Lettering vs. Calligraphy
Today is the last day of this letter exhibition at Mota Italic, featuring the work of letterer, Martina Flor and calligrapher, Giuseppe Salerno.
Each Berlin based designer draws/writes a letter chosen each day. They explore the different possibilities of each glyph in a similar way to ‘letter battles’ such as Type Fight, Alphabout, AlphaBattle and the fun LetterPlayground.
The two technical approaches have produced some lovely work. It’s a shame I’ve missed the show, however you can see more of the work online.
IN – Natsuo Kirino
A literary mystery from the Queen of Japanese Noir.
R is the other woman in a 1940s novel that recounts the damage she did to her lover’s family. Her identity remains shrouded in mystery. Tamaki is determined to find out who R really was. A writer herself, she is working on a book about R and begins to uncover clues about the true story behind the novel. As Tamaki throws herself into her research, her own life begins to strike echoes with the subject of her work.
The idea for the cover was to have layered sheets of paper to reflect the depth of this novel-within-a-novel. The type is an adapted version of Century Schoolbook which helps to give a period feel, and yellow was chosen for the title as it is a significant colour in the book.
The photograph is by Guillaume Amat / Millennium Images, UK.
(via typographie)
Directions out of town: find the nearest wave and ride.
The weekend’s finally here, and it’s time to get out and see the world. Swim by the UWS for brunch from 11am on, or the EV for lunch starting at 1pm. The Cafes are open, but hurry before all the seats are gone. Or dive into the Oyster Bar for 3 hours of happy hour starting at 4pm!
So many oysters, so little time. TGIF!
A portrait made entirely from coffee stains by Red Hong Yi
Watch the making of video here.
It’s too bad she won’t live. But then again, who does?
(Source: qbricks, via lookatthislittlething)
gq:
Iron Man
His resurrection has all the characteristics of an origin story for a Hollywood superhero: A gifted young actor loses his way, cheats death again and again, then straightens himself out just in time to conquer the world. But the way Robert Downey Jr. tells it, the reality involves a lot more detours, and the final act still hasn’t been written. With Iron Man 3 poised to extend his outrageous hot streak, Downey invited GQ’s Chris Heath to his house in Malibu to talk about where he’s been, where he’s going, and where all the demons went:
Conversations with Robert Downey Jr. are rarely linear, and sometimes it takes a moment to realize how one thing might relate to the next. But I realize after a while that if you keep up with him, hang on tight, and have faith, all kinds of strange sense may eventually be made. “That’s the great thing—it’s such a floating freak show,” he tells me at one point about the movie world. “You get a bit older and you start to see what’s going on backstage in the collective psyche of this ridiculous industry.”
What do you notice?
“Everybody is kind of the same. I’m sorry! We’re all just kind of the same.”
What do you mean?
“Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes I’m just another schmuck that they’re bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed.”
But how does that fit in with something you’ve often said—that you have to believe you’re the most talented person on any set?
“Well, I try to instill that in other people, but it only gets you so far. That to me is just the precursor for even getting up, because nobody wants to see somebody struggling with their own confidence—it’s boring and it takes a long time and you’re probably not going to get there.”
But I still believe that you think you’re almost always the most talented person there.
“Yeah, but you know what? I’m afraid that’s just a tape that’s running in my head, and I’m really happy that it’s there, but it doesn’t make it real.”
And so if you stop that tape running for a second, how talented are you?
He smiles. “I’m probably one of the best.”
Karina Smigla-Bobinski - ADA
“ADA” is an interactive installation, an auto-creation of German artist Karina Smigla-Bobinski, consisting of a huge transparent sphere inflated with helium and spikes covered with charcoal and placed in an empty and white room. By manipulating this sphere, visitors are invited to leave a trace of their passage and to influence the random movements of the sphere, which then will draw on the walls, floor and ceiling streaks of charcoal…
