September 2010
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“Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I...”
– Isaiah 46:4 (NIV)
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“I had never worked so hard in my life, nor imagined that writing could be such...”
– John Grisham [NYT]
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“If you want to be a brand, I tell clients, you must work from the inside out. A...”
– Christopher Simmons, in What Design Can’t Do (AIGA.com)
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Five Young Typeface Designers and Their Former... →
You don’t necessarily need to start your career as a typeface designer—to become one. Erik Spiekermann, for example, had been an internationally-known graphic designer for many years before drawing ITC Officina and Meta. Max Medinger was a salesman prior to creating Helvetica. Ed Benguiat was a critically-acclaimed drummer, and Adrian Frutiger a promising sculptor, before they began drawing...
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“Few designers have done more to render typography foundries irrelevant than...”
– Michael Bierut, on James Victore’s work. [link]
It's called a process...
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“It’s my tuning. Also, I am just as much an engineer as a musician....”
– Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson 