2011, brothers Robert and Gavin Paisley of Chisel & Mouse have been expertly (and painstakingly) crafting evocative scale versions of notable structures and vibrant cityscapes out of plaster. Epitomizing art deco elegance on London’s South Bank, the Oxo Tower is a quiet yet evocative landmark. The Bauhaus Dessau.

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AZ Awards 2024: A Look Back at 13 Years of Design Excellence

Azure Magazine

When the inaugural cohort of AZ Awards winners was announced in 2011, it marked a watershed for Canadian design. Thirteen years — and hundreds of winners — later, our awards program is an established part of the international design landscape, regularly drawing more than 1,000 submissions from over 40 countries and across six continents.

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Top 10 Famous Logo Designers and Their Iconic Logos

Inkbot Design

From Paul Rand's minimalist IBM logo to Michael Bierut's iconic Mastercard, these designers have crafted logos that have stood the test of time. For Kleenex, his stark, geometric design reduced the Kleenex tissue to its essential form – a circle – in a memorable pop-art style.