Monthly Archive for March, 2011

Ex-Gehry Architects Devise Eco-Powered Vision for Inglewood, CA

Published on March 31, 2011 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

From fastcodesign.com…

Inglewood, Inglewood: Finally up to some good? A couple of Gehry-office expats have concocted an ambitious master plan to turn a broad swath of this depressed California city of 112,000 into a foliage-covered, wind-powered, mass-transit, natural spring water-spewing eco oasis. As the Architect’s Newspaper reports, Inglewood-based architects (fer) Studio want to create a full-blown “system of urban agriculture” — a lofty goal in any city, but especially in a part of the world where “green” means something very different from “environmentally minded.” The craziest part: They might actually make it happen.

(Fer) Studio has been lobbying the local city council (though the Architect’s Newspaper describes it as “a fairly conservative” body) and recently submitted their proposal to the Living City Competition, a contest for envisioning a city that adheres to crazy-strict environmental standards. The winner scoops up $125,000 and tons of media coverage. Obviously, it’ll take more than that to turn Inglewood into the sparkling green redoubt (fer) Studio dreams of, but it could be an important stepping stone and precisely what’s needed to start proving Dre wrong. More…

Joy of Living at Somerset Hou

Published on March 8, 2011 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

From Dezeen…

Joy of Living is a charity project that unites over 100 leading lights in the design community to galvanise support for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres. Design author Max Fraser has set the challenge to a cross-section of new and established UK designers to create a desirable artwork that expresses the Joy of Living – all starting from a simple sheet of A4 graph paper.

The project aims to raise £50,000 for Maggie’s, a charity that helps people to build a life beyond cancer, helping to manage the impact of a diagnosis of cancer and to live with hope and determination.

Max Fraser explains, “After a very personal, emotional journey as I supported my mother through her 6-year battle with cancer, I vowed to contribute in some way to mankind’s fight against this disease. More…

Design Journal, Volume 4

Published on March 7, 2011 in Journal and Newsletter. 1 Comment

design_frontThe final issue of Volume 4 of Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal has now been published.

The final issue includes:


Playtype foundry and concept store by e-Types

Published on March 1, 2011 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

From Dezeen…

The world’s first brick and mortar type foundry. e?Types launches concept store to celebrate the revamp of Playtype.com.

In connection with the redesign and launch of their online type foundry www.playtype.com, the Copenhagen?based design agency e?Types is launching a typographic concept store, “Playtype”, located in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark.

“We’ve always been type nerds. It’s what founded our company and what keeps the midnight oil burning at e?Types, with people spending hours on the correct curvature of a “C” or the appropriate amount of space around an “A”. Typography is essential to who we are as a firm but also for the work we do for our clients; much of a company’s identity rests in its use of type. Just think of Coca Cola or IBM. Releasing our fonts like this is a way of signaling that we want to put Danish type design on the map” says Jonas Hecksher, Partner and Creative Director at e?Types.

Apart from selling fonts, the shop will feature a number of products and editions ? some designed by e?Types, some in collaboration with friends and colleagues from the design and art world. “The offline shop is a way of starting a dialogue with a wider audience about the significance of typography, sure. But it is also a place where we can experiment with our craft. A place where our designers can work more freely than they normally would when working with a corporate design programme. More…