Commercial free fonts

Commercial free fonts

A great source of design inspiration restricted by reality. Commercial free fonts abound on the internet, but for the professional designer they are more a source of inspiration rather than of practical use (this does occasionally occur) due to a few mitigating factors. Namely, especially for magazine design, the limited amount of typeface forms in a family, ie hard to design a ‘feel’ to product with only Roman and Bold faces (come...

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Visionary? probably not, influential? undoubtedly

Visionary? probably not, influential? undoubtedly

As Apple’s CEO passed away, a lot of excited comments were made, yet Mr Jobs input has always been clearly defined: Functionality, Aesthetics and innovation. Having grown up in my professional career, using apple products, its been gratifying to see the impact of the iPhone, the iPad, the iMac, the Apple OS, less initially in terms of market share, but rather in making other suppliers see how to improve their own lines. In the end we all...

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Typographic influences

Typographic influences

Eye Magazine Formed in 1990, this typographical based design magazine has been very influential in many ways, especially in the promotion of new typefaces and implementation of new, different approaches to layout.

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Wired Magazine

Wired Magazine

Wired is unusual, not in that its subject matter is science/gadget based, but in terms of design – it uses creative typography and varying printing processes (5th colours, metals, UV spots etc) to enhance its overall impact.

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IHF Journal

IHF Journal

• Magazine design origination • Layout (40-80 pages) (Quartlerly) • Production for print/press • Supporting material: Mediapacks, Business Cards and promotional items World Hospitals and Health Services: the official journal of the International Hospital Federation First launched in 1929 as Nosokomeion, World Hospitals and Health Services is published four times a year. The journal includes features such as surveys, country profiles,...

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Silmo 2011

Silmo 2011

• Magazine design origination/cover design • Layout (60 pages) • Production for print/press • Imposition of magazine/advertising • Supporting material: Mediapacks, Business Cards and promotional items WORLD OF OPTICS is the magazine and online media platform produced for Silmo in cooperation with its organisers, created exclusively for its visiting executives as well as for those specifiers and decision makers within...

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