It’s about time someone made a movie about one of my favorite things—type. I love type, and specifically I love Helvetica. Maybe as I continue to mature in my design helvetica will loose favor, but right now and for over the past year Helvetica is my fav. I love it.
This clip is from the up-coming documentary Helvetica. The film looks like it’ll have some great displays of type, and interviews with some pretty amazing designers. I’m sure designers everywhere will flock to film festivals and art show houses to get their fill of type, and design professors will be showing this film in to their “Typography” students for years to come.
In the above clip my favorite line is when Wim says,”I see today… designers use all tyefaces…One day one typeface the other day one typeface. All in favor of a certain atmosphere. I’m… I’m not. I don’t like that.” I hope it comes to Sundance. Fingers crossed.
You can see more information about the film at helveticafilm.com.
I feel the same way my friend. Much as I feel about Swiss design in general. LOVE IT. I enjoy exploring every element of design that I can, when ever I can but there is usually one place I start from and 99% of the time find my way back to and that’s Helvetica. It’s in 95% of all my work.
Best post yet. thanks for the heads up and let me know if you find out more aobut the film.
12.21.06 at 10:05 pm