LogoCities.org is a growing database of found type/signage from cities around the world. Erik Brandt sent this to his students (current blogger included) for his Special Topics: The Global Context course being taught this semester. This falls in line with our semester long project based on a brief from the Teaching Designers Network. More on that to come. From the Logo Cities site:"Logo Cities is an ongoing research/creation project addressing signage, branding and lettering in public space, with a particular focus on the city of Montréal. Logo Cities is directed by Dr. Matt Soar, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University, and is made possible by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. With considerable assistance from grad students Cecilia Chen, Grant Collins, AnneMarie Ennis, Lisa Gasior, and Michael Lithgow, plus my trusty research assistant Frances Millerd."
Inspiring stuff. I'm definitely interested in what we get accomplished in this course.
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