EDITORIAL DESIGN :: More Typeface/Layout Inspirations

A few more typeface inspirational ideas for my TYPOGRAPHY SWIPE BOARD:

Herb Lubalin

Kind of like Bodoni, but also looks like ITC Annlie, ITC Firenze, and Carousel.

EDITORIAL DESIGN :: REVISED DEPARTMENT LAYOUTS

EDITORIAL DESIGN :: DEPARTMENTS LAYOUT

Exploring the layout designs for a magazine’s department “Fashion”, one of a few departments that would be part of a magazine about the modern take on 1960s.

EDITORIAL DESIGN :: MOOD BOARD

Trader Joe’s Cool Creatives: Are You Hiring, Please?

I’ve been a big fan of Trader Joe’s store since I’ve first discovered it in California in 2002. But besides the great inexpensive selection of foods they offer, they do incredibly creative design work – the interior/decor design, promo materials, in-store posters and signs.

Here’s a few of their latest, which I adore every time I visit it on the Upper West Side, NYC. A very smart way to re-do the famous Broadway shows into Trader Joe’s themes, don’t you think? Absolutely awesome!

The Many Revisions & Hours Spent On One Logo

As one of my readers pointed out, my Typography class professor has used a very old example of the “Art in America” magazine logo that we had to redesign for the editorial project in the class (see here). However, at this point, it didn’t matter what he used for the ‘original’ logo as it had to be re-designed anyway.

I made a few versions for the new logo, one of which has been chosen and I was working on crafting and finalizing it to perfection for the portfolio showcase.

Here’s how the current logo of the Art in America magazine looks like:

The current logo of the Art in America magazine

Now, scroll down to see what I’ve done to it.

Making The Type Talk: The Wall-E

Don’t you just love guessing the typeface every time you look at some text. Ever since I’ve been studying the typography, I can’t help myself but try to guess the typeface/fonts everywhere I go and/or whatever I look at or read. At some point it starts to drive me crazy, because I do it subconsciously  and then catch myself doing it.

It especially drives me crazy if I can’t guess the font, or, when I see that there’s less diversity in the fonts that the surroundings use.

We had an interesting discussion in one of my typography classes, way back, about the fact that in the beginning of the 20th Century, for example, the business owners (from store owners and first banks to the medical offices and entertainment centers) made an effort to use the HANDMADE typeface.