A unique vision from a talented photographer with maybe a touch of humour.

Working as a concept artist/design and animator, Feng Feric works as creative director at The Frank Barton Company, and has also released a couple of animation films, “Inside Out”, “Fevolution” and soon “Roda”.

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As well as being nicely designed, the animated infographics ‘educates’ and complement the movie’s story line and message. Rolling through various financial hiccups, indiscretions (i.e. Madoff, AIG) and social differences creating a good thought provoking conclusion to the film.

The title sequence itself was designed/created by the US studio Picture Mill, a visual agency specialised in films, television and advertising.

(The Other Guys is a Sony Pictures Film, End Title Sequence still from Picture Mill)

As a celebration, a 3 years design/photography project entitled A Better Project saw the light. From 2007 to 2009, 3×10 photographers from around the world have been briefed to document “the experience of one man’s spare time”, “their personal view of the modern city” and to report on companies/entrepreneurs “who have distinguished themselves thanks to a work policy which embraced sustainability, creativity and solidarity”.

The result is a 3 books set, 300x300mm hard back, each featuring the photographic work on  the high-quality paper range from Cartiere del Garda.

A Better Time, A Better City & A Better Business.

The first 2 using the GardaPat 13 KIARA 150gsm, while “A Better Business” feature the entire “Excellent Collection” of papers (GardaMatt Art, GardaGloss Art, GardaCover Hi-Fi, GardaPat 13 KLASSICA & GardaPat 13 KIARA), with each paper stock match to specific photographs that match best the surface to enhance the visual impact.

About Cartiere del Garda:
“A business that started 50 years ago with one production line, an entrepreneur, a hundred collaborators and a great deal of good will, Cartiere del Garda has become one of the most modern and respected paper mills producing woodfree coated products in Italy, and continues to build on its time-honoured ethos; the respect for the environment and consideration of the community.”

The 3 books were directed and designed by the Italian, Milano based design agency, Imille.

Photographers include:
A Better Time: Silvia Morara, Julien Oppenheim, Borut Peterlin, Kathryn Cook, Anja Teske, Johan Markusson, Matilde Gattoni, Ingvar Kenne, Sharron Lovell, Susana Raab
A Better City: Stuart Isett, Stephen Gill, Frank Rothe, Alexey Titarenko, Missirkov & Bogdanov, Massimo Siragusa, Weng Fen, Atul Loke, Jordi Bernadó, Yannis Kontos
A Better Business: Espen Eichhöfer, Stefanie Grätz, Yann Mingard, Amanda Calluf, Burkhard Schittny, Paul Kranzler, Rafal Milach, Ziyah Gafić, Fabio Mantovani, Wei Leng Tay

This great edition – first published in 1987 -reminds me in some ways to Robert Bringhurst‘s The Element of Typographic Style, but in a more straight to the point way (and maybe less in depth).

Sample chapters include the reading process, line composition and column type setting; all chapter and reflections illustrated with rich examples.

Written and designed by Jost Hochuli (graphic designer/typographer from the “modern Swiss typography”), Detail in Typography is available from Hyphen Press, Amazon, Typotheque and many other retailer and in various languages.

Lakepaper define themselves as “dedicated to the creation and production of fine paper of outstanding quality”, we can expect the same high quality of paper as from Gmund. Each product comes in a variety of format weight and shade with matching envelopes and for any corporate communication application. All of it available straight from their online store.

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“Now, Carbon Balanced Paper from Howard Smith nails the myth for good.

“It is paper for which the production and distribution has been carbon balanced, or offset, by the World Land Trust, on top of its other environmental and sustainability benefits.”

Also part of the Carbon balanced paper, features the think4 paper range.

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With the same concept, Underware, the design collective author of fabulous typefaces, managed to ‘manufacture’ blood offset ink. For the sampler of their typeface Fakir, a book on the theme of voluntary suffering, The book of war, written byRuud Linssen, will be printed with the author’s blood.

A brilliant, concept and execution!

(Image from Underware)