It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by SHED (Palookaville)

In his first graphic novel, It’s a Good Life, if You Don’t Weaken, Seth pays homage to the wit and sophistication of the old-fashioned magazine cartoon. While trying to understand his dissatisfaction with the present, Seth discovers the life and work of Kalo, a forgotten New Yorker cartoonist from the 1940s. But his obsession blinds him to the needs of his lover and the quiet desperation of his family. Wry self-reflection and moody colours characterize Seth’s style in this tale about learning lessons from nostalgia. His playful and sophisticated experiment with memoir provoked a furious debate among cartoon historians and archivists about the existence of Kalo, and prompted a Details feature about Seth's "hoax".

THE ARRIVAL BY SHAUN TAN

Wordless yet containing worlds, Shaun Tan's The Arrival Graphic novel demonstrates the power of fantasy to show us our reality. A simple story that focus on the complexity of every-day life, one in which every detail has been lovingly and carefully thought out.
http://www.shauntan.net/books/the-arrival.html

BUILDINGS GROW OLD AS WELL...

How the Savoy Centre in Glasgow city centre currently looks

This is how the Savoy Centre would look if the £80million plan is given the go-ahead to create a new hotel and turn the mall into a 30-storey landmark building

OLD PEOPLE FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCES

Growing Old - Coping With Problems Of Isolation And Abandonment / Video 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHrrq78tS0c

 Depression as we get older / video

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-CEj271Kxo&feature=related

 Perceptions of ageing

http://www.ifs.org.uk/elsa/report06/ch11.pdf

Cant afford go old


http://librarymedia.org/aging/Titles/cantafford.htm

Away from her (Film)
A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease

THE FORGOTTEN

A 30-min documentary exploring loneliness and depression in old age.

http://vimeo.com/23971499

Paco Roca: Arrugas (Wrinkles)

Beijing Typography 2009

 

In 1928, in his book entitled The New Typography, Jan Tschichold wrote "Unity of life: the arbitrary isolation of a part is no longer possible for us - every part belongs to and harmonizes with the whole. Where slackness is still the rule, we must make it our work to fight against laziness, envy, and narrow-mindedness. Typography too must now make itself part of all the other fields of creativity."
Almost a century has passed, yet we are still able to sense a similar freshness and eclecticism in our current digitalized age. Typography as a tool for information communication not only engages traditional mediums (such as books and posters), but is also permeating into new mediums such as space, interactive media and motion graphics. Contemporary typography demonstrates new possibilities, both in terms of words and images, and form and concept. Designers are adhering to the traditional, whilst looking forward to the unexpected. As a result, various understandings of and discussions on typography have started to emerge.
Chinese characters, for example, symbolize both word and image, indicating sound and meaning. In its five thousand-year history as a language system that incorporates pictograms, ideograms and phonograms, the Chinese language has evolved into a highly sophisticated writing culture, illustrated by the creation of the first form of (wood-based) printing. Furthermore, the idea of calligraphy as a "sophisticated art" has influenced many countries worldwide. Over the last 30 years, however, a new set of technological difficulties have been confronted and overcome, including the migration from traditional writing and mechanical systems to a digitalized one.
Blessed with their rich typographic history, designers are simultaneously confronted with many problems. For instance, what does typography mean in the face of the technological and socio-cultural transformations of today? Can anyone become a designer when equipped with computer technologies and digitized type? In what ways has new life affected typography and designers?
To showcase the research and international efforts of the past couple of years, as well as the re-thinking of the complex nature of typographic art, we cordially invite you to participate in bt'09, an exhibition founded on the theme of "Typography, Unity with New Life."...

http://facesofdesign.com/event/beijing-typography-2009