Sampler

Form Music Garage Sale

seb_and_d — 2005-07-19T19:17:33Z

Here's your chance to buy some FORM MUSIC gear, that makes you look good.
You can purchase the following items from now on for a short period of time.

Form Music Package
Contains: T-Shirt (royal blue or black), Almanac CD and a set of Buttons.
30 CHF | 25€

T-Shirt
Choose from royal blue or black
20 CHF | 15 €

Almanac CD
12 CHF | 10 €

T-Shirt Sizes are M & L. Add a few €'s for postage and packaging.
To order, please send an email to the FORM MUSIC SHOP with details on quantity and sizes. We will get back to you shortly.

We're sorry, but the FORM MUSIC iPod case can not be purchased.

Everything in It's Right Place

seb_and_d — 2005-07-06T22:04:05Z

Final presentation today at 09.00 am.
Wish us luck!

This Book is About Words

seb_and_d — 2005-07-04T08:18:01Z

The printed version of our documentation.
143 pages. 5 copies. 2 different styles of paper. 1 hole.
You can download a PDF here.

Since saturday we have been structuring and preparing our documents for the public presentation which will be held this thursday, july 7th, 09.00am.

The Real Deal

seb_and_d — 2005-07-02T16:55:11Z

You've been able to see it at the graduation show since yesterday, now it's online:

The FORM MUSIC website.

Take Your Shoes off and I'll Throw Them in the Lake

seb_and_d — 2005-07-01T07:15:04Z

Thanks to Erin's glorious dedication, we finally finished the FORM MUSIC website. And looking back to where we started it just looks lovely.

If the printer-gods are with us today, Mrs. Cannotpostnamehere will deliver the printed Almanac-packagings this morning. She shifted the deadline twice, because she bought the wrong colour for the silk-screen print, she accidentally called us thinking we were somebody else &c &c … not the kind of professional printer you are looking for … fingers crossed all things are going to be in place today!

Opening of the graduation show will be tonight at 5:00pm and we still got loads of stuff to do.

More updates later this afternoon.

Update:
Slanted, a german magazine for typographic culture just linked us this morning. Thank you, Angela.

Door Opens Both Ways

seb_and_d — 2005-06-30T09:18:33Z

Working on the design of our booth at the graduation show.

The opening of the show will be tomorrow, July 1st at 5:00pm.

You will be able to play with the website, listen to the music and see the rest of the visual identity of FORM MUSIC.

During the show, you will also have the opportunity to get hold of our FORM MUSIC package containing a T-Shirt and a few surprises.

Almanac Artwork

seb_and_d — 2005-06-28T14:53:58Z

Final Artwork of Volume I of the FORM MUSIC ALMANAC.

Just submitted the last files to Erin, while he is about to implement them.

Business Cards

seb_and_d — 2005-06-27T09:41:42Z

Just received 400 businesscards from our printer.

More updates later…busy…

Rotate and Slide

seb_and_d — 2005-06-22T23:53:26Z

Thanks to Hartmut Bohnacker we found somebody to help us with crazy maths in flash. He developed two of our essential ideas of the soon to be finished website and we love it.
Thanks again for the dedication.

You may have guessed from the time this entry was posted, we are in the last phase of the diploma.
We still got eight days to go until the graduation show will open it's doors.

To-do list for the next eight days:

Collect all the finished products from our printers and get it ready for the diploma show
Finish design of letterhead and envelope
Develop and design the documentation. (More details soon)
Develop concept and design for the graduation show
Develop concept and design a poster series for the show
etc etc etc

From the 1st of July on, we'll have to work on the presentation which will take place at the vortragsaal of the HGKZ on July, 7th from 9.00am - 1:00pm.

The presentation will be held publicly, so if you want to come you are warmly welcome.
For those of you who are not able to come, we will have a little surprise. Soon to be announced.

Emma Bu(n)tton

seb_and_d — 2005-06-21T18:55:59Z

Wicked!
The 200 button-badges ordered in the UK were just received in Munich. Little Emma couldn't resist and sports them even while asleep.

We are currently working on business cards, CD artwork and CD label. Final designs (print-deadline tomorrow) will be posted soon.

The site is also getting better and better. Thumbs up to Erin!
If your interested in the development, you can download it here.

The Neutral Typeface by Kai Bernau will be on display tomorrow at the KAKB in La Hague. Check out Letterlabor's website that has all the information you need to know. Relaunch is imminent!

The FORM MUSIC Almanac

seb_and_d — 2005-06-18T12:44:28Z

An essential part of the visual identity is the CD-series, which allows Mark to send out one every three months to potential clients.
So, Form Music will release four compilations each year.

We're going to use transparent CD-jackets wich are currently being printed with the graphic shapes of the FM identity. The booklets will contain information about the Form Music licensing services as well as a list of the artists and songs on the CD.

Check out the gallery

The origin of serie's name «Almanac» is explained here.

Section Design Rev III

seb_and_d — 2005-06-17T20:30:10Z

The latest layout-revision of the website is now online.

Change log:

Better legibility
Better over-all structure
Link colour revision
Width of text boxes now in music media proportions

Poster Contribution for Letterlabor

seb_and_d — 2005-06-16T23:41:31Z

This poster (70x100) was designed today for Kai Bernau's graduation project:
The Neutral Typeface.

What you see is what you [might] get

seb_and_d — 2005-06-15T16:55:10Z

The University of Applied Sciences, Zurich prints about 20.000 inviations for the diploma show each year. The exhibition covers all graduation works from graphic design to film to fine arts &c.

The invitation of this year's diploma show [July 1st—14th] was so awful that we had to take actions and print our design over the existing.
I think it's a bit more personal now ;-)

Tomorrow, we are going to post them to a number of friends.
If you are interested in getting one, leave your address in the comments or send us an e-mail.

FORM MUSIC Almanac Vol. I

seb_and_d — 2005-06-14T13:48:12Z

Here's the tracklist of FORM MUSIC's first edition of the seasonal compilation «The FORM MUSIC Almanac».

This series is an essential part of the identity and meant as a send-out to potential and existing clients to provide an insight in the competence of FORM MUSIC's / Vertical Form's musicians and composers.

01 State River Widening Cottonwood from Cottonhead
02 Mike Fellows All Wang Heavily from Limited Storyline Guest
03 Kim Hiorthøy Politiska Dikten Återvänder from Hei
04 Corker/Conboy Kite from In Light Of That Learnt Later
05 David Grubbs Knight Errant from A Guess at the Riddle
06 Sixtoo Perfect Wednesday from Antagonist Survival Kit Instrumental
07 Mcenroe Dumb It Down (feat. YY) from 5 Years in the Factory
08 Pan American 2 Streams from Pro Bono Publico
09 Smyglyssna Foaming Prairie Remix from We Can Fix It: Remixes
10 Einóma Á Floti from Milli Tonverka

All tracks were published on Vertical Form.

We are currently working on all four artworks for this compilation. One artwork for each season. Four CDs each year.