Type kerning game!
Test your kerning skills with this fun game
"Your mission is simple: achieve pleasant and readable text by distributing the space between letters. Typographers call this activity kerning."
Typography in Smithfield
Look what I missed!
Having been storming back and forth between the station, studio and other indiscriminate locations around the city I have only noticed recently that I’ve been missing some amazing old school typography just around the corner from the office – The former Port of London Authority cold store, Smithfield.
You see neon lettering, flashing LED’s and all other crazy shouting signage these days that it’s nice to have a piece of type that's monstrously subtle.
ownacolour.com – help save a life
Dulux has teamed up with Unicef and launched a website where users can buy one of the 16.7 million colours that a smartphone can display. By donating at least £1 you can put your name against a colour of your choice or donate one to a friend. All the money goes directly to helping transform childrens lives.
C4's Seven Dwarves ad campaign
To promote channel 4's new series Seven Dwarves 4creative have created this miniture ad campaign that has been based in various locations throughout London. So far almost all of them have disappeared, have you seen any? perhaps siting on a colleagues desk...
Glug!
Last month myself Ben and Alistair attended Glug ‘Make mine a Music Video! The event had a music twist with directors, producers and commisioners talking through their work and the creative process. The evening was truely inspirational and one of the best glugs we have been to – thought ‘The Found Collective’ really stood out.