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Design Educator MISTD

Wellington New Zealand
Joined August 2011
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This weekend’s favorite letter is the ‘a’ from Beatrice Display, by @SharpTypeCo sharptype.co/typefaces/beatr…
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Study for Graphic Tectonic series – Josef Albers [1941-42] | Unintentionally solving the microchip layout problem
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Doppler, Special Effects and Topical Alphabets, Selected and Arranged by Dan X. Solo from the Solotype Typographers Catalog, Dover Publications, New York, 1978. A similar face that employs the same concept is shown in Photo-Lettering’s One Line catalog (1971) as Papirtis Dazzle.
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Thank you ⁦@grantrobertson1⁩ for leading the celebration of the listing of Trades Hall as a Category One building. This building is such an important part of our history and recognises the huge contribution of the union movement to Aotearoa.
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Klaus Burkhardt and Reinhard Döhl, Rot 40: Poem Structures In the Looking Glass, Edition Rot, Stuttgart, 1969.
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A fabulous donation from Tobias @frerejones: 170 transit passes from Milwaukee’s trolley system, 1937–1969. Each week had a unique design. (Reposted from @stewf on Instagram.)
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Happy (belated!) birthday, Bradbury Thompson (1911–1995)! The American graphic designer and art director, best known for his work designing magazines and postage stamps, was born 110 years ago on 3/25. #LfABirthday (Images: Bradbury Thompson, Westvaco Inspirations 210, NY, 1958.)
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“John Tarpey kick-started my love of all things type, circa 1997 at Limerick School of Art & Design”. John Paul Dowling, Past ISTD Education Director. Two images from John Tarpey and two from John Paul Dowling.
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Interesting campaign by the @WgtnCC #coca4 #brand
Ross F. George, Rush Job or no Rush Job…, ink on signboard. See the full advertisement in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org/ite…
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Fay McAlpine retweeted
One day I'll mint my Josef Albers color theory series <3
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#CoCA welcome to a lovely bunch of collaborative creative peeps
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A reminder for our friends in #Texas
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Record covers for Westminster Records Design by Rudolph de Harak
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Folkways Records Cover design by Ronald Clyne
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The 2021 ISTD student briefs are now LIVE and available to download from the ISTD website: istd.org.uk/education/2021-s…
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1977 Manfred Maier BASIC DESIGN PRINCPLES School of Design Basel: 4 Volume Set
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Fay McAlpine retweeted
Congrats to @CocaCola named top plastic polluter third year in a row. – at New Rochelle, NY
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