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Design writer (and
valued Change Observer contributor) Bradford McKee has been named editor-in-chief of
Landscape Architecture magazine.
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On the trials of being a design juror comparing apples and oranges (or social housing and folding electrical plugs). (Thanks to Brad McKee.)
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Green Patriot Posters is accepting poster design submissions to be included in an upcoming book that brings together the strongest contemporary graphic design promoting sustainability and the fight against climate change. Deadline is March 27th. Submit
here.
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British student Min-Kyu Choi's
radical redesign of the humble three-pin plug has won the top prize in the
Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Awards.
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"
The Solo Traveler lid is a substitute for a mother’s breast – what we might call nature’s original travel lid." Steve Heller on the Freudian subtext of takeout coffee.
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Der Scutt, architect of
Trump Tower and
master of the reclad,
dies at 75.
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The
coolest interior design studio website we've ever seen. (Thanks to Kristina DiMatteo.)
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For an
interactive periodic table — and in celebration of 2011 being the International Year of Chemistry — the Chemical Heritage Foundation is looking for students to create short documentary-style videos about individual elements. (Thanks to Carol Schwartz.)
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Karen Horton scores big at the Chelsea Flea Market. Her find?
Saul Bass matchbook covers for Hunt-Wesson. More
here.
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Design Observer's
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Applications are now being accepted for
Sahre, Victore, Wilker 2010.
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Based on my talk about
clients at
Creative Mornings, Hal Siegel posts
A Client Bill of Rights.
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The
Yale University Library's
Arts of the Book Collection includes a mostly uncatalogued collection of nearly one million bookplates. Slide shows
here and
here. (Thanks to Andrea Montfried.)
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Lovely, gifted design writer
Sarah Verdone dies after a long struggle with cancer. Our heartfelt condolences to her husband, Tucker Viemeister, and daughters, Josephine and Louisa.
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Arial:
it's a little bit bullshit!
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Attendees at this year's Design Indaba conference in Cape Town were treated to crowd-pleasing video mashups
like this one: stunning. (Thanks to Malcolm Drenttel.)
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On May 13th, 1946, Jon Gnagy became the first performer on the first show broadcast on the Empire State Building's newly-installed television antenna. Remembering "
Learn to Draw with Jon Gnagy," the world's first television art teacher.
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It's the Dreaded Killer Jellyfish of Graphic Design Favors:
now available as a poster!
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David Pearson, the man behind the legendary
Penguin Great Ideas series, designs
beautiful handmade covers for the books of Cormac McCarthy. (Via
AceJet.)
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From his Abstract City blog, a
collection of maps invented by the always amazing
Christoph Niemann.
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Design Observer's
Job Board has new jobs in Cambridge, NYC, Nashville, SF, Chicago, Cincinnati, DC, Atlanta and London. Companies hiring include Kaplan Test Prep, Clementine Paper, Bryant Park Corporation, Lowe's, Samsung, Alien Skin Software and Digitas.
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Greg Kindall's gallery of
book trade labels. Exquisite.
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Honest movie posters. (Via
Kottke.)
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When
Herbert Matter got the job to design a new
logo for the New Haven Railroad
he literally went through hundreds of sketches before arriving at the final logo.
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