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Can you collate your duo-toned dummies?

hannah — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:25:51 +0000

Have trouble deciphering that title? You’re not alone. openbox9 is a design studio that understands the difficulty in which we sometimes place our clients. Design jargon can be confusing for those who don’t speak the language. For the past year we’ve been dispersing a defined design-word every day through our twitter feed and our website. If you’ve been following along all year, then this quiz should be easy. If not, you may need to study up on your design words.

Pass this quiz and prove to yourself and to your friends how much of a design professor you are.

Design Word of the Day Quiz

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Font Fashion: Trajan

hannah — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:59:05 +0000

We’ve reached the end of our month-long font fashion exploration. What better font to close us out than the epic Trajan? I feel that we should probably make a movie about it… but on second thought- that would probably be a bit too cliché.

Michael’s Trajan:

Nathan’s Trajan:

Hannah’s Trajan:

Font Fashion: Comic Sans

hannah — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:50:52 +0000

Today we image what Comic Sans would look like if it were wearable.

Michael’s Comic Sans:

Nathan’s Comic Sans:

Hannah’s Comic Sans:

Font Fashion: Trade Gothic

hannah — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:27:34 +0000

Trade Gothic is up next in our “if fonts were clothing” series.

Michael’s Trade Gothic:

Nathan’s Trade Gothic:

Hannah’s Trade Gothic:

Font Fashion: Papyrus

hannah — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:40:39 +0000

If you’re just tuning in this month we’ve written a series of posts entitled “if fonts were clothing”. We’ve been exploring this idea through much laughter and grimacing. We’re proud to present this week’s font: Papyrus. If this post isn’t enough you can get your Papyrus fix through the blog Papyrus watch.

Michael’s Papyrus:

Nathan’s Papyrus:

Hannah’s Papyrus:

Font Fashion: Mrs. Eaves

hannah — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:58:08 +0000

As we continue our month long study of fonts and fashion… presenting the always classy Mrs. Eaves.

Michael’s Mrs. Eaves:

Nathan’s Mrs. Eaves:

Hannah’s Mrs. Eaves:

See our previous font fashion postings: Helvetica | Alba Super | Didot | ITC Machine | Futura

Font Fashion: Futura

hannah — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:42:09 +0000

This week we bring you the future: Futura. Is it how you always imagined it would be?

Michael’s Futura:

Nathan’s Futura:

Hannah’s Futura:

See our previous font fashion postings: Helvetica | Alba Super | Didot | ITC Machine

Font Fashion: ITC Machine

hannah — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:53:16 +0000

It’s that time again for our second post of Font Fashion week two: ITC Machine. Is there an end in sight? Who knows? This may be so fun we may never stop.

Michael’s ITC Machine:

Nathan’s ITC Machine:

Hannah’s ITC Machine:

Other Font Fashion posts: Helvetica : Alba Super : Didot

Font Fashion: Didot

hannah — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:25:51 +0000

Twice a week we match fashion with type and week two of Font Fashion month is here. This week’s first entry: the classy Didot.

Michael’s Didot:

Nathan’s Didot:

Hannah’s Didot:

Previous Font Fashion posts: Helvetica : Alba Super

Font Fashion: Alba Super

hannah — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:38:01 +0000

Feast your eyes. A sight like this has never before been seen. Font #2 in our fantastic font mini-series has arrived: Alba Super.

Michael’s Alba Super:

Nathan’s Alba Super:

Hannah’s Alba Super:

If you missed it, check out our visions of Helvetica.