As Project 1 comes to a close take the time to persuse this seven minute video primer on typography. It's amongst the best online content we've seen come to light on type. The content covers insights and really practical advice and the work referred to ranges from mainstream to cutting edge innovation and new ways type is being used to present data.
I think as you begin to familiarise yourself with the upcoming group project looking at as much diverse material about type as possible will inform you and the wider group in the best way. You'll be defining a direction to go in as a collective so this is actually important. Fortunately there is more and more video material out there to assist you. We'll keep posting - you do some digging too. Feel free to post relevant material you find at all times. The more we share the more we all learn in his context.
With the upcoming project in mind it's probably a good time to remind you to have a look at the work of previous groups so you can get a sense of what is expected of you. The last issue of the course online magazine ffi is full of interesting takes on typography - from graffiti to cartography, the London Underground to letterpress, so it's really worth a look. You can check out a lot of other good material over at the page Essential Reading on this blog including The Pressing Issue - another great online publication issue developed in this course.
Finally next week is the deadline for Project 1 so do ensure you are ready for this and have covered all the assessment criteria outlined in my previous post (below).
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