Mutant title sequence
Forget the Film, Watch the Titles on the X-Men: First Class title sequence:
The challenge Clowes set for himself was to see in how many different ways he could graphically represent the scientific methods and technologies and the cellular processes associated with gene technology and mutation. “I researched everything from DNA printing and genetic coding, and from mitosis and meiosis to amino acid formations. Everything looked very scientific in nature and not very interesting, so I began deconstructing the shapes, changing the colors and redrawing them in Adobe Illustrator. I placed a lot of restrictions on the design regarding colors and shapes and the typography.”
Watch the type blur, jitter, and glide as if under a microscope. (Via Khoi Vinh.)