Comments on: Type Faces

By: we Love Typography « WebOL

we Love Typography « WebOL — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:05:16 +0000

[…] fed up with types ? Here are an interview of Ellen Lupton, her lecture at ESAD (Escola Superior de Artes E Design in Portugal) and the review of her TwT […]

By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio

LaurenMarie - Creative Curio — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:57:18 +0000

Thanks for that link, Vivien! It lead me around all sorts of interesting places and did you realize that Ellen is an identical twin?!I second seeing type designer's homes! Ellen's was sure fascinating!

By: johno (iLT)

johno (iLT) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:33:16 +0000

Vivien
That’s a wonderful idea! I’d especially like to see inside Erik Spiekermann’s and Jean François Porchez’s houses.

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:24:04 +0000

you’re welcome, John. Yes, they have a rather nice looking design now. Did you notice that posters in Lupton’s house cover even the fireplace? ;-)

btw, perhaps you should do the same on iLT, get a sneak peak into the offices of Type designers, so we can see what kind of surrounding inspires them to come up with those beauties.

By: johno (iLT)

johno (iLT) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:11:09 +0000

Vivien
Goodness! design sponge has changed a lot since I last saw it. Thanks for the link; I really enjoyed the peek behind the scenes.

By: johno (iLT)

johno (iLT) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:48:27 +0000

Vivien (inspirationbit)
Thanks. No, I don’t think I’ve seen that. I’m off to take a look now…

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:36:40 +0000

Nice interview. John (and others), have you seen a Sneak Peek into Ellen Lupton and Abbott Miller's house over at Design*Sponge?

By: leah

leah — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:51:15 +0000

Johno, Oops! That sounded like I was requesting it from you for my birthday, which I was not! If there’s one thing I hate, it’s inadvertent imposition. I meant, requesting it from people such as my Grandmaman. We’ll see what happens. Yes, my birthday is in April. The 22nd, actually, which also happens to be Earth Day. :) What an environmentally-friendly coincidence!

Oh and on the Hilary Swank thing, it was one specific photo in which Ellen has brown hair. They’re not twins, but there’s enough there that the comparison sprung to my mind. Also, in the movie “Freedom Writers”, Swank plays a real-life woman who only looks somewhat like her, so clearly Hollywood’s not looking for exact doppelgangers here.

“Freedom Typographers” ??? :) Hehe..

By: johno (iLT)

johno (iLT) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:13:01 +0000

Leah
Your birthday is in April. Noted;)
Hilary Swank! Well, that one hadn’t crossed my mind before. I’ll need to do a photo comparison and get back to you.

Roger
Perhaps Ellen would like to answer that. if she’s reading this.
However, I guess that what’s she’s getting at is that one can spend hours agonizing over the design, the layout, choice of type, etc., and yet fail to notice the message. Even the most beautifully designed page can be ruined by a small spelling mistake; these kinds of errors can overshadow the design. Perhaps Ellen has a different take on it.

Cody
I blame all my typos on my keyboard. I have one of those fancy new Mac keyboards; since I got it, I’m making about 50% more typing errors. Either it’s the keyboard or the onset of dementia.

Hamish
No problem at all. You’ve just reminded me that I need to send out a package to someone too! Any time is fine. Thanks.

By: Hamish M

Hamish M — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:54:38 +0000

Speaking of Helvetica. John, I have yet to send your package! I meant to have it in before Christmas, but things haven’t worked out so much in my favor the past few weeks. (crisis at work, late nights…) — needless to say, I apologize for it’s lateness. Tomorrow is looking better, I’ll have it shipped this week, for sure!