Last night I went to the private view of the new Bauhaus exhibition at the Barbican. If you have any interest in graphics, go. It's that simple. Beautiful, simple, functional. The type design room is outstanding. Go.

http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=12409

A couple of weeks ago I met someone I used to work with 20 years ago and, because I am rubbish at carrying around business cards, I had to scribble my contact details in his notebook. The guy he was with, someone I'd never met before, commented that I had to be a designer with handwriting like that. Ha. I know I'm pathetic, but I liked that. Especially as I actually turned my handwriting into a Mac and PC typeface, it's free to download here.

That said, I actually never realy write anything any more. The odd scribbled note in my book and a PostIt every couple of weeks. So, when I received a package from one of our lovely clients the other day I was well made up to see how FANTASTIC the handwriting was on it.

I only ever send her things with typeset stickers...

I am ashamed. Sorry Jane. 

We've got a love new studio floor, and it exactly matches our yellow henry hoover. 

On Radio 4's Today programme this morning I heard an interview with a neuroscientist who, whilst reading his Kindle, thought that he was finding it more difficult to remember what he was reading. He thought on this and came to the conclusion that the easier to read a font is, then the less rememberable the words are. This seems to fly in the face of common sense, which tells me that the easier some copy is to read then the MORE likely you are to remember what they are saying because you can apply more brain power to simply remembering, rather than understanding.

Anyway, since his conjecture tests have been done and he seems to be right. We may never recover from the effect this has on typography and graphic design. 

Read the article, it's very interesting.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/01/the-benefit-of-ugly-fonts/