Personally, I don’t use a third-party font management application at all. I just move fonts in and out of the Fonts folder manually. It sounds tedious, but I use so few fonts that I find the trouble negligible enough to not worry about—especially in comparison to the headaches and overhead of a font management program. - Khoi Vinh
“Selection of work + Interview (Build designed cover), the issue came enclosed in a screen printed bag, with a selection of Build designed objects (A1 poster/Sticker set/Mouse-mat/Postcard set). The A1 poster (bottom) ‘Anatomy of a Build holding-page’ is one of Build’s many holding pages translated into printed form.”
Nice project overview at SeptemberIndustry. See all the shots here.
View the work of Samantha-Harvey you know you want to.
The first thing we see in NASA’s previous logos is that perennial truth that what looks futuristic today looks passe tomorrow. And of course tomorrow comes faster today than it did yesterday. We also wanted to avoid anything that would be too techy—NASA isn’t about technology; it’s about using technology as a vehicle for doing and going and discovering. So we went with a fairly neutral typeface that won’t look immediately dated. But we also wanted to de-emphasize the name in the logo to create more of a symbol that would be universally understood. So we eclipse the name with a giant sphere, which could be Earth or any other planet. In this way, we don’t get rid of the “meatball”; it’s still there, you just don’t see it.
TypArchive is an image library primarily focused on hand painted signage.The objective is to amass a comprehensive global collection of a high-quality images and produce hard-copy volumes.Amidst a landscape of vapid strip malls and sterile signage, hand-painted lettering retains a soulful aesthetic to be treasured. Like other crafts dissolving in the digital age, sign painting is a fading occupation. Today it’s easy for any layman with minimal computer knowledge to produce a sign within minutes, but the skill acquired to artfully produce hand lettering took years of apprenticeships, dedication and true talent.
Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Kako’s illustrations have been commissioned by people from all over the world; as a result, his work has been recognized by Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, Archive, SPD, Cannes Ad Festival, HQMix, El Ojo de IberoAmerica, D&DA.
What’s one thing you wish you knew when you started your career? That I could have declined some jobs. On the other hand, if I had, I wouldn’t know now how to avoid bad clients.
Happy cog talks about the process of the zappos redesign.
“We are pretty keen on viewing design as a verb, not a noun here. We never finish designs, we never “redesign,” we evolve. Business needs are always changing, economies change, customer needs change—hence how we tackle these issues need to evolve.”
Purchase an 1978 edition of Chair Magazine or have a quick perv here.
As a designer it is important to understand where design came from, how it developed, and who shaped its evolution. The more exposure you have to past, current and future design trends, styles and designers, the larger your problem-solving toolkit. The larger your toolkit, the more effective of a designer you can be.
Part of the graduate thesis of designer Dominic Flask, this site was created as a teaching tool for young designers just beginning to explore graphic design and as a reference tool for all designers. It is supposed to provide brief overviews of a wide range of topics rather than an in-depth study of only a few. It is a constantly evolving, changing, expanding reference library.
As a designer you can’t help but think about weird stuff. I can’t help but imagine that if curious space aliens with no knowledge of human artifacts came to this planet and went through my apartment, they’d initially find little to distinguish one possession from another. But I’d be willing to wager that it is the iPhone 4, amidst the clutter of objects on my desk, that they would pick up and begin inquisitively licking or running their antennae over or what have you.
The world’s first HTML5 embeddable album, Francis and the Lights’ It’ll Be Better site simplifies the music listening process for Apple’s new less Flash-friendly digital world. Developed by Muxtape founder Justin Ouellette, he created it specifically to play on the iPad and new iPhone 4, which otherwise can’t stream most music because of the operating system’s lack of Flash support. And, with this new site and the introduction of iOS 4, listeners can enjoy the album while simultaneously using other applications.
This limited edition version of 12IN12 by Craig Oldham is printed on yellow newsprint, and will be available exclusively for £1 at D&AD New Blood from June 24 – July 02. All proceeds will go to the D&AD Education charity. A great booklet for a great cause.
We’ve already said to much. More Soon has a great site.
Herman Millers Embody chairs to be exact. Read their post
Pick Me Up – an exhibition by Karl Maier and Craig Redman, runs until July 16 at Monster Children gallery, 20 Burton Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia. Review over at CR
Not sure what the popular apps are? Curious who is using what?
firstand20.com Gives the answers.
A collection of iPad wallpapers. 1024sq.com
“We designed these grid based home screen backgrounds for iPhone 3GS, iPhone4 and iPad* to coincide with the IOS4 software upgrade which allows you to select an image as a home screen background. These grid inspired layouts act as an organised wireframe structure to keep your applications in neat and tidy order on your iPhone or iPad*. With numbered grid rows and a ‘D’ for Dock you simply press hold and drag and drop your icons into the specific grid spots. Please note only works on devices running IOS4.”
Need more detail? effektivedesign.co.uk
Summary post over at – astheria.com
In graphic design, Marian Bantjes says, throwing your individuality into a project is heresy. She explains how she built her career doing just that, bringing her signature delicate illustrations to storefronts, valentines and even genetic diagrams.
David Thorne has written a post on a missing cat flyer design and the process, which is currently doing the rounds.
“Some things I have learned since setting out on my own about two months ago…”
“In Case of Design” challenges the design community with issues like “What part does criticism play in the role of a modern designer, or the education of an aspiring designer,” “How can the use of a common language better inform the public and designers themselves?” and “What responsibility does the media have in shaping design?” Jeppsson, frustrated with the level of breadth over depth when covering design in the media, explains that “the product-focused and uncritical ways in which it is being represented today really doesn’t do design any favors.”
“We curate an artist series of engraved leather covers which slip seamlessly over Moleskine® notebooks. Not only do the leather covers look fantastic engraved, they’re reusable and will only get better with age. We offer leather covers for both the pocket and large Moleskine® notebooks.”
As most of you will know (and the 600,000 others who pre-ordered on the first day), there is a new iPhone on it’s way.
Along with a new operating system , called ‘iOS4′. So what’s different? This article does a good job of explaining all new features & changes.
Worth a watch & possibly a bookmark
GDA Victoria is very excited to present the first in its Conversations with Designers film series, a new initiative designed to heighten the profile of Australian graphic designers internationally, act as an educational tool and position us as specialised strategic thinkers to the business community.
Although there’s a lot of footage of international designers to be found on the internet, Australians are conspicuous in their absence. We aim to rectify this shortfall and give Australian designers a better presence both nationally and internationally.
The films will feature respected Australian designers of diverse styles and backgrounds working in areas of print and digital multimedia. Our first “conversation” is with Michaela Webb from award winning Studio Round.
We had to mention it. Get the poster or view an interactive schedule
Get a stamp kit, then it’ll be like when you were 10 years old. YALL & US Stamp kit
Audi is one of my favorite brands – a lovemark if you will. But seriously, how ridiculously expensive can a foosball table be? Audi have made 20 units handcrafted from wood, aluminum and extra strong plastic. Ten Audi trainees built the prototypes over the last year, while Bavarian foosball company Leonhart took on final production of the object.
“It’s a attractive task to transfer our cars’ design language to other day-to-day articles, and the results are often surprising,” said Audi design chief Wolfgang Egger. “The Audi Design soccer table features large-area, flowing surfaces and sharp, clearly defined lines.”
One table will remain at Audi’s Concept Design studio in Munich. Hopefully, they’ll let the general public get in on a game every once now and then.
I love it when companies like Audi use their design talents and spit out a few random creations like this – great stuff!
There are a few more images of the table over at this design blog.
“Unless your name is Massimo, chances are you have more than three or four typefaces in your collection.”
Excellent post by the guys at www.idsgn.org read the full article.
Past Inspiration. View over at www.projectthirtythree.com
Anyone can start a blog.
“The worst ampersand designs in typographic history. Or, when ampersands go wrong.”
See who took home some Yellow Pencils. D&AD 2o1o winners.
Good post on how the marlboro man snuck in the race over here.
When we first saw this we were naturally interested. A very creative approach to time management.
‘daily stack’ is time management tool created by designers sebastian rønde thielke and anders højmose.
the simple design allows users to help track their work flow by creating physical representations of their
tasks. the design consists of a small base and a series of wood blocks that each have a different colour
and shape. each colour represents a different task and the time interval is determined by the size of the
block. the user stacks their tasks on the base, committing to them. the base contains electronics that
communicate with a computer, tracking time and tasks in progress digitally. the user can even go back
through their archive and look at previous stacks. the design helps the user better visualize their time,
helping them make the most of it.
Brilliant.
Rethink Scholarship at Langara 2010 Call for Entries from Langara College on Vimeo.
iPad + Velcro from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.
This redesign of the key hole will make sure you get inside in time. No more trying to hold your phone up to the hole…
