ThreeSix 10 in use – Outcast Editions iBooks
April 7th, 2014Outcast Editions have newly published their single building architecture monographs as iBooks for iPad and Mac. FF ThreeSix 10 was selected as the typeface for these publications as it is particularly well-suited to retina screen display – its 8 subtly modulated weights which share the same central contour, allow for the optimisation of readability by […]
Design Factory – Thirty(ish)
April 5th, 2014MuirMcNeil’s contribution to Design Factory’s thirtieth anniversary publication launched by DF founder Conor Clarke at the ‘Thinking + Typography’ evening at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 03 April 2014. Typeset in Nine Mono 162 (outlined), the composition is driven by a simple system that overlays One – Ten; Eleven – Twenty; Twenty-one – Thirtyish on […]
From the archive – Nine Mono test
April 4th, 2014Poster for the autumn lecture programme at the LCC School of Design 2013 designed by MuirMcNeil – a pre-release live test for Nine Mono. Buy Nine Mono from MuirMcNeil
Rumori
March 12th, 2014Rumori is a typeface designed by Paul McNeil for a project by designers Paul Bailey and Yeb Wiersma. In February 2014, Bailey and Wiersma were commissioned to republish Luigi Russolo’s Futurist Manifesto ‘L’Arte dei Rumori’ on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. The new publication was planned as a procession of Russolo’s texts applied to […]
Thinking + Typography, Dublin
March 10th, 2014The Institute of Designers in Ireland presents an evening of talks on design thinking and typographic design by Paul Hughes (Ten Meters of Thinking) and Hamish Muir. 3rd April 2014, 18.30 Smock Alley Theatre Temple Bar Dublin IDI Ten Meters of Thinking Smock Alley
Interact updated by MuirMcNeil
February 6th, 2014Interact, designed by 8vo in 1994 for an invited submission to the American Center of Design ‘Interact’ CD-ROM, has now been extensively expanded and revised by MuirMcNeil. The Interact type system and a large-format silk-screened poster in 2 day-glo colours can be purchased from the MuirMcNeil online shop. Buy Now
ThreeSix in use for Platform Identity by Eddie Opara
September 4th, 2013For the first Platform Summit, recently held at the MIT Media Lab, Pentagram’s Eddie Opara has developed a logotype, identity and signage, using MuirMcNeil’s ThreeSix 11 typeface. The application extends to screen and mobile / tablet based content. Pentagram
ThreeSix 11 at Milan Design Week
August 4th, 2013Makr Shakr was an installation at this year’s Google I/O conference that used robotic barmen to mix drinks in approximately one googol (that’s 10 to the power of 100) different crowd-sourced combinations. Developed by the MIT Senseable City Lab, the project featured an identity, web application and data visualization designed by Pentagram’s Eddie Opara and […]
Talking Type with Erik Spiekermann
November 29th, 2012Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir discuss the background to the ThreeSix type system project in this interview with Erik Spiekermann for FontFont’s ‘Talking Types #01’. Listen Here
ThreeSix published by FontFont
September 12th, 2012MuirMcNeil are pleased to announce that FontFont have released the ThreeSix type system in OT, Offc, Web and App+ formats; Standard and Pro versions. The release also includes a new monospaced version of ThreeSix. Buy ThreeSix from FontFont
