Changethethought

This is Agostina is an animation created to promote the creation of the font Agostina by the mad geniuses behind We Work For Them and You Work For Them, Michael Cina and Michael Young. Its a pretty amazing piece of video work considering it was created only to announce the release of a single font. You can watch the animation here.

“The font was designed and coded with extra swash-like characters in the open type format. This is Agostina explores those swash-like features and its options in 3d and other experimental animation methods.”

Full Credits: Font designed by Michael Cina. Animations by Michael Paul Young and Lee Suetorsak. Soundtrack composed by Michael Madill.

written by Christopher | tags: Agostina, Michael Cina, Michael Young, Typography, You Work For Them

Yulia Brodskaya’s hand-cut type arrangements have been spreading across the net like wildfire and for good reason, they are expertly crafted and just really cool.

written by Christopher | tags: Cut and Paste, Graphic Design, Typography, Yulia Brodskaya

Visual Evasion has compiled a lit of what they are calling the 10 best typefaces of 2008.

Agree or disagree?

written by Christopher | tags: 10 Best Typefaces of 2008, Typography, Visual Evasion

There is a great interview from Matthew Newton with Lifelounge Executive Director, Luke Lucas at Computer Love ready for your reading enjoyment. He has some exceptional typography in his portfolio and most of it comes with a humorous and satirical twist. You can check out his work at his website and his Behance page. You can also find some good reading at Lifelounge as well.

written by Christopher | tags: Computer Love, Graphic Design, Lifelounge, Luke Lucas, Typography

“we intend to become a good resource of graphic and typographic posters to serve all your research needs – either historical or inspirational.

or ideal is simple: feed and consume quality.

although posters may contain illustrative and photographical content, we catalog only those with notable graphical or typographical quality. just because we love the pure form of graphic design – shapes, types and colors.”

I stumbled across Typographic Posters a little over a week ago while looking for some inspiration for some of the prints I have been working on recently. It is a great resource and it looks like it will only get better. There is some really great work there to sift through and each click yields a reward. Thank you to it’s authors for curating such great content.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Posters, Typographic Posters, Typography

Some nice type work at Oded Ezer.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Oded Ezer, Typography

Some really cool typographic updates in the portfolio of the consistently progressive portfolio of Superexpresso.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Superexpresso, Typography

Ossi Gustafsson of Hiekkagraphics emailed this morning to let me know that his font Akimoto is now available for sale. You can see it in action here at his Behance page as well. Its a great font and one of my favorites so far this year since Black Slabbath. Good stuff.

written by Christopher | tags: Akimoto, Fonts, Heikkagraphics, Ossi Gustafsson, Typography

I wrote about the hand-lettered paintings of Darren Booth on the last version of Changethethought and was reminded of his unique talent today. I realized it had been a long time since I had mentioned him and thought it might be high time for another nod in his direction. Do check out his work because something special does happen when type is hand painted.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Darren Booth, Painting, Typography

Some nice type and motion from Dimitre Lima.

written by Christopher | tags: Brasil, Brazil, Dimitre Lima, Graphic Design, Typography

“I designed this colourwheel calendar due to my frustration with the way calendars only allowed me to view units of seven days or a month at a time. I decided to lay out the calendar on a single page, making it possible to view the whole year at a
glane. Thus enabling the viewer to start making new associations between events and time in general. A lunar calendar is integrated into the layout making it easy to see full and new moons.”

The calendar is available at Ghin. It’s a beautiful piece of typographic work.

written by Christopher | tags: Calendar, Ghin, Graphic Design, Print, Products, Typography

Updates at Negro Nouveau whose amazing fonts you can now purchase as well.

written by Christopher | tags: Fonts, Graphic Design, Negro Nouveau, Typography

I Love Typography had a great roundup this week featuring the typeface Akimoto above that I absolutely love and can’t wait to get my hands one. You can catch the whole roundup here.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, I Love Typography, Typography

Lifelounge has put up the official Some Type of Wonderful store and there are still several A1-sized prints available from some very renowned typographers and illustrators. The only catch is they are not cheap.

written by Christopher | tags: Exhibition, Graphic Design, Some Type of Wonderful, Typography

Interesting list of inspirational typography here from a long list of equally interesting designers.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Inspirational Typography, Typography

There is some really interesting typography happening at How Do You Spell Kjartansson, including my most favorite font to be released this year, Black Slabbath.

written by Christopher | tags: Black Slabbath, How Do You Spell Kjartansson, Typography

“I was born in 1986 in a small town called Zelenograd (‘green-town‘) somewhere near Moscow, USSR. During my childhood I was taught the drawing basics by my father — that’s how it all started. I can clearly remember myself drawing on almost all surfaces later in school and then, spending free time at the university between the lectures, I started drawing letters.”

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Eighty Six Era, Graphic Design, Russia, Typography

“seblester.co.uk is the personal web site of Sebastian Lester. Trained in Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins, he now works in London as a type designer and typographic illustrator.

His typefaces are used by Intel, Dell, GQ Magazine, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and many other companies and publications worldwide.

He recently completed a series of typographic illustrations
for Red Bull and his animation project, ‘Moving Type’, was
featured in the 2007 Typophile Film Festival in Seattle.

His work has recently been featured in Creative Review, Computer Arts and Grafik and he was interviewed in the February 2008 edition of 3D World magazine. “

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Seblester, Typography