http://weareplural.com/blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:30:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this 30 minute lecture, Geoff McFetridge gives us an insight into his life, his profession, and how he got there. What an inspiring guy. ( via DRAWN!) http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/02/08/geoff-mcfetridge-lecture/ Nice short interview on the business of design and client relationships with Carlos Segura. (via BusinessPOV) http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/02/08/business-pov-with-carlos-segura/ Hans and Sophie–Tauber Arp have an amazing legacy of work. Make it to the museum. Citation from: Hans Arp, I am born in natur FAIRY TALES OF A CIRCLE Countless fairy tales of a circle Sophie dreamt. A royal circle, a sky-blue jewel which is sheltered by mighty dream circles. The gleaming awakening of a breathing ... http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/02/08/the-arps/ We've spent the last week slamming this issue together, and it feels good to be done. Amongst all the other stuff going on at Plural, it's a really great change of pace when Lumpen comes in. We don't have too many projects that enter our lives so chaotically and leave ... http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/02/03/lumpen-114/ @cdschreck sent me a link this morning to the really simple and cool site by Rafaël Rozendaal. IntoTime.com. Now I'm currently stuck in the world of Rafaël Rozendaal. Tons of simple ideas, simply executed. This is what more websites should be like. http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/02/02/into-time/ In Omair Barkatulla's short film Typography School: Professor David Dabner gives us a look into his classroom in London where he and his students set type by hand. A humorous and insightful look into using the computer to teach typography and how it can make the students' work seem "sloppy". A good thing for design students surrounded by computers to see. ...and for a nice use of  "A ... http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/01/28/technology-vs-tradition/ A great interview from FORA.tv with Manfred Eicher, founder of ECM. If you're not familiar with his impact on contemporary music and art, get familiar. Sleeves of Desire is a fantastic collection of ECM covers, featuring some of the most amazing album artwork, ever. http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/01/28/interview-with-manfred-eicher/ Nice lil' web visualization. Check out the interactive map. Also reminded me of Web Trends Map. http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/01/27/interactive-browser-histories/ only for the sleevy type. See more work by Amandine Alessandra (from TypographyServed) http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/01/26/letterform-for-the-ephemeral/ http://weareplural.com/blog/2010/01/25/2327/