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And now for a very special message for the MATD students

Sarah Schumacher — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:13:12 +0000

Hours of work can yield beautiful type results, but what dark passenger may join a type designer during his or her year/s of hard work? Cancer? Probably. Reemergence of Asbergers? Definitely. Carpal tunnel? Most certainly.
So while working for the next two months, please remember to take breaks, walk around and stretch. For your health and the health of your growing young typeface. She won’t sell herself!

MATD Exodus

Steve Ross — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:36:22 +0000

Due to the undergraduate exams, the MATD group has been forced into a mass exodus from the studio in which they sometimes work. The cozy Nightingale room, airy Tschichold room, and the library have become new homes for the typographic diaspora.

Gunnar and Erin joyously work away in their new studio, AKA Cafe Libro.

Typographic Barbecue

Steve Ross — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:48:05 +0000

Yesterday was a day of grilled meat, mojitos, reluctant buses, and type talk; the MATD barbecue at Gerry’s house in beautiful Wokingham (if I misused a semi-colon there, too bad, I don’t want to hear about it). Anyway, the weather held out and in the end, everyone had a great time.

The mysterious Greek juice of Lord Gerrington.

T-spur represent! Late night keys in da house…

Sarah Schumacher — Sat, 08 May 2010 20:34:58 +0000

Marian, Neelakash, Gunnar, Sarah

Dutch shoe stores are clearly inspired by professional hockey

Steve Ross — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:03:32 +0000

While strolling the streets of Amsterdam, we came across the Spikes & More shoe store. The store’s logo contains quasi-display lettering that bears a striking resemblance to the logo of the Edmonton Oilers hockey club, in Alberta, Canada, which has been in use for nearly 40 years.

There is a slight resemblance here.

Verdict = Originality FAIL.

Back to the Empire.

Steve Ross — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:29:53 +0000

The majority of us have returned to the British Empire. A few are still stranded in various countries (Israel and India) due to volcanic issues.

A box of Empire Matches, from yesterday's Michael Twyman packaging lecture.

MATD 2010 field trip to Belgium + Holland

Steve Ross — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:01:12 +0000

We are currently in Amsterdam, having just completed a great evening with this year’s team alongside some alumni. Earlier today we visited The Hague’s Museum van het Boek, then returned to Amsterdam to enjoy works by Jan van Krimpen and Jan van de Velde at the easy-to-pronounce Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam. A visit to Nijhof & Lee Bookstore was fantastic, and some students were lucky enough to have seen the second floor.

Yesterday we all dined Chez Unger in beautiful Bussum. Gerard and Marjan were fantastic hosts and the food was great. The group returned to Amsterdam with full bellies and an increased appreciation of rabbits and their cunning ways. Some returned to lovely accommodations, and some returned to Hotel Brian.

Earlier in the week, we spent two days in Antwerp, Belgium, at the fantastic Plantin-Moretus Museum where we were given some fantastic demos by Guy Hutsebaut.

Tomorrow, we’re off to sunny Enschede. It’s been a great trip, with a terrific group and tons of amazing type.

Resurrection of the blog

Steve Ross — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:51:29 +0000

As you may or may not have noticed, most of us in this year’s MATD program have been tweeting incessantly, yet neglecting the Emayteedee blog. No more.

Almost done!

Antonio Cavedoni — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:47:04 +0000

Just 3 hours…

Again, Better

Antonio Cavedoni — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:55:11 +0000

Fail again, fail better

Cheers from San Francisco!