Posts from: August 2012
The Antidote at the Edmonton Fringe
Time for some excellent theatre, Canadian friends: The Antidote at the Edmonton Fringe
I’ll be presenting at the Pioneer Valley Web Summit Saturday, 8.18: “Type that isn’t tofu; type that isn’t Twinkies”
I’ve been invited to give a presentation a the Pioneer Valley Web Summit this Saturday, 8.18, at 1:15. I’ll be talking about “Type that isn’t tofu; type that isn’t Twinkies.” With a new growth in options for typography online, it’s a great time to appreciate what type can be. Whether using type themselves, or getting…
Our new “found type” blog: The Printers’ Pie
I am a typographic hunter-gatherer, stalking interesting specimens of written language in the wild. I’m going to be sharing my favorite finds on my new Tumblr, The Printers’ Pie. You can also follow it on Twitter, @theprinterspie “Printers’ Pie” is a term from the days of typesetting metal and wood type by hand, describing the…
The Antidote at Edmonton Fringe
Diana Kolpak and her theatre company Whetstone are bringing their latest production, The Antidote, to the Edmonton Fringe. It uses—and transforms—traditional clown techniques as avant-garde performance tools. Coulrophobes don’t need to be afraid; the big themes of the script and sheer artistry of the performers should keep you in your seat. We designed the poster…
Empiricist League
I share the gut-fluttering awe for big-R Reality that Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson excel at passing on. My theme song is A Glorious Dawn. It’s so important to rescue science from the desert the media has banished it to, ignored, demeaned, drained of passion. In the last few years, groups like the Secret…