Tag Archives: Type Design

Mus­ings on Semi-Permanent, vol. 2.

September 8th, 2010
In part two in of our Semi-Permanent 2010 ret­ro­spect­ive, Emma Par­nell recalls the youth­ful exuber­ance and undeni­able tal­ent of illus­trator Jes­sica Hische. For a girl who owns the URL ‘iamobsessedwithmycats.com’ (it redir­ects to her web­site) and describes her life as “a sol­it­ary exist­ence where nobody showers and you get covered in cat hair”, Jes­sica His­che is [...]
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Butcher, Baker, Alpha­bet Maker

July 12th, 2010
Jes­sica His­che is one of the most eagerly anti­cip­ated speak­ers at Semi-Permanent 2010. Sam Eichblatt tracked her down in New York. From ProDesign 107 with addi­tional images. It’s a decept­ively simple idea, but a stroke of genius when it comes to self-promotion. A young Brooklyn-based type designer leaves her day job to go freel­ance in Septem­ber 2009, and [...]
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News: BeST Awards 09 – Brit­ten Award

October 16th, 2009
The Designers Institute of New Zealand's (DINZ) awards highest honour to type designer Joseph Churchward.
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Graphic Design: More Koru

October 1st, 2009
You'll find more than just one koru-inspired typeface on these fair shores.
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K is for Kris (Aug/Sept cover story)

September 23rd, 2009
…and K is for Klim and koru. Kris Sowersby's AGDA Inter­na­tional Speaker Tour poster.
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