Clinton Duncan has been in touch with TDOD regarding his talk. So for you lucky people in Sydney here are the details:

If you’re so inclined, I’d be delighted to see you at my talk for ADC Young Guns @ Apple Store Sydney. Monday, March 22 at 6pm.  Here’s the same details as above with a picture of me on this site called ‘Facebook’

Probably the most guilty software package for bad graphic design is now 20 years old… Read on here.

(Article and site produced with the aid of Photoshop).

From the top down

Taken from first version of London Underground map published in 1933 in which interchange stations are denoted by a ‘diamond’.

Taken from a version published in the late thirties in which interchange stations are denoted by interlinked circles.

Taken from a poster in 1949, which according to Ken Garland, Beck considered his best, and which included the ‘highly successful white line connector for the double and triple stations’.

Extracted from the Graphic Lines Archive – Circa 1978

First year Graphic Design students tentatively begin to engage with their peers work and start to embark upon the long rocky road that leads to perfection. Some will complete their journey but sadly many will fall by the wayside.

“Designs natural selection in its rawest form is a truly prodigious sight to behold”.

Professor  Jackson J.Whitehead

You may have seen this project featured on Form Fifty Five, but here is the making of it. Thanks to Neil Dawkins at Forepoint for sending us this.

Interesting information graphics by Michael Deal charting The Beatles. See the full project here.

Sent by friend of TDOD Griff.

Personalised envelope sent from a guy selling caps in the USA. Good use of a otherwise dull surface.

Having eventually joined the 21st century jonathan-harker is a mix of portfolio, ideas and work in progress.

Teresa Monachino’s latest book, Around The World with the Bodoni Family. The book is a typographic adventure that illustrates the idea of a journey from A to Z. 26 destinations are illustrated in Bodoni using only their initial capitals – A is for Alps etc Buy it here.

Free Style Label – Medium 0.25/0.5 Rotering pen on Trace