INDUSTRY NEWS: A Russian Type Revolution

INDUSTRY NEWS: A Russian Type Revolution
2 August 2011 by jenn 11 Comments

Russian Designers Keep it Fresh

The Daily Type is a collective experiment in typography. The participants create new original typeface and share them on the site. The results are a beautiful mixture of art and type.

Russian design has always enjoyed a typographic element as displayed in the works by Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzk. Lissitzk, along with most Russian artists in post-revolution U.S.S.R., combined his visual talent with his political commitment. Typography was a brilliant way of communicating artistically. Lissitzk’s innovative techniques in graphic design and typography influenced book and graphic design throughout the 20th century.

Alexander Rodchenko was another innovative Russian designer whose Constructivist style influenced graphics and typography. Rodchenko’s style has been copied by many artists, most recently by Scottish punk band Franz Ferdinand in their cover art.

Check out the music of Franz Ferdinand below.

Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” Music Video – Directed by Jonas Odell from FilmTecknarna on Vimeo.

IMAGEre: The History of Cyrillic

-Named for St. Cyril from Byzantium.

- Was invented in 10 A.D. to capture Old Church Slavonic and to write copies of the bible and other scripture.

- Old Church Slavonic is still used in the Russian Orthodox Church.

- Cyrillic was standardized under the rule of Peter the Great.

- Now used by over 70 different languages world-wide.

The Next Great Russian Invention: TETRIS

		-Designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984. - The rights to TETRIS were involved in a long, drawn-out dispute between the designer, the Russian government and Andomeda. - Playing TETRIS has been proven to boost brain-functioning and to help relieve the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). - Click here to read more about the complex legal battle of TETRIS. Below: watch the BBC documentary TETRIS – From Russia With Love.

PHOTO CAPTION CONTEST

Oh, Princess Bea!! You know we love you! But somebody, quick, say something about her hat!!!!

Enter your crazy caption in the form below. Your name and e-mail will never be used for anything else … I promise …

LAST WEEK’S WINNER:

Where’s the turnpike to the Pope?

The sun as the expression of old world energy is torn down from the heavens by

modern man, who by virtue of his technological superiority creates his own

energy source.

-El Lissitzky

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