Superfried – new font by Soupa star

Soupa member Mark Richardson of Superfried has recently completed Superfried's latest free font. It's aptly called: blob and is available in two formats, round and square. This is predominantly a display and experimental font. Unlike before, since the styling of round and square are sufficiently different, it was necessary to develop two separate fonts rather than utilising the shift key to switch styles. The majority of the simple shape development was created using FontStruct. Once the limitations had been reached, further refinement and finishing was achieved in FontForge.

You can download the 2 variations here… http://www.superfried.com/freestuff/

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Oscar de Castro - new works and site

Soupa member Oscar de Castro has recently uploaded a new site with a lovely collection of fresh new work. Check out his design and illustration work at http://www.oscardecastro.com/

Kemistry Gallery: Private View — Gastro typographical assemblage

Gastrotypographicalassemblage

17 September — 30 October

Kemistry Gallery is celebrating the work of legendary designer Lou Dorfsman, art director for the CBS network.

The exhibition will centres on his most notable creation, the 11-metre wide handmade wooden typographic wall that he named Gastrotypographicalassemblage. Created during an era when designers were both artisans and well-trained communicators, the wall is the largest modern typographic artefact in existence, described by Michael Bierut as ‘an irreplaceable piece of design history.’ With custom type created by Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase, the wall contains almost 1500 individual characters.

“There are few pieces that represent the typographic and design spirit that illuminated that moment of history, and certainly none on a scale as ambitious.” Milton Glaser.

Jenny Holzer - Blue Purple Tilt

After studying Jenny Holzer at university back in 2003, I became interested in the idea of art as a graphic communication. Previous to this, I had viewed art as a self involved pointless media and something in which I personally could not engage with.

The work of Jenny Holzer enabled me to view art as a communication tool in a similar way to graphic design. Her work was recently been on display at the Lightbox in Woking, Surrey. The piece BLUE PURPLE TILT, 2007 which was created especially for the Artist Rooms collection, was a inspiring and visually stunning piece.

“PURPLE TILT, 2007 is a 4m high light installation with panels each measuring 3810x137x1270cm creates an impressive visual presence in the double-height main gallery”. Well worth a visit.