Category Archives: Funny

Ban Comic Sans

Written by anthony. Posted on 14 May, 2009. Filed under Funny, Miscellaneous. Tagged , , . No comments.
The designer of the typeface Comic Sans, Vincent Connare, was interviewed on the Australian radio show ByDesign a few days ago — you can listen to the interview here. The ban Comic Sans movement seems to have surfaced again, reminiscent of the death to Helvetica movement initiated by Letterbox (been there, got the tshirt). It’s [...]

Advertising and interactive inspiration

Written by anthony. Posted on 4 July, 2008. Filed under Funny, Inspiration. Tagged , , . No comments.
A cute and interesting animation based on generative programming so that every character that rides along the travelator is unique — celebrating the diversity of people seen at Heathrow T5. TED Sphere creates a 3d space to navigate content from the TED conferences based on semantical compatibility. It’s a shame you can’t click and drag to move [...]

Ten best type tshirt shops

Written by anthony. Posted on 18 June, 2008. Filed under Funny, Miscellaneous. Tagged , . No comments.
My name is Anthony and I like to collect typographic tshirts, I own about six and I’m always hovering over that little ‘add to cart’ button to add to my collection. I think it started when I bought a tshirt from a designer I met in Melbourne who devotes his professional life to protesting the [...]

Photoshop tutorials

Written by anthony. Posted on 29 February, 2008. Filed under Funny. Tagged . No comments.
I‘ve been to loads of conferences and workshops where a speaker will demonstrate new features of software with a quick tutorial. Of course they are always artificially happy, and make it all seem really easy. Maybe that’s why I find this so funny, but I can’t stop laughing. Here’s the latest episode, if you like [...]