LogoLounge Master Library, Volume 3
Raymond Helkio: Universities Without Walls (UWW) logo, page 100.

This is a collection of 3,000 original logos, collected and selected by the renowned LogoLounge. Organized thematically with the broader focus of Shapes and Symbols, the collection features logos that cover all categories of logo design, including typographic, illustrative, pattern-driven, and photographic. You can get a copy for $40 from these fine folks. You’ll find the UWW logo at the top of page 100.

With some help, I captured 29 of the 704 pixel art space invaders installed around Paris. They are made of tiles inspired by the 80s Rubiks Cubes. They have these cool installations in 30+ cities around the globe. Unfortunately, Toronto isn’t one of them, but let’s hope that changes.

Also burning in Paris was the Israeli Palestine conflict showing itself through street level poster art around the core. At least Paris allows for free speech – any mention of the Israeli Palestine conflict in Toronto and you’re likely to get censored. Speaking of which, Toronto City Hall is at it again this year (specifically Mayor Rob Ford) is planning to withhold $100,000 in funding for Pride Toronto if the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) group are allowed to participate in the parade. C’mon Rob, get the facts about this group and get your nose out of Pride Toronto. Pride is about belonging as well as the right to free speech and we’ll fight to keep it that way.

For more on this last year’s drama click here.

The end of space. Well, not really, the end of the double space after a period, I hope. I used to think that the double space was a by-product of the typewriter because on those prehistoric machines I got one font and depending on how hard I tapped the keys, periods and commas were often indistinguishable. The truth is that the double space has been in practice long before the typewriter it’s time for it to end. It’s ugly.

With modern day typography, the extra space just creates white gaps in large bodies of text and literally slows the eye down when reading. The period does a great job of indicating the sentence is now over so the extra space is redundant. We could give the extra space some meaning and purpose such as “pause now” or “pause now and go get a sandwich” – that way there’s a reason to hit the space bar twice. More sexy content, less spaces in-between.