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10/11/01 by holden
Prioritise legibility
Legibility is key in design for the masses. Corporate identity, literature and signage. You have a responsibility to present information in an understandable way. More than a title on a design, typography is one of your only tools to catch consumers. hypefortype.comArchive
10/11/01 by holden
Typography
I love typography and savor quality type-related images and quotes.Archive
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10/10/28 by holden
What’s minimal?
It is easier to define what minimal is not. Minimal does not mean blank, empty, devoid or even quiet. It does not permit gratuitous use of white space. It absolutely is not a safety net or lack of content. Minimal directly opposes all these things. Minimal is stripped down of incidental references and pared down [...]Archive
10/10/27 by holden
Breaking Type
Typography can bring out the willful side of some graphic designers. It’s rules are there to be broken with rebellious flourish. But woe betide anyone breaking those rules without at least a glimmering of knowledge of what they’re doing. There’s a fine line between beautiful, avant-garde type and illegible nonsense and it takes skill and [...]Archive
10/10/26 by holden
Music design is the glue that can be used to hold fragmented parts together. It’s no longer about a front cover or a defining image to create a sense of visibility. The future of music design is more about giving a tangible form to many different integrated elements, all of which make up the whole [...]
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10/10/26 by holden
We’ve come on a long journey since the first heart-stopping crackles on shellac acetate to the numb solid state of the iPod generation. For every change in technology, a sea of change opens up in the possibilities for the format to shape the product. From squeezing twelve tracks onto a 12-inch disc on to vinyl [...]
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10/10/26 by holden
The record cover is dead. Long live music. Long live whatever sound turns you on and gets you off. What ever did we do before Hitsville. Whatever did we do after Smash Hits? Most young kids have never even bought a CD. The future of music design is about flexibility. It’s about engaging with as [...]
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10/10/26 by holden