Not your father’s Helvetica
In the 90's, when Dann DeWitt and I were running titanium, a communications design firm, we’d joke that we could use only Helvetica for a year and no one would notice, and we'd still win awards. It’s a typeface that is so powerfully clean and relatable that it has its own documentary film.
But the face was first drawn in 1957, with the expectation that it would be rendered with lead type. In 1982 is was redrawn for the digital era “in the form of Neue Helvetica. In its first iteration, there was only one master typeface, meaning the designers chose only one size to digitize (12 point) and as a result, Neue Helvetica only really works for text around that size.” Now that most people read on screens, that is an extremely limiting factor.
So, Helvetica has again been redesigned, and released this week. “For people who appreciate Helvetica on a deep level, the why around Helvetica Now is a no-brainer,” says Charles Nix, type director of Monotype and lead designer on the new typeface Helvetica Now. “It was always a question of when.”
Article: Allowing a Modern Audience to See Helvetica for the First Time”: Charles Nix Talks us Through the Newly Released Helvetica Now
Playlist
Singer Donn T has been called an "alternative R&B singer". MC Chill Moody has been called a "Philadelphia music ambassador". Last year they teamed up and created an act they call &More.
They debuted at The Roots Jam Session ahead of the 2018 Grammy Awards, and they've been delighting audiences since.
This is a warm and inviting session at the Tiny Desk studios. Sit back and enjoy. Life really can be about love and respect and honesty.
Tiny Desk Concert: &More. (Chill Moody and Donn T)
Image of the Week
As any road warrior in the Northeast knows, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) is hell on earth. The idea of transforming it into a park seems too good to be possible.
"Titled BQP (P stands for “park”), the proposal offers an ambitious plan to revamp the crumbling three-tiered 1.5-mile stretch of the BQE which passes through the neighborhood of Crown Heights near Downtown Brooklyn.
"The plan proposes a 10-acres sloped park that slants from the upper tier of the BQE down to the waterfront. The new park will connect with the nearby Brooklyn Bridge Park. The existing upper tier of the BQE will be replaced with a pedestrian path."
If this adds up, how can I help?
Article: Architects Want to Build a Park on Top of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
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