From D&AD’s “Inspired by Typography” campaign:
Dan Rhatigan and We Are Shadows’ Creative Director James Lee Duffy dust off some more archived typeface material, and discuss the origins of Bodoni and Rockwell.
Month: September 2015
The Helvetica Debate
From D&AD’s “Inspired by Typography” campaign:
When we discovered that one of our favorite graphic artists, Supermundane, had a lifelong love of typography, we knew we had to bring him down to the Monotype Archives.
In this film Supermundane, AKA Rob Lowe, catches up with uncanny doppleganger and fellow type lover, Dan Rhatigan. They investigate production methods from times past, reinvigorate the debate of Helvetica (watch out Erik Spiekermann…) and uncover some rare 20th Century German fonts.
You’ll even find out what cheese Helvetica would be.
Something Blue
Just Married
Members of The Blue Max Motorcycle Club — Fernando, seated on the bike, and his husband — talk with a police officer. c. December 1969.
Courtesy ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Pretty sure th’ fuzz is just congratulating the happy couple…
The Blue Max Motorcycle Club was founded in 1968 as an alternative to L.A.’s gay bar scene—where the LAPD often harassed, entrapped and arrested men—with annual “motorcycle runs” throughout California on various roads and campgrounds. By the late 1970s, 20 gay motorcycle clubs were formed, each with its own distinctive traits and themes. Each club had official and unofficial uniforms, insignias and colors. The Blue Max Motorcycle Club became known for its irreverent references to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia and the Red Baron, and in 1969, the first annual Red Baron Run began.
Frontiers’ Magazine, 7-20 August 2014