Sign­Sphere is a montly col­lec­tion of inspi­ra­tional links and infor­ma­tion for design, typog­ra­phy, archi­tec­ture and sig­nage & wayfind­ing top­ics. You can find the edi­tions of 2008 here. This edi­tion of Sign­Sphere is a col­lec­tion of a col­lec­tions best of best, so to say. I have gath­ered posts that inter­ested me in 2008. Please share your favourite blog­post of 2008 in the com­ments, thank you.

Sign­Sphere Highlights

In the edi­tion of May 2008 one of the most remark­able men­tions was the great Font Game to move to iLoveTy­pog­ra­phy, still when I play this it just puts a smile on my face.

• Visit the Font Game over at iLT and share your top score!

In the June edi­tion I men­tioned the open­ing of new Dutch Design Musem, Graphic Design Museum Breda. It has proved to be an great place for design­ers to show their work and come together to enjoy like minds. If you are ever in the Nether­lands try to visit this musuem.

• Visit the Dutch Design Museum Graphic Design Museum Breda.

In the July edi­tion there was a men­tion of a new and excit­ing web­site from logo designer David Airey, Iconic logo design­ers. The web­site is a huge and com­plete col­lec­tion of iconic logo design­ers and resources of work they have cre­ated. A great web­site if you are into logo designers.

• Visit the web­site iconic logo design­ers for more information.

In the Sep­tem­ber Edi­tion I men­tioned the startup of Daily Cre­at­tica, by the Envato Net­work (PSD­Tuts and more). Daily Cre­at­tica is a col­lec­tion of inter­est­ing things that are hap­pen­ing in the field of design on a broad per­spec­tive. They have man­aged to bring the read­ers every day one or more arti­cles. I always enjoy read­ing the blog and the qual­ity of the con­tent (links) is very high. Rec­om­mended readings.

• Visit Daily Cre­at­tica for your daily dose of design inspiration!.

For the Octo­ber edi­tion I had to share my new cor­po­rate web­site for sig­nage & wayfind­ing projects and con­sult­ing Bau­mannSign. Since its startup as new cor­po­rate web­site is has been a great suc­ces and hope to grow in this direc­tion for the future to come. Thanks you for the response about BaumannSign.

• Visit the web­site Bau­mannSign for sig­nage & wayfind­ing projects by Sander Baumann.

In the Novem­ber edi­tion there was a men­tion of an essay on the NYC Sub­way and the Helvec­tia, in this 9 pages count­ing essay the author writes about how the type­face was cho­sen and why it is in use for the NYC Sub­way, an inter­est­ing read over at Aiga.

• Read the com­plete story about the type­face Hel­vetica and NYC Sub­way at Aiga.

Design­Work­Plan High­lights 2008

In the past year I have writ­ten var­i­ous arti­cles, some of them got the atten­tion of other blog­gers and the dis­cus­sion started. I am very happy that DWP has evolved to bring infor­ma­tion on a broad level of design and visual com­mu­ni­ca­tion. I could have only man­aged to do this by the huge sup­port from the (design) com­mu­nity. Thank you all for par­tic­i­pat­ing at Design­Work­Plan. Below is a list of arti­cles, high­lights of 2008.

• Design case: Shell cor­po­rate iden­tity change for the fuel sta­tions in Europe.
• News­pa­per restyle: The daily Dutch Het Parool news­pa­per restyled and started using the type­face MetaSerif from Erik Spiekermann.
• Free vec­tor arrows: The release of a col­lec­tion of free vec­tor arrows to use in designs as needed designed by Sander Baumann.
• Here at DWP I have col­lected two show­cases of type­faces in the wild, first off was the type­face Meta by Erik Spiek­er­mann which was every­where… Sec­ondly I spot­ted Rotis every­where. Now work­ing on more show­cases of typog­ra­phy in the wild, stay tuned.
• Air­port Sig­nage show­case: A col­lec­tion of pho­tos of Air­port sig­nage from all over world.
• Brand­ing: Dutch gov­ern­ment intro­duces type­face as part of their branding.
• You can find all the posts in the Design­Work­Plan archive.

High­lights and blogs that I read in 2008

My daily dose of inspi­ra­tion and news facts on things hap­pen­ing in the design-blog-o-sphere is read in the rss reader. Below are some of the high­lights of the past year.

I searched for a best of best arti­cle for iLT (iLoveTy­pog­ra­phy) could not find it, all the posts are great. Visit iLT and subscribe!

A col­lec­tion of 81 of the best logo design resources by Logo Design Love.

The Para­graph in Web Typog­ra­phy & Design by Jon Tan.

The great type blog The Font­Feed, much great infor­ma­tion. Visit The FF and subscribe!

High­lights of Smash­ing­Magazine 2008, just amaz­ing! Visit and subscribe!

A great 2008 roundup by David Airey at his per­sonal blog, visit the arti­cle.

I have recently dis­coverd the design web­site of Michael Sur­tees, Design­Notes, he cov­ers many top­ics and has a high qual­ity blog.

Thanks read­ers

Design­Work­Plan has brought and thought me many won­der­ful things, I enjoy writ­ing for you and are amazed with the feed­back, thank you! I could not have achieved this with­out you! 2008 was a blast, stay tuned in 2009 here we come…

Share your favourite blog­post of 2008

There are many more arti­cles to men­tion, but now its time to let hear the DWP read­ers voice! Please share your favourite blog­post of 2008 in the com­ments! Thank you very much in advance! Happy New Year.