Ludwig Wendzich

y'know that guy from nz

Who is this guy?

His name is Ludwig Wendzich and he doesn't usually speak in the third person. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand after emigrating from South Africa when he was seven years old.

He has a passion for art and design. He is currently a web designer stroke developer who has a particular interest in designing the user experience; mixing usability and accessibility with aesthetics to maximize efficiency and enjoyment.

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Typography for Lawyers

Should be printed into a General Style-guide Booklet and included in every copy of Office and iWork,

Beautiful type, beautiful press. Educational and inspirational video.

 I stumbled across Neue (via Matthew Buchanan) where a city is expressed through type in each issue. My favourite (shown above) in their first issue, New York, is by designer Ivan Markovic.

I stumbled across Neue (via Matthew Buchanan) where a city is expressed through type in each issue. My favourite (shown above) in their first issue, New York, is by designer Ivan Markovic.

Nobody (save the other craftsmen) will appreciate half your skill. But you may spend endless years of happy experiment in devising that crystalline goblet which is worthy to hold the vintage of the human mind.

— Beatrice Ward, “The Crystal Goblet”, Excerpt from a Lecture to the British Typographers’ Guild

Commentary: Our work is to make someone else’s work shine. Whether we are typesetting an author’s novel, designing for a bands album cover, coming up with a billboard or a website for a company’s product. Our work, is to make our client’s work, stand out and be clear and understandable.

Modernist design ethics suggest that design should be invisible, form follows function. This view point on design is debatable, my favourite retort has been along the lines of “no one wants to drive an invisible Ferrari.” So what is design’s role? To disappear or to awe?

 A friend playing with cassette tape to create letters. I like.

A friend playing with cassette tape to create letters. I like.

Blame it on the boogie! My friend Helvetica.

Blame it on the boogie! My friend Helvetica.

This is awesome, love the juxtaposition between the literal and the visual messages! </prick>

This is awesome, love the juxtaposition between the literal and the visual messages! </prick>

 300&amp;65 Ampersands. Love it!

300&65 Ampersands. Love it!

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