My Internship at Letterform Archive
Joyce Yin reflects on her time as our 2018 intern.
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This Just In: Martin Venezky
The San Francisco designer reminds us about the beauty of not knowing how things will turn out.
On paper, Martin Venezky is an artist, designer, photographer, and educator. He is also a collector, and some might even consider him a sort of curator. He often plays these roles all at the same time, whether he’s working on a project or not. In both his life and in his practice, he tells stories by combining and recontextualizing images and objects found in the world to create new worlds. His process reveals a lot about his own story too — one of imperfection, surprise, and patience.
“To design a poster and do the whole thing digitally? That gets boring. You’re just sitting there hitting keys, but you kinda wanna get in and see the scale of it.”
This Just In: Jacob Jongert for Van Nelle
A large collection of objects by the Dutch modernist demonstrates the branding power of lettering + color.
Our holdings of packaging design recently got a significant boost with the addition of several hundred objects created by Jacob (commonly signed “Jac.”) Jongert in the 1920s and ’30s for Van Nelle, a Rotterdam-based manufacturer of coffee, tea, and tobacco. The extensive and varied collection includes labels, boxes, tins, in-store displays, posters, advertising, and other collateral, like pocket notebooks and calendars.
Shaped Text: An Aesthetic Whole
From ancient practice to contemporary children’s books, the endeavor to form text into image is found throughout the Archive.
Jennifer Morla on Drawing Ideas from the Eames, Sol LeWitt, and More
The Author of Morla : Design treats us to her best-loved inspiration sources — and shares how far-ranging influences make it into her work.
Jennifer Morla on Type Selection
The award-winning author of Morla : Design shares her secrets for choosing the right typeface for the job.
One Book, Two Cover concepts
Prototyping the covers for Morla : Design.
This Just In: Jennifer Morla
The AIGA Medalist, AGI Member, and National Design Award Recipient donates her archive.
