Happenings

The right people are coming to see me at the right time. Clients I have posted before. Although these are smaller projects, I am excited to get to still be a part...

screw NO (Design Short)

screw NO (Design Short)

On the L

On the L  wdsiemer

Quote

I just bought me an old typewriter, so I can design stuff like this... I really want to execute the design on an actual vintage typewriter that punches the ink into the paper, and none of this Grunge/American Typewriter font stuff...

I hope so too...

One Size Smaller

I love being able to help small business enhance their brand image, but there are plenty of frustrations along the way. Instead of trusting my design experience, clients tell me what fonts to use (papyrus/times new roman are among their favorites), revert my design back to their orginal Word document design (some tiny image they found on the web), want me to copy someone else's logo, and downplay my design consulting (make it bigger!).

I often do oversized graphics, and very frequently get "make it just one font smaller/bigger" All this means to me is make it smaller/bigger. What do they think it means? Here is Myriad Bold 250pt next to Myriad Bold 249pt. Is this what they were looking for? :)

An image that pops up in a lot of Word documents (Make this my logo)

Over the Rhine Blogs

I've really enjoyed the first two blogs in a series of posts about civic design, iconography, and branding of Cincinnati.

Check them out

Cincinnati Typeface
Queen City Standards

Chattanooga's Custom Typeface

Cincinnati Union Terminal font

Cincinnati Flag

Apposite: an original typeface design by Tobias Brauer

After years of work, a font for this century

[Read Article] As seen on inside of the a&e section of Sunday's Cincinnati Enquirer

I highly recommend going to see Tobias Brauer's gallery showing at Northern Kentucky University. See his typeface as it was meant to be seen!

ap·po·site
adjective
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.

Tobias Brauer in front of Apposite

What: Apposite: an original typeface design by Tobias Brauer
When: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays
Where: Third Floor Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights.
Admission: Free. For more information, contact the Director of Exhibitions and Collections at Knight@nku.edu or 859-572-5148.

THREE BIT FONT

THREE BIT FONT

Three Bit Font. wdsiemer ii

Expression With Typography

Expression With Typography
Design We've Seen (a lot) Series

A good exercise for designers to get acquainted with expression through typography, but still has to go under the category of designs we've seen a lot.

The most important part of this challenge is to go a path that isn't as typical as some of these...

Be Original! DON'T DO THESE! wdsiemer

Just My Type

Just My Type
(journal entry)

Been so busy designing 11+ hours a day that I haven't had a chance to make many updates, except for the occasional photo. I guess it's good news having work to do, but it doesn't always feel that way when it's happening under strict deadlines.

On another note, I finally received my copy of Simon Garfield's Just My Type. As soon as I'm done, I will share my thoughts (for what they matter.)

Just My Type Simon Garfield