Created by Stefan Sagmeister, this amazing blog was spawned from a list, under the same title, that Stefan created in his own personal diary, and he now extends this question to you:
"What have you learned in your life so far? What is it that you are fairly sure about? What is it that you believe in by now?
Please do write it down beautifully. Design it digitally, photograph it, draw it, scan it and upload it. Use any media that works for you, paint, sculpture, film…."
I've wanted these since I first saw them, and they are back in stock now... the 'corner' and 'rock' concrete ring designs by studio 22 are available exclusively online through the designboom shop.
when the rings first went on sale earlier this year they sold out within days - so be quick this time to avoid disappointment!
We just got home from being on the road for a week. We were in Baltimore for the opening of Sweet at the University of Maryland and it was a great event and the exhibit is absolutely awesome. Its very well put together and a must-see if you are in the Baltimore/DC area.
Here are a few photos and click here to see even more.
I have come across a handful of these in the past, but I finally found a bunch posted in one spot. Check them out here, or do a search on YouTube for "Kinetic Type". Some cool stuff.
Beautiful type / alphabet / animals by Jeremy Pettis
via Chris Glass
Type designers decode the presidential candidates: What font says 'Change'?
via Swiss Miss
Hero is a part of a fantastic exhibit called Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster, at the University of Maryland running from February 6th - March 29th. The opening day reception on Wednesday February 6th, is extra special, as a group of us participating poster artists will be there for Sweet Booth, a mini-Flatstock meet'n'greet event from 11am - 7:30pm. Come say "HI" to us if you are in the Baltimore area, this is going to be an amazing event! And as another bonus, John Foster (author of the superb New Masters of Poster Design) will be lecturing on March 5, at 3pm. For more information, look at the UMD Art Gallery site here. Hope to see some of you there.
The world's greatest do-it-yourself toy just got shrunk!
The geniuses at the Kidrobot labs have managed to squeeze MUNNY's endless world of possibilities into a miniature, 4-inch frame. Paint, draw, or scribble; pierce, pose or clothe. Available in pink, blue and white, each mini MUNNY includes a mystery accessory, a sticker and a mini marker.
Expand your vinyl army with all 3 mini MUNNY colors on January 24th, only $9.99 each!
I would absolutely LOVE, to see this exhibit. “Seventy Years of Penguin Design” at the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath.
This fascinating exhibition from the Penguin archives examines the history of the Penguin book cover, tracing its design from the iconic triple-banded and colour-coded early covers to the multifarious covers of today.
Celebrating seven decades of book design the exhibition includes beautiful original artwork and early proofs. It explores the development of the famous Penguin logo and showcases some of the most iconic book covers in publishing history.
When Penguin was launched by Allen Lane in 1935 he set out to provide affordable titles to a larger audience than ever before. The cost of a Penguin paperback was kept low, only 6d (2½p), and through the look of the book Lane and his designers established an identity that still holds sway.
The visually strong three panel covers defined the look of Penguin for almost three decades and the exhibition explores its refinement and adaptation over this period as well as the introduction and proliferation of illustration and photography.
The characters that shaped the Penguin look also emerge within the show. Among them are German émigrés Jan Tschichold and Hans Schmoller who defined the early look, as well as innovative designers and illustrators including Alan Aldridge and David Pelham (whose original artwork will be displayed).
Drawing on original material from the Penguin archives and the University of Bristol, the display will show how Penguin has responded to - and influenced - changing trends in British culture. The classic orange fiction paperbacks will be displayed alongside dramatic banks of hundreds of Penguin book covers.
Free printable lil' birdies for you to download, print, cut up and play with! They are all super adorable. Check them all out here. And they even have a call for artists!
via notcot.org
2008's first Dunny by Tristan Eaton, The Tag Team 8" + 3", available in your choice of black or pink, each Dunny comes with a matching exlusive 3-inch FatCap, stop into Hero and get em now before they are gone.
Bring bad design to justice! Spend more than five minutes with any visually-conscious (or sometimes visually obsessive) person and you will see it everywhere (as they will point it out): bad color combos, heinous spacing, over-sized logos, and — eww — excessive use of bad typefaces.
Now the Design Police want to “Bring bad design to justice.” and they have even provided a Visual Enforcement Kit to help you with your vigilante justice… whether you choose to make that in the form of stickers, stencils, etc…. Design Police's downloadable Visual Enforcement Kit gives you a series of offense-marking stickers to gleefully place on bad kerning and other layout tragedies whenever you see fit. These five pages of design-geek glory include stickers including such amazing insults as "Unnecessary use of a Photoshop effect" or "Kern This". My personal favs are "Style Copied from: blank" and "Microsoft Word is not a design tool".
If this is making any sense to you so far you're probably a design geek, with a great awareness for bad design choices.
via Josh Spear
New York’s first public pay toilet opened on January 11th in Madison Square Park. The exterior sports a poster designed by Paula Scher, featuring the identity she developed for the park. The toilet is self-cleaning and costs a quarter to use.
via Pentagram's Blog
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