‘Beyond Words’
January 18th, 2015In a recent article for Design Observer, Robert Hetherington discusses MuirMcNeil’s TenPoint type system as ‘typographic units at the limits of alphabetic writing’. ‘MuirMcNeil’s fonts play with the ideas of what a typeface is and what it does. Through considering its various states of existence, from language to object to image, they always come back […]
FF ThreeSix in use
January 5th, 2015We’re absolutely delighted that FontFont have featured MuirMcNeil’s FF ThreeSix 30 typeface in their Season’s Greetings / 2015 agenda mailer. FF ThreeSix
01 Dot 12 Dot 14
November 30th, 2014We are pleased to announce the release four new geometric type systems and an accompanying set of four limited edition silk-screened posters (in glorious black and white). The type systems and posters are built solely with a common element – the circular dot. All of the new projects explore amplifying the dot at the same […]
ISTD Premier Award 2014
October 7th, 2014To add to our two ISTD awards for FF ThreeSix in 2011, the Panopticon, Intersect, Nine and Interact poster series received a coveted ISTD Premier Award at last week’s awards evening held at the magnificently modernist De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea. International Society of Typographic Designers De La Warr Pavilion
Studio Life
July 12th, 2014MuirMcNeil in conversation; ‘Studio Life’ section, Computer Arts, August issue.
Intersect in use
July 2nd, 2014As part of the ‘Yorkshire in Yellow’ events for this year’s Grand Depart of the Tour de France, MuirMcNeil were invited to design a T-shirt for the ‘Maillot Jaune’ exhibition held at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield (31.05–07.09.14). The T-shirt, which features MMcN Intersect, is available online at the Made North store.
The Ones That Got Away
May 9th, 2014As part of our talk at TYPO Berlin we’ll be showing the development process for the poster MuirMcNeil designed for the Wim Crouwel exhibition at the Design Museum, London in 2011. Here are a few iterations on two themes from a total of around 300 designs. More will be shown in Berlin, but don’t worry, […]
‘Machine Tools’ – MuirMcNeil at TYPO Berlin 2014
May 1st, 2014We’re busy gearing up for our talk to TYPO Berlin at 7pm on Thursday May 15th in the main hall of the wonderfully named Haus der Kulturen der Welt (The House of World Cultures, AKA the ‘pregnant oyster’ to Berliners). We’re still dotting is and crossing ts but can reveal our theme will cover design […]
ThreeSix on Fonts in Use
April 29th, 2014Fonts in Use have featured FF ThreeSix in the signage graphics designed for Massey University’s Exposure 2011 exhibition by Thomas le Bas. Fonts in Use
Porto Design Summer School, 07 – 19 July 2014
April 9th, 2014The Porto Design Summer School Editorial Course is a unique opportunity to study graphic design within the setting of one of Europe’s oldest and most beautiful cities. Focusing on editorial design and typography, this intensive two week practice-based course also pays special attention to the city’s rare heritage in vintage shop signage and other forms […]
