Typography

Typography

No matter what you're designing for - maybe it's a website? A brand? A magazine, perhaps? - typographic hierarchy is your foundation, your building blocks. It's what guides your reader through your website, brand or book. It tells them what to look at first, what to skim, and what to remember. Done right, it's seamless. Done wrong, it can be extremely confusing.In short, hierarchy is how you visually structure information. Here's how to do it well.

At September's Nicer Tuesdays event in London, Robin Howie from Fieldwork Facility talks about the design studio's biggest client yet, the V&A East Storehouse.

Those tedious email exchanges and endless Zoom calls don't have to be boring. Thanks to Dirk McGirk, every work task can double as a mini cocktail party-just don't get too dishy. The designer was inspired by a font resembling tiny cubes of Swiss to create a "mechanical cheese board," a collection of 104 keycaps shaped like small bites of fromage, complete with knives, a bottle of wine, jam, and even a tiny mouse.

Let's start things off with a quick animation tip that pairs perfectly with layered 3D text. Sometimes, we want to rotate the element without actually changing the orientation of the text so it stays readable. The trick here is to combine multiple rotations across two axes. First, rotate the text on the z-axis. Then, add a tilt on the x-axis. Finally, rotate the text back on the z-axis.

The cleanliness of Serviette's identity reflects the elegance of its design, with each idea coalescing into the next, exemplified in custom type design on emerald green boxes.

Emotions boiled over as the crowds braved the elements to see their heroes lift the Liam MacCarthy cup on stage before a crowd estimated at 30,000.

My granddaughter loves playing pretend ice cream store with this toy. It sparks her imagination, and she provides us with the menu of options so that we can order, and she prepares the order. It brings her a lot of joy.

The Labubu dolls craze has skyrocketed, with claims they are linked to an ancient Mesopotamian demon, causing the collectible toys to sell for extreme prices.