You know why you are able to read this article right now apart from the availability of your eyes, internet, device, etc.? What is the font color of this text you’re reading? – Black. What is the background color of this page you’re on? – White. Yes, Black and White are one of the prime reasons that you’re able to read this article and it’s the ...
Welcome back to the second part of the ‘Principles of Design’ series where we’ll explicitly talk about one angle from the past article — which is The Figure-Ground Relationship, somewhat profound about this subject at this point. Design is the game plan of both Shape and Space. To work all the more viably with Space, the main action point is to ...
In 1910, at a railroad crossing a series of lights were flashing on and off. Which ended up giving an insight to psychologist Max Wertheimer. It was somehow similar to the lights encircling a movie theater marquee flash on and off. It may appear to the observer as a single light is moving around the marquee, traveling from one bulb to another. Whereas, in ...
I’d like to share with you the 10 Excerpts from 10 of N TED Talks I watched. ‘N’ stands for Number, which is infinite, because I will keep on watching TED and Keep on sharing the Excerpts. These are just 10 Excerpts from 10 TED Talks. I’ll share 10 Excerpts from 10 TED Talks in one article. 1. David Carson: Design and Discovery In this talk, A Designer walks ...
HERE’S A SHORT TALE A Scorpion and a Frog meet on the bank of a stream and the Scorpion asks the Frog to carry him across on its back. The Frog asks, “How do I know you won’t sting me?” The Scorpion says, “Because if I do, I will die too. And you know I can’t swim, right? So, there’s no way I can sting you.” The ...
“We need to get our Travel Website done”, said Prajapati Ji to Jignesh on phone, in behalf of Ms.Jaishnavi Kapadia. Mr. Dhaval Prajapati and Ms. Jaishnavi Kapadia are independent business people who occasionally collaborate together for business. Both works in Travel Industry, Prajapati Ji runs a travel magazine business and Mrs. Kapadia was a lawyer ...
I’d like to share with you the 10 Excerpts from 10 of N TED Talks I watched. ‘N’ stands for Number, which is infinite, because I will keep on watching TED and Keep on sharing the Excerpts. These are just 10 Excerpts from 10 TED Talks. I’ll share 10 Excerpts from 10 TED Talks in one article. 1. Amanda Palmer: The Art of Asking In this talk, A Musician examines the ...
This article is the continuation of the Previous Article in which I shared about the evolution of letters. In this article, I’ll specifically discuss the Roman Square Capitals, how they’re formed and how the Romans has influenced the World of Typography Today. The Capitalis Monumentalis Roman Square Capitals, also called Capitalis Monumentalis, ...
This article is the continuation of the Previous Article in which I shared about some of the prominent Writing Systems. In this article, I’ll further discuss the Formation and Evolution of the Alphabet, how the Alphabet became what it is today, and, How it has influenced the World of Typography Today. The Proto-Sinaitic Letter (c.a. 1800 BC) There were many ...
In order to keep exploring and respect where we are today in Type we have to take a trip back in history and get a glimpse of its Chronicle, Shall we? Definition of Type – Letters that are printed on paper mediums or seen on screen mediums. For example – a,b,c,d… The System of Proto-Writing (c.a. 7th millennium BCE) There was an evolution of simple symbols ...