On Saturday, January 24, 2009, The Times appeared in its new incarnation. The new broadsheet design (maybe we call it “retro”) harkens to its past and leaves today’s info-byte/tabloid skimmers with something to sink their eye teeth into. Though the typographic re-think leaves me cold, I do like the fact that the new tabloid inserts denote that speciality they were meant to have, and it’s like opening the Sunday paper when I was a kid.

Shepard Fairey, the artist behind President Obama’s HOPE iconic art, has released a new Obey poster to commemorate the inauguration. Fairey’s critics have detracted from his style of art, where he works from 1940′s, 50′s and 60′s iconic art and works them into his own unique commentaries of the world today. His style reminds me of Andy Warhol’s early pieces and the critics’ remarks were similar .

Fairey’s inaugural art can be found here.

May your holidays be filled with love, joy, peace and great design!

This year celebrates the 90th birthdays of Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse and Hermann Zapf! Most of us use more of the fonts they’ve designed than we realize. From Hermann’s first typeface in 1928 to his new Palatino® Sans, he and Gudrun are full of incredible stories. Look here to go to the Linotype website and view a short biography of this influential couple.