Twitter Roundup: Week of 13 July
It's about time. We've been remiss in posting the weekly Twitter Roundup for the very reason we asked you whether @Pinch_Bespoke should continue in its current form: client work is again at a steady pace and we needed to know whether the effort was worth it. Apparently, it is. In the week that passed, we shared some work, checked in on Design Victoria's excellent "Why Design? series and took our "hetero" temperature with Stockholm Pride's ingenious gaymometer (we learned that we're exactly 1% hetero). We lauded Mucca Design's packaging for Brooklyn Fare, joined in the Typekit/Typecon 2009 Web fonts discussion, gleaned a bit from the advertising industry about promotion and storytelling, and revisited both: Smith magazine and Christopher Alexander's classic architectural guide, A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction.
- Scale:
- Eat Me Daily admires Mucca Design's "cheeky" (or super duper smart) packaging for Brooklyn Fare. Via @gruber
- Style:
- Slate Magazine joins the Typekit love fest. "Down with Verdana!" transcends "type designers and font fanciers".
- Respond:
- The discussion continues on City of Portland Web "design contest". McIsaac to Mayor's Communications Director.
- Deliberate:
- Kudos to Design Victoria's "Why Design?" series. Fifty well-considered responses from influential designers.
- Embrace:
- Now this is branding. The cutest damned story ever about two crazy kids and a closet full of Post-Its. @srfstn
- Tell:
- Eye Blog's Mike Radcliffe makes the case; brand agencies can teach designers a thing or two about storytelling.
- Follow:
- @typotheque, @typographica, @commercialtype, @houseindustries, @processtype, @H_FJ, @fontfont, @vllg, @typesupply, @boldmonday #ff
- Quote:
- "Design is more about observing the world around you, then (or than?) about personal creativity." Cam Shaw (By way of @designfeast)
- Join:
- Traditional arts meet technology. Red Dot Design Museum hosts Wa: The Spirit of Harmony and Japanese Design Today.
- Survey:
- Still relevant to social structure, Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction.
- Measure:
- We love Stockholm Pride's use of the Twitter API. Love it!! If you're wondering, @Pinch_Bespoke is 1% hetero.
- Support:
- David Berlow of The Font Bureau proposes Permissions Table for OpenType to empower type and Web designers.
- Ponder:
- If design is for the people, is "design celebrity" just around the corner? Eric Karjaluoto certainly hopes not.
- Spin:
- Famous for Six-Word Memoirs, Smith magazine. An online community of memoirists, yarn spinners, tall-tale tellers.
- Share:
- Pinch is a bit behind in posting our newest work. We're buzzing. (There may be something here you haven't seen.)
- Endorse:
- Tal Leming and Erik van Blokland revise their .webfont proposal. Foundries follow en masse. RT @H_FJ. #webfont
- Agree:
- Pinch pal, Stephen Landau of Substance argues for "more social, less media". It's about people, not platform.
- Conserve:
- No Impact Man has been a pleasure to follow (for everyone but his wife). Now, to the trailer. @queenleslie1982
- Collect:
- Okay, we finally got around to reading this; Minneapolis Agencies Team Up to Attract Ad Talent. Good practice.
- Urge:
- Does your design community deserve respect? This is how to get it. Phoenix Design Week rises from an open letter.
- Repost:
- Five typographic terms using Mexican wrestling as simile. (We'll even add the link this time.) Layer tennis.
- Settle:
- It don't quit. Portland's Mayor intends to embrace design community and asks for spec. Dave Selden responds.
- Attend:
- Metropolis Magazine provides a comprehensive listing of worldwide events, organized by region (use the subnav).
- Chuckle:
- Looking back on five typographic terms using Mexican wrestling as simile. Armin Vit from the top rope. #LYT
- Respond:
- We received some excellent responses regarding the future of @Pinch_Bespoke. And would love to hear from you.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 20 July 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post
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