Ingenious ingenuity

Second time's the charm. So hope the founders of the second annual Cleveland ingenuity Festival taking place this month July 13 to 16. Reports I heard from last year were that performance quality was a bit spotty and organization was lacking, but hey, that's the way it often goes with the first of anything.

They describe 3 events on the site--a dance performance, a multimedia performance, and an interactive video game. But they say you'll be able to see the work of 90 artists. Interesting approach having everything on the website--including all type--done as a graphic rather than HTML text. Anyway, you'll notice how unusual the typeface is on the events page--each "i" is a little smaller size than the other letters; each "g" is goes a little below the line and is kind of scrunched vertically. While not the easiest to read on screen, this typeface is very creative--maybe one of the iNGENUITY participants invented it.

Got big sponsors this year--Cleveland, George Gund, and several other foundations. Hope this year's celebration generates all the hoped-for response.