April 2nd, 2008 Jerry
What happens when heavy Helveticas drop into water?
They turn into sinking minutes and seconds and run out before you realize it.


Dropclock is an aesthetically intriguing clock screensaver designed and art directed by Yugo Almighty Nakamura.
Go download it and observe the slow and graceful movement of time.
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December 11th, 2007 Jerry
We found a package at the doorstep today.

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October 26th, 2007 Jerry
Have a look at Mark Simonson’s take on the type master Adrian Frutiger.


Download the presentation here.
Read more about Frutiger here.
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September 5th, 2007 Jerry

Colette Paris is currently running Helvetica at 50, an exhibit curated by Gary Hustwit, director of the documentary film Helvetica.
As read from Gary’s official blog:
For the colette show, I managed to cobble together a nice little overview of Helvetica, with a selection of movie posters, record covers, prints, t-shirts, and other ephemera. Special thanks to Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones for their contribution of several rare Helvetica brochures from the Haas and Stempel era. The film is being shown on a loop on a huge plasma screen, and I also got to sprinkle Helvetica-releated quotes from various designers around the walls of the store. They’ve brought in stock of Lars Müller’s Helvetica book, and a bunch of great t-shirts from Blanka.
We are unfortunately stuck on this island with our work and unable to make it to the show. However, having been waiting too long for an official screening to reach here, we’ve already ordered our Helvetica DVD boxset Deluxe limited edition, which includes the retail DVD, three letterpressed mini-posters, a color C-print of a still from the film (one of ten different stills) signed by Gary Hustwit, two love/hate Helvetica buttons, and a letter of actual Helvetica metal type! Now all we can do is wait…
Colette’s exhibit running from 3rd to 29th September.
Image taken from Helvetica’s official site.
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