Designboom sur Twitter : "hamish smyth + jesse reed of @pentagram reissue the 1975 #NASA #graphics standards manual. Reissue of the 1975 NASA graphics standards manual. Sep 07, 2015 reissue of the 1975 NASA graphics standards manual hamish smyth and jesse reed discuss the 1975 NASA graphics standards manual following their highly successful kickstarter campaign to republish the 1970 NYC transit authority identity manual, pentagram’s hamish smyth and jesse reed have decided to do the same with the rescinded NASA ‘worm’ graphics standards manual , designed by danne & blackburn in 1975. the campaign has secured more than four times the funds it needed with four weeks still left to pledge – highlighting the huge popularity of the NASA worm logo, which was taken out of use in 1992 and replaced with the NASA ‘meatball’. the kickstarter campaign video for the republication of the NASA graphics standards manual designboom spoke to hamish and jesse to learn more about the project and why NASA worm remains so popular…. hamish: apart from the obviously sexy appeal of space travel, we chose the NASA guidelines for a couple of reasons. detail andy butler I designboom.
Multinational typeface morphs national flags into letter forms. Apr 29, 2014 multinational typeface morphs national flags into letter forms multinational typeface morphs national flags into letter formsall images courtesy of luis fabra luis fabra and a team of designers have created ‘multinational typeface’, a 106-letter font based on national flags. by abstracting and breaking down the emblematic symbols of various countries to their most basic geometry, the designers brand each global location with both the colors and shapes that represent them most clearly. the letter forms have been designed for the singapore branch of the international advertising firm grey as an identity tool for their own multinational team and as a clear and communicative signage tool for their new offices. the 106 letters based on national flags multinational typeface — @ grey singaporevideo courtesy of grey group singapore geometric forms are amassed into the typeface applied onto the wall, the font can be used to spell various words placed with the office setting project credits:
VectorMagic. BienBienBien. Eye | the international review of graphic design.