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Down Below the Street: Helvetica and the New York City Subway System

By Stewart Bailey May 7, 2011Graphics, Signage, Wayfinding

Sounds like a wonderfully well-researched and well-told account of the history of the struggle to standardize on Helvetica for the NYC subway signage system by historian and typographer Paul Shaw.…

Prototyping Part 3 – Functional Prototypes

By Stewart Bailey May 3, 2011Exhibits, Prototyping, Signage

This post is the third and final in a series of three dealing with prototyping. In the first instalment, I discussed why we prototype - the reasons are many, but…

Prototyping Part 2 – Visual Prototypes

By Stewart Bailey April 29, 2011Exhibits, Prototyping, Signage

This post is the second in a series of three dealing with prototyping. In the first instalment, I discussed why we prototype. This post deals with visual prototyping , probably…

Prototyping Part 1 – Why we do it

By Stewart Bailey April 26, 2011Exhibits, Prototyping, Signage

Rarely in life do we get to try out a big decision before committing to it. Wouldn't it be great to be able to try out some scenarios, take them…

Livesurface

By Stewart Bailey April 23, 2011Exhibits, Graphics, Prototyping, Signage

An interesting niche player in the stock photography realm,Livesurface sells images designed to be transformed by signage, packaging, clothing, etc. designers into renderings. A smart idea that could be a…

TTC Font

By Stewart Bailey April 22, 2011Graphics, Signage

Dominion Modern is running an exhibit on the "Toronto Subway" typeface. The show tells the story of the efforts of type and graphic designer David Vereschagin to document and resurrect this…

Icons galore

By Stewart Bailey April 20, 2011Graphics, Signage, Wayfinding

Iconfinder is a great resource for designers or anybody looking for a specific icon. There is a fair bit of dross here, and only rudimentary search capabilities, but they do…