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In 2007, Open Book Toronto produced its Words With series that featured interviews with twenty creative Canadians. Because these videos were so well received, the literary website has now come back with a new set of conversations that they’ve titled Type—only this time there’s a slight twist in the format. Unlike Words With’s straight-forward interviews, Type features artists from different fields (e.g. culinary arts, music, TV) interviewing each other. A writer may interview a dancer; a dancer may interview a chef. There are no scripted questions and the conversation can flow in any direction. This format was selected in order to break down the walls that separate the different spheres of talent in Toronto, and Open Book hopes this simple gesture will foster cross-communication between both the interviewees and their respective communities.

Signs should communicate quickly, efficiently, and effectively. Traffic signs are standardized, eliminating all guesswork, allowing motorists to glean the required information in as little time as possible, so they can focus on the road. Images further this concept and, when executed properly, relay more information in a fraction of the time. For example, it takes longer to describe "four oily gents in loincloths and leather with chains hanging in an otherwise drab environment" than it does to simply show you a photo. Mind, it would take less time still, to have just said it was a picture of Manowar, but indulge us, folks.