History of Type

Yarn

What happens when you let artist Pae White loose in you gallery? Get ready, she may just weave a huge tangle of 48km of yarn. The Los Angeles artist specializes in site specific installations that merge the worlds of architecture, typography, and fiber arts. These photos are from one of her more recent endeavors at the South London Gallery.

The piece is called Too Much Night, Again and was partially inspired by White’s own struggle with insomnia.

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More information about a recent exhibition

From an article by Annie Churdar

More work by Pae White

A Breeze

a.breeze.from.mt.Parnassus from Vitaliy Strokous on Vimeo.

Book Design using 3B pencil

As part of its new campaign, Pentagram has created a short but insightful video that features prolific designer Massimo Vignelli, who talks about his old-fashioned approach to book-making. 

Instead of doing all the layout on the computer like most designers these days, Vignelli still uses a pencil and grid to determine the placement of images and text on each and every page. 

Explaining why the grid is the “underwear” of the book, the veteran designer reveals the fascinating process behind how he makes books, including how he sketches every single image in the book. 

Watch the video below:

Massimo Vignelli Makes Books from Pentagram on Vimeo.

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Astigmatismo

Astigmatismo from Troshinsky on Vimeo.

"A boy, having lost his glasses, can only see one thing in focus at a time. His sight gets attracted by the sounds that surround him. He will have to explore a blurry world of unknown places and strange characters."

“Astigmatismo” is a short-film about the feeling of being lost. This feeling is created thanks to an extreme blur effect, leaving only a very tiny space in focus. The focus shifts and moves rhythmically, synchronized with the sounds and the music, revealing a constantly changing landscape.

The optical effect of blur is at the core of the film, so to make this effect as beautiful and authentic as possible "Astigmatismo" is shot in a 5-level multiplane using a special lens. The animation involves cut-out marionettes and paint on glass. Everything is entirely made by hand and there are no post production effects.

More video by Troshinksky https://vimeo.com/troshinsky

Watch the Making Of video https://vimeo.com/64805453