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Typophile Film Fest 4 in Vancouver

By: Xavier Encinas
18-04-2009
Event, Typography, Video
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Typophile Film Fest 4 will showcase a rare and unequaled selection of short typographic films. Hailing from Portugal, The Netherlands, Austria, Canada and the US, the films create a visual mashup of motion design, typographic animation and short stories. It includes broadcast motion design, documentaries and typographic eye candy from Trollbäck + Company, Strange Attractors, Heebok Lee, Nick Shinn, Juan Leguizamon as well as exclusive out takes from the acclaimed documentary film Helvetica. Thanks to the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, British Columbia, for helping make this presentation possible.

Saturday April 25, 2009
Doors open: 7PM
Films: 8PM—11PM
Note: All Justified West attendees receive free entrance to the Typophile Film Fest.

Futura Con-struc-tions

By: Xavier Encinas
17-04-2009
Graphic Design, Print, Typography
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Futura Con•struc•tions by SF based designer Richard Perez
Promotional Card Set, 3 x 10 in
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Objective:
Create a promotional card set highlighting the history and unique qualities of the geometric sans serif, Futura, designed by Paul Renner.
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Description:
Each card of the Futura Con•struc•tions set focuses on a geometric break down of a letter. On the reverse of cards information is included on the development, characteristics and history of the typeface.
The concept of disassembling and reconstructing the letterforms was inspired by the two schools of design which influenced Renner in the creation of Futura, the Bauhaus and Russian Constructivist.

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American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art – Trailer

By: Xavier Encinas
16-04-2009
Miscellaneous, Poster, Video
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American Artifact chronicles the rise of American rock poster art since its birth in the ’60s.

Director Merle Becker crosses the country interviewing rock poster artists from the different eras to discover that America is currently in the midst of a 21st century “rock poster art movement”, where thousands of artists around the country are doing silk screened rock poster art inspired by their local scene, the music of our time, and the spirit of our era.

The film features interviews with renown artists including Stanley Mouse, Victor Moscoso, Frank Kozik, Art Chantry, EMEK, Tara McPherson, Derek Hess, COOP, Jay Ryan, and more, as well as fans, collectors, and musicians.

Scheduled release for the film is June 20th, 2009.

Max Bill, the master’s vision – Trailer

By: Xavier Encinas
13-04-2009
Art, Swiss Heritage, Video
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A film by Erich Schmid

The film about Max Bill (1908-1994) moves between the dynamic fields of art, aesthetics and politics. Max bill was probably the most important swiss artist of the 20th century and the most famous student to come out of the legendary bauhaus in dessau. He was an ardent anti-fascist and all his avant-garde work as an artist, sculptor, architect and typographer showed a social responsibility and environmental awareness right through his life. His views have become incredibly topical.

Watch the Trailer here.

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Colophon Foundry

By: Xavier Encinas
06-04-2009
Typography
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Colophon is an independent type foundry set up by Brighton based design studio, The Entente. As well as distributing and acting as a platform for fonts designed by the studio, it selects fonts designed by others to distribute and create products for.

Working in a similar way to that of a publishers, each typeface that is released by Colophon will be in a limited edition. Each font will be unique in its edition, ranging from 50-500. A specimen book will also be produced for each typeface, and can be purchased as an additional item. These specimen books will always be printed in an edition of 50.

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