Great communication by Shaz Madani to promote London’s M25 motorway. On one side the poster gives exact directions that would have to be taken in order to travel from one side of London to the other, illustrating the complexity and confusion involved in taking alternative routes through the center of the city. The reverse side [...]
Archive for the 'typography' Category
Wipe away the confusion
June 30, 2008
Fun with Stroop
April 30, 2008
The Stroop Effect is often used to demonstrate the nature of automatic processing versus conscious visual control. It also illustrates our ability to quickly recognize word shapes based on familiarity, even more quickly than color.
This effect was first described by J. Ridley Stroop in 1935, and was demonstrated by giving participants lists of words printed [...]
a history of the stick figure
February 7, 2008
Video of my talk, “a history of the stick figure” at Ignite Portland 2, February 5, 2008 at the Bagdad theatre.
Here are a few resources from the talk:
ISOTYPE charts by Otto Neurath
Stick figures as numbers. Three ISOTYPE charts shown as examples.
AIGA Symbol Signs
The complete set of 50 passenger/pedestrian symbols developed by [...]
Presenting at Ignite Portland 2
January 22, 2008
I’ll be presenting “a history of the stick figure” at Ignite Portland 2, Tuesday February 5th at the Bagdad Theatre. Doors open at 5:15.
You see him everywhere – hanging around bathrooms, loitering at construction sites, and perpetually crossing the street. The ubiquitous stick figure. That little, iconic, round-headed fellow on signs that makes us think [...]
