Mr. Softie Workshop at Typ09

October 29th, 2009 by Jason

We just finished the main portion of the Mr. Softie workshop. We had 9 students attend, and we still have 6 of them in the room with us experimenting with the tool. Bruno gave a good presentation that I think we should definitely consider taking to other places.

One thing we need to do is create a series of small .sft´s showing each of the SoftType behaviours in action, and even some combinations. What would be even better is a live preview option like Adobe Premiere has for its transition effects. And to make it easier to get a handle on the visual results of changing parameters, perhaps we should move to sliders there as well…

First Impressions at Typ09

October 27th, 2009 by admin

I just arrived in Mexico City today and after a short stopover at the hotel, headed downtown to the Typ09 conference.

The presentation layout is one of the best I’ve seen. The talks are given in the interior courtyard of the Museo Interactivo de Economía (MIDE). The podium is in the centre of the room and chairs are placed all around. Sixteen screens are installed on the perimeter of the room (four per wall), displaying the presenter’s slides. No matter where you are sitting, you have a good view of the presenter and her presentation. I can’t help but think about Most Pixels Ever and how this is a great setup for a multi-channel installation.

Kevin Larson from Microsoft gave a talk today on how typefaces have personalities and the research behind it. It was an interesting topic, but I felt like it needed more substance. Most of the points seemed obvious and felt like he was preaching to the choir, and the rest could have used actual statistics and data.

Kettle

June 12th, 2009 by admin

This is the pot and the kettle with coffee and splash. Words (kettle, pot, coffee, splash) twisted into illustrative form.

Kettle

Kettle

Heart

June 3rd, 2009 by admin

Heart

Heart

That which binds

May 25th, 2009 by admin

That which binds (Blasphemy)

That which binds (Blasphemy)

stand under

April 23rd, 2009 by admin

Ongoing online series of Softie video experiments : http://glia.ca/conu/SOFTIES/

3 pieces

April 23rd, 2009 by admin

Lunar Madness

Lunar Madness

Rainbow Sphere

Rainbow Sphere

At First Sight

At First Sight

koyaanisqatsi

April 16th, 2009 by admin

a chant: an exercise in massaging letters, in making them dance, in finding a rhythm, in creating irregular shapes and motions.

Kooyanisqatsi

Kooyanisqatsi

mizu

April 2nd, 2009 by admin

mizu (draft)

mizu (draft)

smoking cessation

April 2nd, 2009 by admin

smoking cessation

smoking cessation