Dehli based street artist, DAKU, has produced a dynamic, time sensitive, public art piece for the St+art Festival in India. Over two months 25 artist from around the globe will transform the colonial Lodhi district into the country’s first public art area.
Local artist, DAKU, who remains anonymous, has produced an inventive installation, ‘Time changes everything’, which connects type with the passing of time by using the moving sunlight to cast ever-changing shadows of words onto a wall.
Over 70 words have been mounted perpendicularly to a building façade to act as sundials. The shadow type sharpens into focus in the mornings revealing english words such as; Identity, Religion, Perception. This shadows stretch and yaw across the façade to later fade away as the light dims in the afternoon.
Every designer should be aware of Typewolf, a typography resource that’s helped designers choose, pair and use web fonts since 2013.
The latest in its suite of resources is the Flawless Typography Checklist—a complete typography master course in the form of an interactive visual checklist.
Representing almost a years’ work by its creator, Jeremiah Shoaf, he has created what he believe is the most comprehensive resource on typography ever made.
“If you want to finally become a true typography expert in 2017, then this product is for you.”
While I consider myself to be a reasonable typographer I still rushed back to my portfolio site to correct some rookie errors. There’s much I can still improve on (and unfortunately this blog’s typography is restricted from fine control by its template – please don’t judge it too harshly!).
I asked Jeremiah a couple of questions about his approach with the checklist:
