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Helvetica A Documentary film by Gary Hustwit.

Screening:
July 5-15
Character @ The Melbourne Design Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Q&A with director and designers.

About the film Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.

Helvetica encompasses the worlds of design, advertising, psychology, and communication, and invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day.

Interviewees in Helvetica include some of the most illustrious and innovative names in the design world, including Erik Spiekermann, Matthew Carter, Massimo Vignelli, Wim Crouwel, Hermann Zapf, Neville Brody, Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Bierut, David Carson, Paula Scher, Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Experimental Jetset, Michael C. Place, Norm, Alfred Hoffmann, Mike Parker, Bruno Steinert, Otmar Hoefer, Leslie Savan, Rick Poynor, Lars Müller, and many more.

Hope to see you there.

Call for Contributions

The issue will be launched in July 2007, and it's theme will be 'Extroverts and Exhibitionists'.

There are many ways in which you can contribute and interpret the subject of ‘Extroverts and Exhibitionists’ and you can shape your ideas into one of the following:

1. A short essay. (up to 1000 words)
2. A narrative. (photographic or illustrative, up to 24 images)
3. An interview.
4. An academic paper with references (up to 3000 words)
5. Student project work.
6. A written profile of a great project or single piece of work you would like to celebrate.

In the first instance, you are asked to send a short email, outlining your idea for any of the above options to the editor, (Margaret.Woodward@utas.edu.au).

The deadline for final copy and images is March 01, 2007.