Helvetica
Typography, Graphic Design and Global Visual Culture
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.
- 7.2
- 2007
- Released
- 1h 20m
Michael Bierut
HimselfNeville Brody
HimselfDavid Carson
HimselfManfred Schulz
HimselfMassimo Vignelli
HimselfRick Poynor
HimselfWim Crouwel
HimselfMatthew Carter
HimselfAlfred Hoffmann
HimselfMike Parker
HimselfOtmar Hoefer
HimselfBruno Steinert
HimselfHermann Zapf
HimselfLeslie Savan
HerselfTobias Frere-Jones
HimselfJonathan Hoefler
HimselfErik Spiekermann
HimselfLars Müller
HimselfPaula Scher
HerselfStefan Sagmeister
HimselfErwin Brinkers
HimselfMarieke Stolk
HerselfDanny van den Dungen
HimselfMichael C. Place
HimselfManuel Krebs
HimselfDimitri Bruni
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Released
en
- #designer
- #advertising
- #font
- #graphic design
- #typography
- #modernism
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"Helvetica" is a surprisingly interesting documentary about the creation and influence of a font. Yes, a font. Yet, the story behind it is more interesting than you might believe, not to mention the influence it's had since its creation, both by its design and by the creation of an anti-Helvetica faction that rebels against its button-down and now traditional design. The influence of that rebellio