They Work For Us

Observations: That Pakt is nice, but the lowercase 'g' is out of whack with the rest of the font. Jute was previously available in some form from Chank.com.

It just occurred to me that the site (and even some of the fonts) reminds me of the old shiftype site. Whatever happened to them?

As far as I can remember, T-26 was not the originator but rather the impersonator of this style. Both Mike Cina and Mike Young of WWFT can be regarded as the originators.. though sometimes, I wish the style hadn't caused such a wave of copycat design.

Jute was a font-of-the-month at Chanks once, yes. Mike Cina, one half of WWFT, was also one of the first members of the Chank Army.

As for Shiftype, Joshua Distler currently (co?) manages DesignObject, a beautifully designed store for designer ..objects.

Just got a tshirt from them yesterday, the tree one.

It's nice.

Cina is a former member of TPC and these fonts very closely resemble theirs... up until now (I presume) Cina sold his fonts through them. I wonder if he's pulling them out of TPC or selling them through both.

Mike Cina MC is one talented and harderworking CAT, and he gets ripped off by everyone, which only legitimizes his greatness. Also, the TPC fonts WILL be sold through YWFT...Matt D. MD of TPC is currently looking for a JOB so maybe WWFT will hire MD. MD did some solid work for IDEO and some probonoe work for the YMCA in SF.

coles: isn't in fact, whacks out of the rest of a font, that makes it charming? and with a face like that, who needs lowercase anyway? it's all in the caps (and about them, too).

rob: thanks for the correction. teaches us once more that it is not neccessarily the originator, but the one that beats about the bush most loudly, who is to gain most attention.

cinder: the tree one? you are to be envied!

soon, hopefully, german design bureau Projekt Triangle will be selling their new edition of PT-Shirts, and i have been tipped off by faithful viewer Seb. that one of them will be The Last Shirt You'll Ever Wear (well, at least for me i guess), which is a shirt having the print

Akzidenz-Grotesk

on it. oh boy, i can't wait to have mine.

Sadly enough, though, they're not as of yet to be seen on the aforementioned website.

stay tuned, therefore, for more groundbreaking designerwear news and visit those who desire to 'stop nudity'.

-k

What is the word on the street on WeWorkForThem? it seems to me, and I am saying this without any knowledge of who they are or what their deal is, that they are a bit full of themselves. It's like they own the world of design or something. I don't know... I got that impression from their website. I mean, the work is good. Trendy, but good. Would somebody mind filling me in? before I keep making anymore assumptions.

From personal experience, I can safely say that WWFT is good people.

From personal experience, I can safely say that WWFT is good people.

i've had the same experience.

good people.

good people

well... that settles that. Thanks.

I have to defend my idols, and the men of WWFT™ are no exception. They will be, if not already, categorized with the legends of great design. Their work is innovative, original, and timely -- in a timeless fashion.

Yes, with all trendy culture you look back and regret it, but history repeats itself.

They will be, if not already, categorized with the legends of great design.

I wouldn't go so far Mr. Vanilli. I don't think WWFT can be remotely compared to Milton Glaser, Rand, Carson. Or even in the digital area, to Hillman Curtis or April Greiman. No way. No how.

Their work IS refreshing. And good. But not legendary.

Apparently Cina's TPC fonts will continue to be sold on the TPC site as well as WWFT; his subsequent fonts will be sold only on WWFT.

The fonts strike me as being a bit too "gridfont". Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of cool territory in that direction, and I have explored and continue to explore that sort of thing. But for me, the ability to move beyond the grid is one of the important steps in a fontmaker's development.

I definitly liked those two sans serif fonts, though. They rocked.

Before we start calling anyone a legend, let's let history sort it out.. I'm not saying they won't be, though. Who can tell at this point? Definately not me.

Also, for every 'legend' that anyone can list on this board, questions can be asked concerning the validity of that pick. Carson generally gets shot down a lot when mentioned in these kind of things. The same goes for say, tDR: some call them legends, some call them ex-legends now-hasbeens.

It's all about personal taste, et cetera.

The grid is poison.

hhp

No, it's not.

jdb

I'm a fan of Cina and Young's work, mostly because it's inspired by the great mechanical designs of the past, yet holds a perennial style of the future. Sure, it may be a road already well-traveled by Paul Rand, Neville Brody, David Carson, TDR, etc., but I consider it smart design with a well-executed style, which is something that every designer should strive for. WWFT are definitely on a path to greatness. That is, if they don't get cocky and forget to remain humble.

I think the grid is an important step and incredibly helpful for a beginner, but needs to be abandoned as soon as the designer feels ready. I'm not ashamed to say that I still use the grid.

For me, the WWFT stuff is too rave-flyery. Rave flyers started off as incredibly new and exciting, but as soon as the "look" was set, everyone imitated it. Sci fi fonts, inexplicable 3D Studio Max illustrations, robots. It's so tired now. I'm not saying that that's WWFT 100%, but I see that influence there and my personal opinion is that the rave flyer is utterly bankrupt when it comes to creativity.

That isn't a slam on WWFT, it really isn't. This is a difficult business, and no one has all the answers, at least not all the time.

Note that small doses of poison

strengthen the immune systems.

hhp

It's TPC!!!