Helvetica
Title:
Helvetica
Author:
Hustwit, Gary.
Publication Information:
Brooklyn, NY : Plexifilm, c2007.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Extra features: 95 minutes of bonus interviews.
Contents:
Opening (with Manfred Schulz) -- Massimo Vignelli -- Graphic design in the 1950s -- Amsterdam & Wim Crouwel -- Matthew Carter -- Helvetica story -- Linotype -- Widgco -- Hoefler & Frere-Jones -- Berlin & Erik Spiekermann -- Type's "secret spell" -- Lars Müller -- Paula Scher -- Stefan Sagmeister -- David Carson -- Experimental Jetset -- Michael C. Place -- Norm -- Democratization -- What we have now.
Abstract:
A documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture, which looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.