celebrating Friday
it’s the weekend! And I finally finished reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides!!
SO well written!!
I was explaining it to someone the other day and was doing such a horrible job. I couldn’t quite convey the storyline and how the past/present are interwoven throughout…
anyways,
I was in Windsor yesterday!
“yay”
actually it wasn’t that bad. The hotel room was sweet. It was about 1.5times the size of my apartment. And the bed was perhaps the comfiest I’ve ever been on. (Either that or I was just really tired…)
The plane I took was kinda cute. It was a 36-seater and and a ‘couch’-type seat along the back of the plane.
I was pooped after arriving home last night around 10:00, but I switched on the tv and the Helvetica Film was playing on TVO! SUPER exciting! So of course I stayed up to watch that.
I love TVO for playing such great documentaries…
So #1 : I had NO idea Helvetica was everywhere. Throughout the film they showed how Helvetica is being used (coporate logos, government documents, street signs, etc) and I was s.h.o.c.k.e.d! It’s everywhere!!
#2: I love the interview with Erik Spiekermann!
Most of the other interviewees were singing the praises of Helvetica. I almost felt like they would start saying that Helvetica is the saviour of civilization.
And then Spiekermann comes on and says something like, “Why is Helvetica used so often? Why is stupidity ubiquitous?”
:O
IT WAS ON TV?! I’ve been wanting to see it!!!
Um, yeah… a lot of designers don’t like Helvetica!
Comment by ceci — February 21, 2009 @ 5:55 pm
oh yeah? I thought you already saw it!
I was pretty bummed when I missed it earlier this month.
it’s on TVO again on Sunday Feb 22!! At 1:30am!
hehe, how much do you want to see it…
Comment by Cat — February 22, 2009 @ 12:52 am