Observed | June 01
For the Army Corps of Engineers in 1944, Harold Fisk created
extraordinarily beautiful maps of the changing Mississippi River over time. [MB]
Observed | May 29
A brilliant and timely design exploration: Alexandra Bell disrupts perception by rewriting headlines. (Via Lana Rigsby.) [JH]
Observed | May 28
The new book from Scott Berkun,
How Design Makes the World, “will help you see design everywhere and question why it works—or why it fails.”—Ellen Lupton.
Watch the trailer. [BV]
Observed | May 27
Kate Wagner at McMansionHell on
the rise of Coronagrifting: “cheap mockups of COVID-related design ‘solutions’ filling the endlessly scrollable feeds of PR-beholden design websites” [MB]
Observed | May 21
Former Design of Business | Business of Design podcast guest David Rockwell creates a kit for
instant outdoor restaurant dining. [MB]
Observed | May 20
Floodwaters threaten Mies van der Rohe’s
Farnsworth House. [MB]
Observed | May 19
A map featuring the 222 typefaces named for American places. (via
James I. Bowie) [BV]
Observed | May 15
Matteo Zallio, a design research scholar from Stanford, has developed
a multipurpose tool as an open source response to COVID-19 outbreaks.. [BV]
Observed | May 14
Seven artists on how
creating during the quarantine is helping them find solace and meaning in this period of uncertainty and paralyzing anxiety. [BV]
Observed | May 06
On the
Detroit City of Design Podcast, Jessica Helfand points to curiosity and agile thinking as a resource for creativity. [BV]
Observed | May 04
How poster artist
Randy Tuten inducted Led Zeppelin into the Avocado Club. (via
James I. Bowie) [BV]
Observed | April 27
Is the NYC subway system being
unfairly blamed for spreading COVID-19? [MB]
Observed | April 24
Is minimalism the punch line to some joke we haven‘t heard yet, but are about to? [JH]
Observed | April 21
The Great Pottery Throw Down is the feel-good home and design show we need right now. It‘s chill, creative, and educational (with a tiny side of drama). [BV]
Observed | April 20
Shepard Fairey collaborates with Adobe to make a new series of posters
celebrating the medical first-responders on the front lines during Covid-19. [JH]
Observed | April 17
How
tape is remaking the urban landscape in Singapore. (via Daniel Benneworth-Gray) [BE]
Observed | April 16
The
#BestNYAccent challenge on Instagram from Nicolas Heller, answers the question: How does a New Yawker tawk? (via Steven Heller) [BV]
Observed | April 15
The
New York City underground punk scene is alive and well and living in color. [BV]
An interview with Farrar, Straus and Giroux Art Director,
Na Kim. (Via Mike Errico.) [JH]
Observed | April 14
A beautiful and hypnotic
social distancing commercial for the Ohio Department of Heath, directed by Andy Nick of Dayton‘s Real Art agency [MB]
On the occasion of its 50th birthday,
The New York Times traces the history of
the Rolling Stones’ logo. (via
James I. Bowie) [BV]
Observed | April 08
When Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick suggested sacrificing Texans to the pandemic in order to save the economy, Alex Rich, a data scientist, teamed up with a data visualization friend to
create a tool that maps your location to locally confirmed cases. [JH]
Observed | April 07
A college student—with help from her mom—
makes masks made for the deaf and hard of hearing community. [JH]
The UN and World Health Organization are looking for
designs that informs the public about coronavirus. [JH]
Observed | April 03
Can computer chips design themselves? [JH]
From Frasier to Veep:
Imagining your favorite television characters in a pandemic. [JH]
Observed | April 02
NASA’s “Worm” logo has returned! But the sad old “Meatball” remains the primary mark. (via
James I. Bowie) [BV]
Annals of virus visualization: Center for Disease Control designers create branding coordinated to work with the now-iconic illustration. [JH]
Observed | April 01
Mad Max meets Little House on the Prairie:
how to make your own face mask. [JH]
Observed | March 31
Michael Sorkin’s list of
two hundred fifty things every architect should know. [BV]
John Foster and his wife, Teenuh, have been longtime collectors of self-taught art and vernacular photography. Their collection of anonymous, found snapshots has toured the country for five years and has been featured in Harper’s, Newsweek Online and others. 
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