Today's Typographica nameplate
Check out this Flikr set of Typographica nameplates over the past 8 years (150 of them to be precise). View as a slide show. It’s an interesting study of the range of options readers submitted. Read (or subscribe to) the Typographica blog.
You’ve all seen or heard me reference 2008 graduate Shauna Haider’s work (AKA Nubby Twiglet) from time to time. After a year interning and then working full time for Nemo HQ in Portland, she and a dozen colleagues were cut loose because of downsizing. She’s been busy retooling her portfolio to drum up freelance work and/or a new position.
You can download her new 2009 portfolio here. And take a look at how it looked in June 2008. (scroll to the bottom). You’ll see student work in both versions, but note how she describes the pieces (MercyCorps, Penguin Books cover, 2008 Calendar).
She’s got 10 pages of tightly edited work, (including a logo page of 9 wordmarks) that shows her range and unique perspective. It’s a strong, simple layout that uses a system of typographic labels and rules.
Design Sponge uses texture to overcome the single-surface look on most web sites.
On the other end of the spectrum, Design Milk (a similar blog about design/decor/crafts) is a snooze.
Simple navigation, lovely typography, but awkward side-scroller
What if your portfolio was on flikr? Here’s how it might look or like this.
If you had gigantic pieces, you could display them like this.
Numbered navigation is fine, but what would make this site better?
Thought for the week is a regular posting-place for the London design consultancy johnson banks.
Refresh your typographic memory by bookmarking this article from Smashing Magazine.
