Linotype: The Film

I attended Lintotype: The Film in March 2012. The director did an outstanding job - first by explaining what linotype is and then introducing people who've worked on linotypes. I enjoyed hearing the word "typesetter" used, not only in the film, but among the people who attended. I started out as a typesetter doing Piggly Wiggly ads, Jacques Coustea booklets and much more.

The following Saturday I attended an open house that was mentioned at the filming. A fellow in Seattle has a Linotype in his garage and allowed us to view this marvelous machine in action. Such a delight! I did some typing on it, of course, and now have a line-of-lead type. Below are photos from the open house.

Slug of lead being melted.

Environmental Design

Arrows & Icons Magazine: Environmental Design is a field without borders, and is therefore commonly misunderstood. As a multidisciplinary profession merging so many different fields, it's easy to understand how anyone not directly involved would get confused. Environmental Graphic Design embraces many design disciplines including graphic, architectural, interior, landscape, and industrial design, all concerned with the visual aspects of way-finding, communicating identity and information and shaping the idea of place.


Society for Environmental Graphic Design

3M at Work (Sydney) Australian

The global community of people working at the intersection of communication design and the built environment. Building on 3M's collaborative work ethos, its technology innovations, and its leading scientists, THERE (Sydney) created an extensive environmental graphics program at the company's 8,000-sq.-meter Australian headquarters.


Microsoft CES Video Wall. Bryan Schaeffer, motion graphics instructor at AIS, was part of the design team of creating a marvelous interactive wall that people could walk through. In addition, multiple screens were built on a platform as a backdrop to Keynote speakers. The screens would display graphics related to the current discussion.


Microsoft CES Video Wall and Keynote in 43 seconds

Mural project for a garage at a private residence in Sydney, Australia. Design by Craig & Karl. Craig Redman and Karl Maier live on opposite sides of the world but collaborate daily to create bold work that is filled with simple messages executed in a thoughtful and often humorous way. They specialize in illustration and installation.