Sweden often uses English names for their products – maybe because they are produced abroad, maybe for export, maybe to be more international. These two, however, would not generally be self-explanatory to non Swedes…
Culture
Corona Christmas?
Last year this would have been unthinkable!
Kerning and Keming
In typography, kerning (less commonly mortising) is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result (Wikipedia). Okavango in South Africa is a particularly difficult word to kern correctly,… Read More ›
The mind boggles
Elon Musk (one of the most famous South Africans in the world at the moment), called his son this… And, where I come from these kinds of tops are usually worn by surfers or white guys with dreadlocks and thai… Read More ›
Famous logos as fonts by Emanuele Abrate
My favourite logo and identity designer, Emanuele Abrate (featured before here) has reimagined famous brands as fonts. I have to admit I struggled with Facebook and Netflix. I knew they were familiar, but I just could not get it!
Social distancing, Spanish style
Thank you to Marian C-I for adding this to a comment on my previous blog post. This is an amazing idea! In Sweden they usually just use yellow and black stripey tape! In a coffee shop in Galicia, Spain, they… Read More ›
So typically Swedish
When I moved to Sweden, the one thing that took a lot of getting used to was the informality and flat hierarchical structure at work. Sweden doesn’t use titles – no Mr, Ms, Doctor, Professor. You just call people by… Read More ›
