Sundance, the independent film festival, reveals a new logo and its first full brand identity intended for long-term use. Porto Rocha designed the symbol and brand language to create continuity and flexibility.
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3rd Brody Monograph Explores Past 30 Years Of Career
A follow up to two highly successful monographs on the work of Neville Brody showcases projects completed since the mid-1990s. Thematic sections address typographic experimentation, information graphics, cultural subversion, and design systems by a creative legend.
TDC69 Winners Announced With Five For Morcos Key
The Type Directors Club has announced the winners from 42 countries in its prestigious TDC69 Competition. The top five countries for winners are the United States with 52, followed by Germany with 24, China with 23, Netherlands with 11, and Ukraine with nine.
Shakespeare’s Globe Typeface Uses Designs From First Folio
On the 400-year-anniversary of Shakespeare’s collection of works, the theater’s inhouse design department joined forces with Typeland to create a custom typeface for the season’s posters.
Jan Middendorp To Receive TDC Medal
The Type Directors Club’s highest honor recognizes individuals and institutions who have made outstanding contributions to typography. Jan Middendorp is the latest recipient and will receive the medal in May.
Akira Kobayashi To Receive TDC Medal
The Type Directors Club’s highest honor recognizes individuals and institutions who have made outstanding contributions to typography. This year’s recipient will be Akira Kobayashi of Monotype.
The Staircase Title Suggests Complexity and Ambiguity
Using glass materials and optical illusions, The Staircase main title sequence builds a sense of uncertainty, dislocation, and the unexpected. Sarofsky is the video production team.
TDC Sets First Confab On Native North American Typography
This virtual event has been created to foster dialogue between Native and non-Native type communities, includes presentations, discussions, and workshops. The dates: November 11-12.
Fonts Rooted In Calligraphy Are The Most Trustworthy
Collated in collaboration with Neurons, a new study from Monotype finds that the right type can boost positive reader response by 13%.
Anna Sing Creates A Bouquet Of Typefaces
Anna Sing, a multi-disciplinary designer based in New York City, went on a frenetic 15-week effort to create four fonts inspired by the history of houseplants.
Counterprint Book: Big Type Can Cut Through Clutter
A collection of work published by Counterprint focuses on how designers can be heard above the noise with an emphasis on typography.
Pentagram, NYT Top Type Directors Club Competition
The winners of the Type Directors Club TDC68 Communication Design and 25TDC Typeface Design competitions have been announced. Pentagram and The New York Times Magazine were the most honored.
Top 10 Design Stories of 2021
As we head into 2022, GDUSA looks back on a year of high-profile rebrands, new office and experiential space openings, and a proliferation of flat logos. Here are our top design news stories of 2021.
Pentagram Turns To Type For 2DADS
How can a new brewing company stand out from the crowd? A fresh typographic approach from Pentagram partner Dominic Lippa.
CBX Rebrand Keeps Tails Wagging
“Life is more fun with a dog” is the theme and positioning for CBX’s rebrand of Milk-Bone product packaging as well as a platform for potential line extensions beyond the iconic biscuit treat.
Turner Duckworth Identity Honors Brotherhood Sister Sol
The Turner Duckworth design agency recently partnered with The Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis) to create a new visual identity for the non-profit organization.
Kum & Go Redefines Convenience With Brand Overhaul
Convenience store chain Kum & Go is revealing its new brand identity and communication campaign to add a new, creatively-driven dimension to the on-the-go category.
Affinity Creative Toasts Women’s Empowerment
Affinity Creative Group designed and developed a new digital style and website for Cycles Gladiator Wine. The branding is Inspired by the concept of women’s empowerment.
Monotype: Type Trends Shaped By Search For Post-Pandemic Connection
Monotype type trend report examines the movements shaping the creative community, informing branding, and driving design today and into the future.
PepsiCo Designers Rise To Occasion
New MTN DEW RISE ENERGY will launch with a bold visual identity created by PepsiCo’s in-house design team. A lion logo and LeBron James are in the mix.
25 Logos In 25 Weeks
Up and coming design studio Kalakatta takes on an ambitious project at the height of the pandemic: 25 logos in 25 weeks.
St. John Helps Wonderbird Take Flight
Independent agency St. John led the charge in concepting, designing and executive all aspects of Wonderbird, a new fast food chicken concept that seeks to close the gap between convenience and quality.
London Diners Get New York Edge
One of London’s most popular fast-casual diners has launched an all-new identity that keeps its iconic visual tone but with an NY twist.
Chen Resurrects Soul Of Natural Beauty Brand
Chen Design Associates uses minimal illustration to express natural beauty company Alaffia’s personality through brand identity and packaging.
Die-Cut Teardrop Strengthens Label System
O Street helps Denver Distillery reflect the value of handcrafting in their brand with a new logo, typeface, illustrations and a teardrop logo.
Chase Design Illustrates Marie’s Gourmet Sub-Brand
Today’s desire for healthier alternatives and adventurous flavors led to the creation of Marie’s first sub-brand with naming and design by Chase Design Group.
Jan Šabach Brings Father’s Moments to Life
Jan Šabach honors the works of his father Petr Šabach (1951–2017), a well-known Czech writer, with a series of colorful, optimistic, and dynamic book covers.
Lay’s Bag Influenced by Instagram
Lay’s newly redesigned potato chip bag has been updated for the social media era.
Trillion Visualizes Future For Optometry College
The SUNY College of Optometry recently completed a strategic planning exercise and turned to Trillion for help in share its plan for the future.
Pentagram Reprises Shakespeare Role
Pentagram’s 2019 look for Shakespeare in the Park is fun and playful, with skewed bands of typography layered on color shapes in a Pop art palette, inspired by circus posters, bubble gum and Wonder Bread.
Roger Scores D+ For Discovery Logo Design
Discovery came to Roger looking to redesign their global brand, beginning with a new logo system, and extending out to a new identity that would cross platforms and reach over 220 countries.
Jan Tschichold’s Influence Explored At Bard Graduate Center
Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between the World Wars is a Bard Graduate Center Focus Project on view now through July 7.
ELIA Designs for Visually Impaired In New Cooper Hewitt Show
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum presents “The Senses: Design Beyond Vision” exhibition, on view through October 28, including an innovative tactile reading system by ELIA.
TDC To Honor Dutch Typographer Gerard Unger
On July 18, Dr. Gerard Unger will receive the TDC Medal, first awarded to Hermann Zapf back in 1967.
A Visual Exploration of Classic Type With A Contemporary Lens
Willoughby Design explores analog and digital type with the help of six iconic type designers, and the textures and colors of several Neenah CLASSIC brands. “Nothing makes a designer happier than type on paper,” says Ann Willoughby.
Hoefler & Co.’s Operator Typeface Is Typewriter-Inspired
A new typewriter-inspired typeface from Hoefler & Co. and the firm’s first-ever fixed width style.
Hoefler & Co. Simplifies Licensing Fonts For Apps and eBooks
Hoefler & Co. has a new subscription, App.typography, that makes it easier to use its fonts in digital publishing.
Webinar To Present Practical Advice On Color
Monotype is planning a free webinar for July 1
Learn Why Color Is Relative in Free Webinar
Monotype, a leading global provider of typefaces, technology and expertise for creative and design professionals, plans a new webinar for July 1.
Tooling Around: Beautiful Type Crafted Out of Tools
Tooling Around is an ongoing series by typographic illustrator Joseph Alessio…