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Great coverage of type-related updates to both Esquire and Condé Nast Traveler by André Mora at Fonts In Use. Both publications have adopted Commercial Type’s geometric sans Graphik, pairing it with commissioned serif Granger (named for its editor) and the playful swashes of DSType’s Leitura (pictured), respectively.

Tapmates’ Robin Raszka redesigns Instagram for fun.

Peter Mendelsund turns a small typographic request into a faultless redesign of an entire series (via Dan Wagstaff):

Several weeks ago I was asked to re-tool the type treatment on the old US edition cover of The Archeology of Knowledge by the great philosopher, sociologist, and géneálogiste Michel Foucault.

iA has made available its entire 17-page (paid) pitch document for the redesign of Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger in a detailed article discussing the proposed solution. The UX-led approach, while conceptually and aesthetically strong, ultimately failed to win over the client. Some beautiful typography (Frutiger New and Frutiger Serif) and bold ideas in there though: I quite like the concept of article keywords highlighted in blue for easy scanning of the paper’s title page. (via Inky)

Jina Bolton updates Sushi & Robots. Exquisite right down to the strict baseline typography grid. (via Chris Bowler)

Doug Bowman’s influence arrives on Twitter’s new home page, with an improved palette and realtime display of popular topics. Biz Stone:

We’re eager to see if encouraging a sense of wonder and discovery leads to a better first impression of Twitter.

Darren Wood:

Wow! Carsonified redesigns with an awesome retro look.

Newsweek redesigns. Archer doesn’t seem the right choice internally.

Harvard Review redesign by Alex Camlin. (via Nicholas Felton)