5.20.2010

face to every city

So I learned about a cool project going on a few days ago. CitID is an "ambitious project aiming to gain global consciousness by giving a (type)face to every city worldwide." And it's been fun to check it out and think about all the places I've been. Do these typfaces really grab the impression that I left these cities with? Here are some awesome examples of a few places I've explored myself:

Los Angeles, California


New York, New York


London, England


Portland, Oregon


Lincoln, Nebraska


Erfurt, Germany


Dublin, Ireland


Cologne, Germany



Beograd (Belgrade), Serbia


Take a look at the site... which are your favorites? (I think mine is the Philadelphia image...) Do you see your hometown or current city of residence? Do you think that they accurately represent your personal impression? How would you design them differently? Have fun exploring!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Clever! Dublin might be my favorite of those posted. Fourth graders would understand the Lincoln, NE one! :)

annie said...

love the lincoln one :)