Yeah this was really fun to watch! The Walker actually has a channel on Stream.us where you can watch these lectures live.
This really gave me a new admiration of Antique Olive (and I think I was pronouncing it wrong for years...)
Thanks, that is very interesting. I particularly liked his contrast of pattern vs rhythm. Olson likes typefaces to have not simply pattern, but rhythm, by which means that they have a sense of momentum or forward motion. His illustration of how Klavika does this, as contrasted with one of this other faces was revealing.
(As Richard mentions, there are a lot of other great design/art lectures that have happened at the Walker Art Center & were recorded. You can find them through iTunes or from the Walker's website: http://channel.walkerart.org/archive.wac)
Now that I've watched the entire presentation, I wanted to thank Jan again for posting the original link. As James says, it's very insightful. And, I would add, informative! Thank you, Nicole and Eric.
22 Apr 2009 — 8:31am
Yeah this was really fun to watch! The Walker actually has a channel on Stream.us where you can watch these lectures live.
This really gave me a new admiration of Antique Olive (and I think I was pronouncing it wrong for years...)
22 Apr 2009 — 11:34am
Thanks, that is very interesting. I particularly liked his contrast of pattern vs rhythm. Olson likes typefaces to have not simply pattern, but rhythm, by which means that they have a sense of momentum or forward motion. His illustration of how Klavika does this, as contrasted with one of this other faces was revealing.
22 Apr 2009 — 11:35am
Thanks for the link, Jan -- and I notice there are other Walker presentations listed to the right of the main screen.
23 Apr 2009 — 12:35pm
Yep. Very nice! I discovered it a month ago and even enjoyed it in my iphone ;-)
24 Apr 2009 — 12:11pm
Hey, thanks for watching our lecture!
(As Richard mentions, there are a lot of other great design/art lectures that have happened at the Walker Art Center & were recorded. You can find them through iTunes or from the Walker's website: http://channel.walkerart.org/archive.wac)
24 Apr 2009 — 3:47pm
Thanks for that link, Nicole. :-)
24 Apr 2009 — 5:05pm
That one one of the most insightful lectures that I’ve seen in ages. Great work!
26 Apr 2009 — 11:28am
(Sorry about the name mix-up Ricardo! Symptomatic of posting too quickly...)
26 Apr 2009 — 2:47pm
That's OK, Nicole. No harm done. And believe me, I am often guilty of posting too quickly, with comic results! ;-)
29 Apr 2009 — 7:46pm
Now that I've watched the entire presentation, I wanted to thank Jan again for posting the original link. As James says, it's very insightful. And, I would add, informative! Thank you, Nicole and Eric.