Helvetica é um documentário independente lançado em 2007. O ano de lançamento, por sinal, não é obra do acaso. Tudo foi preparado para coincidir com os 50 anos do release oficial da família tipográfica desenhada por Max Miedinger para a Haas Type Foundry, que foi comprada pela Stempel, que depois foi comprada pela Linotype, atual dona da Helvetica. Adorada por uns, odiada por outros, a Helvetica está entre as famílias tipográficas mais utilizadas do século XX.
O filme contém entrevistas com designers consagrados mundialmente como Erik Spiekermann, Matthew Carter, Massimo Vignelli, Wim Crouwel, Hermann Zapf, Neville Brody, Stefan Sagmeister, David Carson, Paula Scher, Mike Parker entre outros. Muitos desses designers seguem usando a Helvetica em seus projetos. Já outros são críticos ao seu desenho e/ou estilo. Posições que ficam bem claras nas entrevistas.
Uma grande homenagem a uma família que faz parte do nosso cotidiano sem que a grande maioria das pessoas perceba. Sem dúvida um dos melhores documentários sobre design!
Release em inglês:
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.
Helvetica encompasses the worlds of design, advertising, psychology, and communication, and invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day. The film was shot in high-definition on location in the United States, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France and Belgium.
Interviewees in Helvetica include some of the most illustrious and innovative names in the design world, including Erik Spiekermann, Matthew Carter, Massimo Vignelli, Wim Crouwel, Hermann Zapf, Neville Brody, Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Bierut, David Carson, Paula Scher, Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Experimental Jetset, Michael C. Place, Norm, Alfred Hoffmann, Mike Parker, Bruno Steinert, Otmar Hoefer, Leslie Savan, Rick Poynor, and Lars Müller.
Helvetica had its World Premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2007. The film subsequently toured film festivals, special events, and art house cinemas worldwide, playing in over 300 cities in 40 countries. It received its television premiere on BBC1 in November 2007, and will be broadcast on PBS as part of the Emmy award-winning series Independent Lens in fall 2008. The film was nominated for a 2008 Independent Spirit Award in the “Truer Than Fiction” category, and was shortlisted for the Design Museum London’s “Designs of the Year” Award. An excerpt of the film was included in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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