Typolution

Today I ran across a link to an animation that is made completely using type. this is an amazing showing of what can be accomplished using typography in video!

Typeface the Film Continued

I stumbled upon some more details regarding "Typeface the Film" that are worth posting. It appears that the film will be based upon a community and its affection for printing with wood type. This really interests me now, as it is always awesome to see the skill that goes into using traditional methods of printing. Here is the synopsis from the Kartemquin Films Kartemquin Films website:

Typeface

Director/Producer: Justine Nagan

Executive Producer: Gordon Quinn, Maria Finitzo

In rural Wisconsin, a lone employee waits in a cavernous old museum for visitors to come. A few individuals straggle in every few days and then, come Friday, the museum fills with life. Machines hum, presses print, artists buzz about. One weekend each month, the quiet of Two Rivers is interrupted as carloads of artisans drive in from across the Midwest. The place comes alive as printmaking workshops led by, and filled with, some of Chicago’s top design talent descend on the sleepy enclave. Typeface will illuminate the little-known craft of wood type design and printing, preserve the knowledge of this historically significant industrial tool, and introduce the greater graphic design community and the general public to the eclectic, brilliant, and sometimes unconventional individuals who perpetuate the use of wood type today. It will also demonstrate how a small museum is valuable to its neighbors on one level, and the larger community of enthusiasts on another--providing insight into the complex role that museums play in our society. The museum is significant to the town’s history, but more importantly, its existence is critical to the worldwide design community who are passionate about the history of their craft and its function in the contemporary field. They believe the future of their industry may lie in the past. While people have been zealous about wood printing since Gutenberg’s first press, the scenario at the Hamilton Museum illustrates an intriguing convergence where the historical evolution of type is moving beyond academic study or appreciation toward having a direct influence on contemporary graphic design.

Typeface

Director/Producer: Justine Nagan

Executive Producer: Gordon Quinn, Maria Finitzo

In rural Wisconsin, a lone employee waits in a cavernous old museum for visitors to come. A few individuals straggle in every few days and then, come Friday, the museum fills with life. Machines hum, presses print, artists buzz about. One weekend each month, the quiet of Two Rivers is interrupted as carloads of artisans drive in from across the Midwest. The place comes alive as printmaking workshops led by, and filled with, some of Chicago’s top design talent descend on the sleepy enclave. Typeface will illuminate the little-known craft of wood type design and printing, preserve the knowledge of this historically significant industrial tool, and introduce the greater graphic design community and the general public to the eclectic, brilliant, and sometimes unconventional individuals who perpetuate the use of wood type today. It will also demonstrate how a small museum is valuable to its neighbors on one level, and the larger community of enthusiasts on another--providing insight into the complex role that museums play in our society. The museum is significant to the town’s history, but more importantly, its existence is critical to the worldwide design community who are passionate about the history of their craft and its function in the contemporary field. They believe the future of their industry may lie in the past. While people have been zealous about wood printing since Gutenberg’s first press, the scenario at the Hamilton Museum illustrates an intriguing convergence where the historical evolution of type is moving beyond academic study or appreciation toward having a direct influence on contemporary graphic design.

LumbArt: Update

It appears that LumbArt (Which I posted about a couple of months ago) is rapidly approaching. Click the image to the right to view the full size flyer.

Or visit: http://www.thesplatflats.com/events.html for the details