Thursday, December 13, 2007
Of Face and Type
Helvetica, the film by Gary Hustwit did its job well. It covers the history, ubiquity and cultural impact and cultural impact of the Helvetica typeface in a way the faithful typography indoctrinated and the general public can enjoy and think about. Here's a great interview with the filmmaker.
This film consists of eighty minutes of interviews with western type and graphic designers and numerous type montages of signs and publications. The top tier Type designers in the film are overall a passionate group with lots of lucid insight. Helvetica (the film), at least for this viewer, is going to require some repeat trips to the buffet to absorb all of what it has to offer. In other words, one of my sets of red envelope and sleeve is going to staying here for a few days. More comments about it coming to this blog? Perhaps so.
Coolest factoid from viewing one: Helvetica was invented in 1957. This is the same year I came to the buffet and the same year as Sputnik's launch. What a year!
posted by well-executed buffet at 6:45 AM
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