With the options offered by computers, never before have so many people had access to so many choices of typeface when writing a document. Yet some fonts remain more popular than others. Helvetica and Comic Sans took the world by storm yet we are still influenced by type choices made more than 500 years ago. We all have an opinion about fonts; we love or hate one or the other and most of us have a favourite we habitually use. But behind every typeface is the human story of its designer.
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Font designs and the stories behind them. - RN By Design - 23 February 2011
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Designing the Apollo space suit - RN By Design - 29 June 2011
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on to the lunar surface in July 1969, they wore spacesuits made by Playtex: 21 layers of fabric, each with a distinct yet interrelated function, custom-sewn for them by seamstresses whose usual work was fashioning bras and girdles. Playtex’s spacesuit won out against hard armour-like spacesuits designed by military contractors and favoured by NASA’s engineers. Today we explore the story of that spacesuit.
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Nicholas de Monchaux
Assistant Professor of Architecture at the College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley.Publications
Title: Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo
Author: Nicholas de Monchaux
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Font designs and the stories behind them. - RN By Design - 23 February 2011
With the options offered by computers, never before have so many people had access to so many choices of typeface when writing a document. Yet some fonts remain more popular than others. Helvetica and Comic Sans took the world by storm yet we are still influenced by type choices made more than 500 years ago. We all have an opinion about fonts; we love or hate one or the other and most of us have a favourite we habitually use. But behind every typeface is the human story of its designer.
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By Design - Trends and Products: technology 2010 review download audio
From http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bydesign/stories/2010/3081885.htm By Design looks at the big shifts in technology in 2010, including the launch of the iPad and the increase in social networking.
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