Live Simply Use Helvetica t-shirt by Lamosca (original colour photo by Naz Hamid). The shirt doesn’t appear to be on Lamosca’s site any longer, so the photo will have to suffice.
Live Simply Use Helvetica t-shirt by Lamosca (original colour photo
Arial is not my type t-shirts.
Arial is not my type t-shirts.
Work can’t be fun
Dan Pallotta writes that worry isn’t work, and that our attitude of self-punishment equalling responsibility is flawed.
We have to rethink what it means to work and to be productive. We have to disentangle self-hatred from responsibility, self-criticism from self-care.
What does re-thinking mean in this case? Start thinking of being hard on yourself as being irresponsible. Start thinking of wasting half of your brain power on fantasies about your own destruction as self-indulgent. Conflate self-negativity with laziness. Start thinking of time for yourself as being responsible. Start thinking of a healthy mid-day meal as essential to your productivity, time away from your desk as productive.
It also doesn’t hurt to find a job doing something that you love. They say you never work a day in your life.
Helvetica cookie cutters by Beverly Hsu.
Laser cut Helvetica by Cut Out Paper.
Hel-Fucking-Vetica t-shirt by Khoi Vinh.
Hel-Fucking-Vetica t-shirt by Khoi Vinh.
Everything you ever wanted or needed to know about typography.
Calvetica for the iPhone. A minimalist app, that works with
Calvetica for the iPhone. A minimalist app, that works with the built-in calendar system.
Cure for the Common Webfont, Part 1: Alternatives to Arial (and Helvetica)
Cure for the Common Webfont, Part 1: Alternatives to Arial (and Helvetica)
2010 is the Year of Webfonts. It seems a new webfont service is popping up every month, and many print typefaces are being reengineered for optimal rendering on multiple platforms and browsers. The days of relying on Arial, Georgia, Lucida, and Verdana are past. So now that a world of new options is opening up to web designers, let’s take at look alternatives to the old “web safes”, starting with the most common one of all.
Data visualization history
Here’s an interactive overview of the milestones in the data visualizations. It’s a kitchen sink approach, so the interface is a little bit on the awkward side, but there’s a ton of information there.
The periodic table of visualization methods might be of interest as well. It’s easier to see examples of the method, but light on background information.
Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story by Paul Shaw
Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story by Paul Shaw
There is a common belief, reinforced by Gary Hustwit’s documentary film Helvetica, that Helvetica is the signage typeface
of the New York City subway system. But it is not true—or rather,
it is only somewhat true.
Helveticards by UD+M. Designed with both the typophile and card
Helveticards by UD+M.
Designed with both the typophile and card player in mind, Helveticards are the beautiful, usable alternative to the traditional deck of cards that both Vignelli and Brunson would be happy to deal. (I’d like to think so, at least.)