Dan Friedman (1945-1995) was an American designer and educator.[1] Friedman worked with many companies including Citibank[2] before his death is 1995 from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Contents Early Life and Education Teaching Career Design Career Later Life Death More on Friedman’s Work References Early Life and Education Dan Friedman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in…
The main idea of his design work is in creating unique, bold, and innovative brand identities. The first example of his work that comes up the most, as it is arguably his most iconic piece, that’s still being used today. I’m of course talking about his logo design for the Dutch Railways. It was a…
The Bauhaus book at first glance was filled with amazing photos that document the school of the Bauhaus’s work, and its approach to teaching a school of design. My first impressions of the book were that it was only going to be a showcase of the work done at the Bauhaus during its operational time.…
A typeface of every age or the monotone voice of the type world. The creation of Helvetica, originally called Die Neue Haas Grotesk, by Miedinger and Hoffmann sparked a queue of modernist type standard and of eventual controversy. In an age of reconstructing the design standard, Helvetica was birthed out of Münchenstien, Switzerland as a…
As I pulled Asymmetric Typography out of the stacks of other reserved books at the NCSU design Library, I immediately noticed how small it was. It appeared to be hiding closer to the back of the book shelf, in the shadows of two larger books beside it. In fact, I did not even find it…