Marta Bernstein
@martabernstein.bsky.social
Milanese designer gone PNW. Creative director, type & typography educator. Researcher at Nebiolo History Project. Wayfinding, EGD, exhibit design. Politics. Cats. ENG/ITA
New issue of the newsletter is out: A mind-blowing archive of old maps, a book about street signs, coffee and belonging, interesting things I watched and listened to. mspace.beehiiv.com/p/m-002-get-...
m—002: get lost in maps
In this issue: maps and infographics; coffee and type. Plus some ugly flowers and other audio/visual things worth mentioning.
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I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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The work of Italian designer Pino Migliazzo. Scanned from Idea 057, 1963 designreviewed.com/artefacts/id...
Type design peaked with Winona Ryder’s drawers in Heathers
On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.
I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
There are loads of curators on here. How do you mount a head with a hollow neck? Head about the size of a big grapefruit in terracotta. Any ideas appreciated.
Directness in headline copywriting, this morning in 1922, Minneapolis Tribune
🧵 Mark Zuckerberg sta censurando le attiviste per i diritti delle donne e delle persone LGBTQI+ nell'UE. Lo denuncia l'eurodeputata verde Alexandra Geese, che da mesi chiede conto alla Commissione Europea di quello che sta succedendo su Instagram
Join me for a Typelab talk > Fearless Research: How an Intermittent Historian Organizes Her Material. I’ll talk databases and other tools. Wed June 24th at 6pm CEST / 12pm Eastern / 9am Pacific. 2026.typographics.com/typelab/as part of @typographicsnyc.bsky.social
TypeLab – Typographics 2026
The TypeLab at Typographics 2026 will host a series of informal workshops, demos, interviews, experiments, and more. TypeLab events will be a split across multiple days and platforms, with a combinati...
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Latest issue of my newsletter is out: my report from Atypi Stanford, with a focus on historic research and design accessibility. «A case for conferences» can be read here mspace.beehiiv.com/p/m-001-a-c…
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RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
It is so Seattle to have a local beach named by an indigenous tribe... followed by a beach named after a tech corporation
Feels like a lot of STEM guys believed coding was the hardest thing a human could do, and assumed that once somebody invented an AI that can code, it would follow naturally that the AI can do all of the lesser non-coding things that other dumber people were doing
First issue of «m—space», my infrequent newsletter, it out: why and what is coming next, some thank yous, a minimal illustrator, an impressive watercolor painter, some type. You can read it here: mspace.beehiiv.com/p/m-000-here...
m—000: here we are / eccoci
First issue of «m—space»: why a newsletter, what is coming next, some thank yous, a minimal illustrator, an impressive watercolor painter, some type.
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Pictured below are some mid-century examples of àdìrẹ eleko (starch-resist), àdìrẹ alabere (stitch-resist), àdìrẹ oniko (tying raffia around the cloth, sometimes with small seeds or stones to create a pattern), and even hand painted cloth. The last really turns cloth into art.
A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
I am frustrated with social media and I strongly believe it’s the right time for small well-crafted things, made by humans for humans, with love and care. I am starting a newsletter: mspace.beehiiv.com
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Infrequent newsletter written by Marta Bernstein, Milanese designer and curious mind living in Seattle. It’s time for small well-crafted things, free from the algorithm.
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I am frustrated with social media and I strongly believe it’s the right time for small well-crafted things, made by humans for humans, with love and care. I am starting a newsletter: mspace.beehiiv.com
Home | m—space
Infrequent newsletter written by Marta Bernstein, Milanese designer and curious mind living in Seattle. It’s time for small well-crafted things, free from the algorithm.
mspace.beehiiv.com
Take away the bubble and we'd call the things AI can do "plug-ins." Some would use them, and others wouldn't, and some uses would be productive, and others would be foolish, but we wouldn't bet the economy on them, nor squander our last dribbles of potable water to cool their data centers. 23/
“In his view, the medal is not a forgery. A forgery implies that there is a genuine medal. As the genuine philology medal does not exist, his medal cannot be a forgery.”
C🅰️S Ⓜ️UDDE@casmudde.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis made my day! If you need a laugh, please read this story. Masterful! 😂
We have finally completed the digitization of this unique work, so as of now it is available online for all #earlymodern #rarebooks #bookhistory people to enjoy! ☞ dams1.antwerpen.be/asset/KIataT...
Cunst der boeckbinders handwerck
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Zanna Van Loon@zannavanloon.bsky.social · 11mo agoThis manuscript by Anselmus Faust, dated 1612, is the oldest surviving European manual on bookbinding. Written in Latin & Dutch, it was created for the St Bernard's Abbey near Antwerp. What makes it especially unique is its rare dos à dos binding: 2 books bound back-to-back, sharing a single spine.
