Typography and Pop Culture

Really cool stuff. I’ve been seeing really great type in advertising as well as album covers. I mean massive and type focused works!

here are a few examples:

Album Covers

3 : single by britney spears

3

doesn’t mean anything : single by alicia keys

Doesn't Mean Anything

All I know is that there’s nothing like cute, sexy, massive, and playful type in an album cover!

if you have other album covers that fall in these categories ~ feel free to leave a comment and post!

As for type driven advertisements~ there are definitely a few great ones by canadian hip hop radio station flow 93.5 fm
then again! they’ve always had pretty amazing ads.

here’s an example:

advertisement example

that’s all for now!

take it easy,

- Mariz

High on caffeine

maybe having three cups of coffee isn’t such a great idea…

Trajan is the movie font.

aww.. i love Trajan. that’s the first font i yell out whenever our type instructor asks us to identify something from a movie poster. and i was always right.. lol good times, good times.

Foam Monster In Emotional Reunion With Severed Limb.

LOL! Ingenius work of Aled Lewis.

Souvenirs.

This Michael Hughes guy has a unique way of documenting his trips. Check out the entire set on Flickr!

Of green fatigue and ingenius ad placement.

lol. came across this at becomearobot.

as far as i can remember, the whole green movement hasn’t even been around for a long time and people are already sick of it. lol. i think people have a very low tolerance level for anything. sure, the big corporates are taking advantage of it (as we all know), but i’d like to believe that there must be at least some few who are actually trying to be green using the right procedures (you know, not just for surface appeal). and bless them for doing so.

i think people should chill for a bit, and stop assuming that they’re always getting ripped off their dollars by the biggies. or at least, they should just be optimistic and start thinking of it less.

Tips for freelancers.

I talk to a lot of consultants, freelancers, and small businesses who do web work, and I used to be a freelancer myself, so sometimes I get asked for advice on how to price one’s goods and services.

I think I came up with my best suggestion today, and it involves only two simple steps:

1. Slap the client in face.
2. Tell the client your hourly rate.

If the person looked more shocked, horrified, offended, hurt, saddened, or wounded by the slap in the face, then you are still pricing yourself too low. Source.

LOL. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Things you can do with pie charts.

Source.

We know that this isn’t superflyingly funny but heyyy whatever!