Monthly Archives: August 2007

Typography school

By Manuel Martensen | Published: August 31, 2007
Omair Barkatulla created this cool video about the London Collage of Printing: Veteran graphic design/typography and letterpress teacher David Dabner talks and gives an insight into the principles of design, creative letterpress and why computers make students sloppy.
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HBO Voyeur - Great teaser!

By Manuel Martensen | Published: August 27, 2007
Welcome to the HBO Voyeur Project – a multimedia experience that gives you a peek into what happens behind the countless windows we pass everyday. The HBO Voyeur Project illustrates the underlying truth that sometimes the most revealing stories are the ones you weren't meant to see.
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4M logo & “Helvetica is a typeface, not a font.”

By Manuel Martensen | Published: August 26, 2007
Get the 4M logo (and other cool shirts) on on a fabric you can wear at GET4M.COM and support manuelmartensen.com thru your purchase. "Helvetica is a typeface, not a font" is inspired by the current Helvetica hype, and those fellas who call it a font all the time. Guess you can figure where the 4M comes from...
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New mashup: “Believe somebody”

By Manuel Martensen | Published: August 25, 2007
The latest track by DJ Earworm "Believe somebody" is a mix of Madonna, Cher, Whitney Houston & George Kranz. Quality stuff! Download the mp3
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What was TYPOGRAPHY again?

By Manuel Martensen | Published: August 25, 2007
Saw a great video at John Boardley's blog, and i sooo have to spread it. Created by Marcos Ceravolo and Ryan Uhrich, vancouver film school. Clip is targeted at "designers and non designers who have an interest in typography and want to learn more about it".
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