Isotype at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Hinterland — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:18:39 +0000

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While walking around the Victoria & Albert Museum we stumbled across this exhibition on Isotype, The International System Of TYpographic Picture Education. Developed by Otto Neurath, Isoptype was a method for assembling, configuring and disseminating information and statistics through pictorial means. Gerd Arntz was the designer tasked with making Isotype’s pictograms… around 4000 of them! The show closed on March 13 but you can pick up this great book if you want to see more.

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Gerd Arntz.

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The Isotype team at work.

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British Boxes, Bags and Bottles

Hinterland — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:55:38 +0000

Crisps or Chips?

British food packaging is beyond compare. After every visit to London we are left astounded at the quality of food available in the supermarkets and the overall value placed on the design of premium brand packaging. For 2012 it looks like there is only one option… Open an office in London that specializes in food and beverage design. Who’s with us?

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Chips or crisps?

Doesn’t matter.

Just plain tasty.

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There could be a few posts dedicated just to Waitrose and their branding.

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London Letters and Such

Hinterland — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:42:08 +0000

For it?

Or against it?

It’s been quiet around here for the past few months. Let’s get things started again with some posts from a trip to London way back in December/January. Have to admire the craft and creativity of these British typographers, designers, sign painters and graffiti artists… Thanks for the ace and/or brill pieces of inspiration. Check back soon to see all our new updates & additions.

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Colors of India

Hinterland — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:05:07 +0000

Kolam, a form of sandpainting that’s drawn using rice powder in Southern India.

The entire country is a colorful, chaotic and crowded place. Vibrant color palettes are numerous. It can happen in nature (the green is so rich it appears toxic), fashion (multicolored hand dyed saris, dotis and lungis), food (intensely hued aromatic spices, herbs and seasonings) and architecture (Jodhpur, the Blue City and Jaipur the Pink City).

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Kolams are thought to bestow prosperity to homes.

Jodhpur is painted blue to signify the Bharam (priest) class, but it also deflects heat and deters mosquitoes.

Blue collar? pink shirt and purple skirt (lungi). Worker at a spice warehouse in Kochi.

Diwali Festival. Celebration of the triumph of good over evil.

Effigies of the demon king Ravana.

Paper mache, fill with fireworks, shoot with a flaming arrow, ENJOY!

Flower market in Pondicherry.

Chewing tobacco in the ol’ USA is the equivalent of Betel leaf/areca in India. Bonus, you spit a red blood like substance.

Deity on the beach. (Hanuman)

Deity on the street.

Meenakshi Amman Temple in the 2500 year old city of Madurai.

Sweets on the streets.

India Typography

Hinterland — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:23:21 +0000

A ‘fancy’ store needs some ‘fancy’ hand painted typography on its sign.

If cheaper and more advanced technology is making the commercial signboard painters in India obsolete we would be hard pressed to believe it. The exquisite typography of India’s hand painted signs for local shops, decorated trucks, or posters (both political and Bollywood), were everywhere you turned.

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Malayam lettering in Kochi.

Dennis the Menace opens hair salon in Mumbai.

American haulers need to care about their trucks this much.

City job as a rat catcher earns just slightly less than a bus driver.

Scissors as the letter A… where have we seen that before?

Mens public toilet. Mustache required

Welcome to the jungle. Kochi.

Where to get business attire, smart casual and Hollywood glamour? Mumbai, obviously.

Subway in Mumbai.

Phone calls to the U.S. happen here. ‘Excuse me sir, I need an STD’, that never got old.

Do-it-yourself India

Hinterland — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:39:51 +0000

Bending iron by hand in Karaikudi.

After 25 days, 3,028 miles, 15 cities, and 5 states in India we only scratched the surface of what this sensory overload inducing country has to offer. The apparent ethos, at least as we see it, is to work with what you have. The Indian people are extremely creative and resourceful problem solvers. Many times they might not even have the proper tools or materials to finish a job but they somehow find a way to solve the problem with results that are ingenious and beautiful. Instead of focusing on their exquisite palaces, temples, forts and handicrafts take a look at some examples of their ingenuity.

Street decorations for the Diwali festival. Plastic water bottles with different colored caps.

Hand dyeing in the streets of Jaipur.

Optometrist in Udaipur. Get your eyeglasses, some eyeballs and even some dentures.

Hand weaving cotton in Karaikudi.

Requirements for electrical installations in Madurai? Doubt it.

Clothing color coordinated and laid out to dry after being hand washed in the mangroves of Mumbai.

Roads may be built for automobiles but this farmer thinks otherwise, a great location for drying his grain harvest.

All street vendors in Jaipur recycle their cooking oil here, containers included.

If you would like to prevent littering in your city just get a set of these garbage cans from Kochi.

Hand crank ferris wheel at a beach in Mumbai.

Welcome to our Blog

Hinterland — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:38:27 +0000

Hinterland has just launched a blog. What’s the blog all about? Basically, it will be a place to keep up with Hinterland’s current affairs, spot a few things we are passionate about, survey some works in progress, see what we are influenced by and catch sight of our peculiar obsessions. Stop by regularly for updates.

You can also find some of our photos on flickr and catch some random thoughts on twitter. We like to think of this as an information tripod and we created a stop motion animation to prove it. Enjoy!

Testing out different marbles in the studio

Hand cut letters raised for added depth

Some meticulous movement underway

Jazz hands

A BIG thank you to Damien Correll + Garrett Morin of Part & Parcel for letting us shoot this piece at their studio.

New Projects

Hinterland — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:37:30 +0000

It’s been an eventful first half of 2010 at Hinterland. We have just completed a variety of exciting projects.

Please visit our website for more details.

Nakamura Keith Haring Collection
Book that investigates the connections between Keith Haring and Japanese culture published by the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to exhibiting his artwork.

LargaVista
Identity for a premier real estate firm based in New York City, specializing in the development of underutilized or environmentally impacted properties.

Time Magazine

Time Magazine
Illustrations for Time Magazine: A faster and simpler browser emerges… Chrome; Energy efficiency does not always equal less energy consumption.

J. Christopher Capital
Identity for a leading venture capital firm that has been instrumental in the success of recognized brands including Tory Burch, Voss Water, Jawbone and Faena Hotel and Universe.

Brookfield
Signage for a commercial real estate corporation who’s properties define the skylines of New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, among others.

Kobuchizawa Art Village
Identity, brochure, map and guide for a unique tourist destination in Japan that combines nature, art and culture at the base of the beautiful Yatsugatake mountain.