Art of the Title does post mortems on the title sequences of movies. It breaks down the composition, the typography, and interviews the graphic designers who built the kinetic compositions.
The article layouts, with quotes and stills, is sexy and engaging. The diversity of films selected for review is fascinating with easy choices like Hitchcock and surprising ones like The Simpsons.
Kinetic design is relevant to the future of the internet, like the Flash and HTML5 of yesteryear, increasingly the moving image and text will be relevant to communication and advertising.
There’s a thrill you get when you realize that several of your most favorite title sequences were made by the same individual or design house, to see the names behind an art form with nearly invisible artists.
For example, Richard Greenberg – please enjoy watching this quick retrospective; The Dead Zone and Altered States both took my breath away when I first saw them.
I bet you remember what you were thinking when you saw the title credits to Alien for the first time.
This is Colossal began as a personal art and design blog of Christopher Jobson. It broadly explores visual culture including Fine Art, Design, Photography, Illustration, and Craft.
It integrates art and design into the real-world where it merges with current and historical events and science and nature. The holistic vision is mesmerizing, much more dynamic and relatable than other blogs that may feature post after post of vector art straight out of a vacuum. Its this diversity and scale that make Colossal fresh and interesting every single day.
Most recently they blogged about the treasure trove of HD photos that NASA released from the Apollo Moon Missions.
I mean, just look at this:
Astronaut John L. Swigert, Jr., Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot, holds the “mailbox,” a makeshift device used to purge carbon dioxide from the Lunar Module that played a significant role in saving the doomed astronauts lives. Apollo 13 Hasselblad image from film magazine.
Women of Graphic Design began as a personal blog too, Tori Hinn who was at RISD at the time. her intention is to spark discussion through learning and sharing. the blog is comprised of many voices, they welcome submissions.
Their mission is to upset the lack of women’s representation in design history.
initially, they had a tagging system that forced contributors to classify their posts as #careerwithkids, #careerwithoutkids or #hasitall, a great art-school prank on gendered limitations.