04.12.2013

Unmixed Paint

A gallery of unmixed paint cans.

04.11.2013

Recent Books Received: 04.11.13

Various writer's Eye On A Century; I Used To Be A Design Student by Frank Philippin and Billy Kiosoglou; Work For Money, Design For Love by David Airey; See What I Mean : How to Use Comics to Communicate Ideas by Kevin Cheng; Content Everywhere by Sara Wachter-Boettcher

04.10.2013

Flickr Collection of the Week: Damaged Goods

Damaged Goods is a Flickr gallery curated by ART NAHPRO, who describes it this way: Some people like to restore and clean up old images. I generally like the scratches stains and patina that these fragile objects have acquired on their passage through life.

04.09.2013

Czech Book Covers of the 1920's and 30's

The Smithsonian has an engaging collection of Czech avant-garde book cover designs from the 1920s and 30s.

04.08.2013

Welcoming Dr. Paul Polak

Welcoming Dr. Paul Polak as a Design Observer contributing writer.

04.04.2013

Rick Poynor: Writing with Pictures

Rick Poynor is increasingly preoccupied, as a photographer, with making images himself and will speak about it at a DCrit lecture April 9, 2013.

04.04.2013

Flickr Collection of the Week: The Library

The Library is a curated Flickr gallery of antique books.

04.03.2013

The Emergence of Advertising in America

The "Emergence of Advertising in America 1850-1920" collection at the Duke University Library has over 3,300 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States.

03.29.2013

The Enduring Allure of Vintage Snapshots

Collector's Weekly has profiled John Foster about his love for, and collection of, vernacular photography.

03.28.2013

Ann Weber Dumpster Dives in Rome

A film by Nick Heller about Ann Weber, a California-based artist who currently works primarily in cardboard.

03.27.2013

Flickr Collection of the Week: Curatimus Maximus

"Curatimus Maximus" is dedicated to color street photography and is a beautifully curated group of imagery.

03.27.2013

Graphic Advocacy Posters

Graphic Advocacy Posters

03.26.2013

Classic Albums Reimagined as Books

Christophe Gowans re-imagines well-known album covers as book jackets.

03.26.2013

Recent Books Received: 03.26.13

"Dialog" : What Makes a Great Partnership, Philosophy of Design, The Cinema of Me, Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli's Field and Ken Garland: Structure and Substance

03.25.2013

Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders

“Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders” is a weeklong AIGA professional development program that gives senior-level designers valuable insights into the issues faced by corporate executives.

03.22.2013

Mirror

The Seattle Art Museum will change permanently when Doug Aitken’s newest art installation — a giant LED and glass display called Mirror — is revealed.

03.21.2013

1920s Chicago Transit Posters

Chicago-L.org has a small, but gem filled collection of Chicago transit posters from the 1920s.

03.20.2013

Free Desk Here

Free Desk Here is a collaboration initiative set up by Nick Couch to encourage collaboration between design professionals.

03.20.2013

Flickr Collection of the Week: Bladerunner Magazines

The world of Bladerunner showcases some of the most elaborate production design in film history, all the way down to its magazine covers.

03.19.2013

Google on the Mountain

On Monday, March 18, Google released Street View images from four of the seven tallest mountains on earth.

03.19.2013

2012: The Year in Construction

Engineering News-Record, a weekly technical magazine that traces it's roots back to 1874, has announced the winners of their "2012 The Year In Contruction" photo competition.

03.18.2013

Pantone Food Chips

A series of hand-made pantone chips using everyday foods from designer David Schwen.

03.18.2013

We The Designers

“We the Designers” is a national exhibition of self-authored graphic design on view through April 5 at the AIGA National Design Center in NYC.

03.15.2013

Compostmodern 2013

Explore the idea of resilience at Compostmodern in San Francisco (March 22-23)

03.15.2013

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Medalists Announced

Today the winners of the 90th annual National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were announced.

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