8 November 2018: Queen Sonja presents the 2018 Queen Sonja Print Award to Canadian graphic artist Emma Nishimura, and a Lifetime Achievement Award to David Hockney in recognition of his work in graphic art and printmaking. The Queen Sonja Print Award is the world’s leading graphic art award, and it is designed to inspire interest in and the development of graphic art.
Photos: Nina Rangøy, NTB scanpix.
Tag: graphic design
How Trajan became the go-to typeface for movie posters
In the early 90s, a digital typeface designed in the 80s – but based on the letterforms used in a Roman column completed in 113 AD – became the go-to typeface for movie poster designers. (Reminder: everything is a remix.) It was used on posters for movies like The Bodyguard, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Children of Men, and Quiz Show. This Vox video details the rise of the Trajan typeface in movie poster design and why its not used that often by big movies anymore.
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