Twitter Roundup: Week of 27 July
- Recognize:
- International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2009 Gold Award Winners. Best in Show? Nike's Trash Talk shoe.
- Evoke:
- Been awhile since visiting SeptemberIndustry? Tsk-tsk. Typography after the jump; be sure to study each category.
- Gawk:
- Stella Artois agency, Mother, pulls a rabbit out of the hat; illustrator Robert McGinnis. Absolutely gorgeous.
- Examine:
- Dieter Rams on Designing for Braun through the 60s. From Theodore Rosendorf's (always inspired) Type Desk blog.
- Rest:
- The design hotel heads in new directions. Marcel Wanders, A00 Architecture, LTW Designworks. Fulcrum Magazine.
- Reflect:
- Being mentioned in an article about Mr. Rand makes us blush. Relearning from Paul Rand. Nate Burgos for TFAL.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 31 July 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post (3 so far)
Twitter Roundup: Week of 20 July
- Peek:
- Pinch is about to wrap two titles for Hawthorne. In the meantime, our first eight seasons, from cover to cover.
- Admire:
- Visuelle reminded us why we're such fans of London's SEA Design. Pure, simple, classic; Beyon, Maitland, OQO.
- Stow:
- What's not to love about the modern shed? Affordable contemporary architecture in your own back yard. Treehugger.
- Stack:
- Dwell reveals the process behind Arne Jacobsen's iconic 3107 Chair. Fritz Hansen, veneer, cotton, paint + time.
- Treasure:
- AIGA Design Archives continues its expansion. A collection of contemporary design for research and reference.
- Transfer:
- Designboom reconsiders taxis of the future with help from Eva Marit Toftum, Hybrid, Daniel Kocyba, Petr Kubik.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 24 July 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post (8 so far)
Twitter Roundup: Week of 13 July
It's about time. We've been remiss in posting the weekly Twitter Roundup for the very reason we asked you whether @Pinch_Bespoke should continue in its current form: client work is again at a steady pace and we needed to know whether the effort was worth it. Apparently, it is. In the week that passed, we shared some work, checked in on Design Victoria's excellent "Why Design? series and took our "hetero" temperature with Stockholm Pride's ingenious gaymometer (we learned that we're exactly 1% hetero). We lauded Mucca Design's packaging for Brooklyn Fare, joined in the Typekit/Typecon 2009 Web fonts discussion, gleaned a bit from the advertising industry about promotion and storytelling, and revisited both: Smith magazine and Christopher Alexander's classic architectural guide, A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction.
- Scale:
- Eat Me Daily admires Mucca Design's "cheeky" (or super duper smart) packaging for Brooklyn Fare. Via @gruber
- Style:
- Slate Magazine joins the Typekit love fest. "Down with Verdana!" transcends "type designers and font fanciers".
- Respond:
- The discussion continues on City of Portland Web "design contest". McIsaac to Mayor's Communications Director.
- Deliberate:
- Kudos to Design Victoria's "Why Design?" series. Fifty well-considered responses from influential designers.
- Embrace:
- Now this is branding. The cutest damned story ever about two crazy kids and a closet full of Post-Its. @srfstn
- Tell:
- Eye Blog's Mike Radcliffe makes the case; brand agencies can teach designers a thing or two about storytelling.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 20 July 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post (3 so far)
Twitter Roundup: Week of 20 March.
And here we go again; a whole lotta' back-slapping with a side of pure reverence. Seems that Formvermittlung Visuelle Kommunikation has figured out how to construct a proper Flash interface, Seven25 keeps it real, and Henrik Fisker cashes the check. Metropolis asks the age-old question, "what is good design?" and we step back a few years for Ellen Lupton's essay on "new design" in Israel. Hamish Hamilton's Five Dials pleases, Bustbright delivers, and Neoformix plots. We even linked to work by Leon Paternoster, who a few months back, took the time to call us out at minimalsites. No hard feelings, of course. A review is a review. Xavier at Swiss Legacy reminds about The (life) After Neurath project, and as always, we drop a witticism or two, a look at a bit of our work, and comment on the goings-on in the studio.
- Regard:
- An illustration of wise restraint; Flash studio interface from Hamburg's Formvermittlung Visuelle Kommunikation.
- Drive:
- We've praised the Roadster, but today's news about the Tesla Model S sedan signals a significant charge forward.
- Pose:
- Heller asks, "why can't American publishers produce books on graphic culture like Die Bibliophilen Taschenbücher?"
- Commit:
- Robert Blinn reviews Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failures, and Lessons Learned. Peek at Core77.
- Organize:
- The After Neurath Project, assembled by Stroom Den Haag, observes the work of Otto Neurath. Via Swiss Legacy.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 30 March 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Twitter Roundup: Week of 9 March.
It don't stop. It don't quit. Six tweets a day on issues related to brand, design, and sustainability. At some point during the week, we had the pleasure of stumbling upon the most excellent Alan, The Gallant, Japan's Love Architecture, and an original 1950 Saab 92. Adrian Shaughnessy's book reminds designers that our souls are valuable (even we prefer black), and Nothing, the Dutch firm with the humble handle, rethinks the conventions of the office (and does it with cardboard). Again, you indulged us by letting us rant. And we thank you.
- Push:
- Metropolis on a designer who uses nature as a guide. Sendagi, Japan furniture and product developer, 'Nosigner'.
- Harvest:
- Three annual reports for Willamette Industries, the late, lamented Pacific Northwest forest products concern.
- Capture:
- A bold Stephen Shore is said to have approached Edward Steichen, curator at MOMA, at 14. He still shoots large.
- Hang:
- Nothing, an agency in Amsterdam, rethinks the office. From designers Joost van Bleiswijk and Alrik Koudenburg.
- Galvanize:
- Adrian Shaughnessy's "How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul." Managing the creative process.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 16 March 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Twitter Roundup: Week of 9 February.
Another daily serving of six tweets on issues related to brand, design, and sustainability. We were again taken aback by the outside interest in our little project, with mentions from some of our favorite sources; Ben Pieratt's The Book Cover Archive, i love typography, Dropular and others. We found Studio On Fire's fine new(er) blog, plus a couple of intriguing books and some sound insight from Johnson Banks' Michael Johnson and IDEO's Tim Brown. We announced an upcoming event with our friends at Substance and we reveled in surpassing the 1k mark in followers of the Twitter feed (watch out, Stephen Fry!). As always, we extend a special thanks to you for the opportunity to deliver a little chest-beating about the goings-on at Pinch. A Design Office. We're so very pleased you're listening.
- Press:
- Minneapolis design/letterpress house, Studio On Fire, has a sweet new Weblog; Beast Pieces. Well, it's new to us.
- Admire:
- London's STUDIOaka is an animation production company known internationally for its idiosyncratic works. Visit.
- Study:
- Big. Medium. Small. Does the size of a client have a greater bearing on a working relationship than what it does?
- Fill:
- The Pattern Foundry is an archive of decorative patterns, open for anyone to license and use. A handy resource.
- Reside:
- We've shared our enthusiasm about Form & Forest; modern, modular, bite-sized cabins. Join their list for more.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 16 February 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post (1 so far)
Twitter Roundup: Week of 26 January.
By now you know how Pinch_Bespoke works; six tweets a day on issues related to brand, design, and sustainability. Last week Alltop found us and we found sources Illo and Motionographer, and Carsten Nicolai's upcoming Grid Index, due out soon. We reminded you about designer Hans Gugelot, who lived a way-too-brief forty five years. No big surprises in seeing quotes from Tschichold and Updike. And like we like to do, we felt compelled to post a few samples of our work and reflect on the constant mumble bubbling up from the studio floor.
- Align:
- Carsten Nicolai declares that Grid Index is the first comprehensive visual lexicon of patterns and grid systems.
- Divulge:
- Well, he's done it again. The Feltron 2008 Annual Report from, you guessed it, Nicholas Felton. Cool Hunting.
- Construct:
- Brand is the book. Pinch defines typographic standards for our friends at Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts.
- Capture:
- Urban Transformation explores urban conditions by way of 50 international architects, artists, and planners.
- Survey:
- Daily Type is the work of several Russian type designers, creating and posting typographic results and routines.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 02 February 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Twitter Roundup: Week of 12 January.
Pinch. A Design Office. produces a daily Twitter stream we call @Pinch_Bespoke. The premise is simple: six tweets a day on issues related to brand, design, and sustainability. Last week looked at Nick Felton's new tool Daytum, brewer Stella Artois, legendary designers Florence Knoll Bassett and Wim Crouel and the young conquistador, Nacho Carbonell. Of course we added a few projects of our own and we basked in recognition from two of our favorites: Visuelle and minimalsites. Follow along with us and don't be shy. If there is anything that we can do to improve this service, we want to hear from you.
- Revisit:
- We've shared this with you before, but needed another look. Half-life: 25 years of books from Triangular Press.
- Giggle:
- You know that The Modern Materialist cracks us up. And it's Friday. So by all means, Play Guitar Like a Dick.
- Strive:
- I.D. Magazine's Fiona Rattray with Emerging Designers I.D. 40 issue and Spanish designer Nacho Carbonell. More.
- Traverse:
- Royal Mail's British Design Classics moves from Mini to miniskirt in their nod to Britain's cultural heritage.
- Submit:
- Art Directors Club ADC88 extends professional submission deadline to Jan. 23. Students deadline; Jan. 30.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 16 January 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Twitter Roundup: Week of 5 January.
Pinch. A Design Office. produces a daily Twitter stream we call @Pinch_Bespoke. The premise is simple: six tweets a day on issues related to brand, design, and sustainability. This week links New York's 56 Leonard, Herzog & de Meuron's inimitable fusion of art and architecture. Plus, the office and cooking tools you just can't afford to live without, along with offerings from Pentagram, Castiglioni, Holmris, Szpajdel, and a few projects of our own. We invite you to follow along with us and we hope you'll let us know if there is anything that we can do to improve this service.
- Codify:
- A group of friends becomes a guardian. Pinch forms an identity footpath for Portland's Forest Park Conservancy.
- Quote:
- “Good typography explains the content. Not the designer.” Kurt Weidemann. Typographer, designer, author, teacher.
- Covet:
- 56 Leonard from Herzog & de Meuron. 60 stories. 145 spatially innovative homes. One serious case of living envy.
- Specify:
- Klim Type Foundry's Kris Sowersby, designer of National and serifs Feijoa and Newzald. Context, craftsmanship.
- Reassess:
- Metropolis's Susan S. Szenasy on ethics and sustainability for graphic designers. From 2003's AIGA Conference.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 09 January 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Twitter Roundup: Week of 8 December.
Pinch. A Design Office delivers a daily Twitter stream we call @Pinch_Bespoke. The premise is simple: six tweets a day on issues related to brand, design, and sustainability. If we're out of the office or otherwise away from a connection, we'll do our best to keep it coming. And if there is something we can do better, we hope you'll let us know.
- Serve:
- Clients can change everything. Circling back around to consider what Columbia achieved when it focused on brand.
- Ponder:
- von Restorff Effect. A phenomenon of memory in which noticeably different things are more likely to be recalled than common things.
- Try:
- Paper. Printing. Design. Knowledge. Ed Lives Here is a source for, um, all things paper, printing and design.
- Revere:
- FFFFOUND! reminds of another ode to Criterion cover art, this time from Andrew Lindstrom of WellMedicated.
- Refine:
- Karjaluoto discusses "applying agile principles to communication design." And (sort of) announces undrln.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 12 December 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post (1 so far)
Twitter Roundup: Week of 17 November.
- Face:
- LetterCult interviews BUSK, one of Austria’s most prolific (and media diverse) alternative designers.
- Inform:
- Pinch is pleased to be assisting Forest Park Conservancy with the development of two newsletter formats; electronic and printed.
- Travel:
- London's Design Museum presents Design Cities; contemporary design through 7 key cities. Through 4 Jan.
- Reply:
- AIGA Small Talks (NYC) hosts Lars Müller, who asks, "why the hell do all designers want to design books?"
- Post:
- HOW magazine introduces newest design showcase: HOW Poster Design Awards. Initial deadline is December 1.
- Reset:
- FontShop (re)introduces FF Trixie, the typewriter font family in new, expanded, high-definition. Via FontFont.
- Shift:
- Lowercase, Inc. approaches business as a design problem. And design as a means to conduct business.
- Appreciate:
- We just eclipsed 300 followers here at Pinch_Bespoke. Thanks to all for listening! Let us know how we're doing. Or just say "hello."
- Listen:
- DNA hosts David Adjaye and Kevin Starr to discuss The Metropolitan President and Architecture and Design.
- Curate:
- A move to build a design museum in Portland takes a big step forward. Join the Facebook group. Please RT!
- Seen:
- Dwell magazine's Dec./Jan. issue provides an Introduction to Graphic Design from William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand.
- Edit:
- Minimalist Ignacio Uriarte references conceptual art of 60s and 70s; an exchange of art and business.
- Experiment:
- MINI announces official public field trial of first, 100% electric, zero-emissions MINI. RT @marcalt.
- Advance:
- Pinch evolves program materials for Portland Office of Sustainable Development's BEST Business Center.
- Want:
- Chad Ludeman's 100K House project is about affordability, quality, design, efficiency. RT @greenbiztweets.
- Contemplate:
- Bruce (NussbaumOnDesign) for BusinessWeek. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is the Grand Designer.
- Spec:
- Sander Baumann on the Dutch government's adoption of Peter Verheul's custom typeface; Rijksoverheid.
- Clarify:
- Paul Shaw shares the (mostly) true story of Helvetica and the New York City subway system. For AIGA.
- Give:
- It's that time of year again, and our friend Tess Darrow's Egg Press brings on the strong letterpress.
- Account:
- You've seen this before. But damn, it covers 1,000 pages and 47 years. Warren-Leigh's Red Letter Days.
- Extend:
- After 25 years, Dutch 010 continue to build upon their Guide to Modern Architecture in the Netherlands.
- Meet:
- The granddaddy of sustainability conferences, Greenbuild 2008 begins in Boston tomorrow. Nov. 19-21.
- Titter:
- Vanity Fair on Thomas Kinkade's 16 Guidelines for Making Stuff Suck. You know sucky. Like Kinkade himself.
- Share:
- I Love Typography serves up The Week in Type. WordPress, posters, interviews, and general ruminations.
- Snicker:
- Contemporary artifacts and the universally absurd. Mr. Ferris recalls one exhibit at London's Boilerhouse.
- Quote:
- "The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it." Max Bill
- Slip:
- Agency Taxi whips up a Twitterstorm with a typographic spot for Motrin. Moms fight back in social media(s).
- Spend:
- Another telling graphic from the fine folks at GOOD. The Three Trillion Dollar War (in ten easy steps).
- Cite:
- With a nod to AAUP's Book, Jacket & Journal Show, The FontFeed recaps top ten typefaces used among winners.
- Covet:
- Official Swiss Railway Watch from Mondaine, 1986. Modeled on Hans Hilfiker's 1940's Railway Station Clock.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 21 November 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Twitter Roundup: Week of 10 November.
- Tell:
- We know, it's Friday, but we need your feedback. How are we doing with @Pinch_Bespoke? Let us know here.
- Applaud:
- Francis Kéré's 1999 Primary School in Burkina Faso embodies the truest principles of sustainability.
- Interpret:
- The Image of a Company: Manual for Corporate Identity canvasses eleven remarkable brand identities.
- Animate:
- We're reminded of For All Seasons, a gorgeous study of type in nature's motion. Well worth the download.
- Opine:
- Not-so-great rebrands. Looking back to McIsaac's May post: "Change for the sake of change considered harmful."
- Map:
- Information Visualization is a Medium from Stamen's Eric Rodenbeck. Explores Digg Labs Cabspotting, others.
- Tie:
- Pinch continues to shape the Westfly brand, the leading source of information for flyfishers in the Western United States.
- Recast:
- One of the few (and fine) midcentury American potteries, Edith Heath's formative Heath Ceramics lives on.
- Know:
- All things Bill Keaggy, "collector, maker and breaker of things." A super duper time-suck. And worth returning.
- Buy:
- Showcasing type, design, prints, and shirts, two Micheals (Cina and Young) share the goods at YouWorkForThem.
- Unite:
- Five minutes. A stage. 20 slides. What do you say? Ignite Portland resumes tonight at the Bagdad Theater.
- Teach:
- Pinch assists client, Columbia Forest Products, in educating teachers as part of the New Yankee Workshop.
- Pick:
- The Mohawk Show (Design Winter Showcase of Mohawk print collateral) Nov. 20th, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Elephant's Delicatessen.
- Conceive:
- 101 Books on Ideas, Creativity, Innovation, and Success from the (poorly-designed) portal, IdeaMERGE.
- Relish:
- Spanish architecture firm, A-cero, directed by Joaquin Torres. Thanks to a delicious tip from @archdaily.
- Express:
- "L'homme 100 têtes" 3ème prix Panasonic'Art 2008 by Julien Lassort. Photo mosaic explores the human face.
- Grab:
- David Croy's musings on 1930's-era ads in Fortune. On technique, production, and product itself.
- Smile:
- Gene Gable strikes a balance between angst and the ubiquitous happy face icon designed by Harvey Ball.
- Respect:
- Robin and Lucienne Day. Eames comparisons unfairly underscore Britain's most celebrated design union.
- Specify:
- A review of the typographic standards established by Pinch. A Design Office. for client Hawthorne Books.
- Twist:
- UK's Gay Times launches challenge: Sell homosexuality to the straight community. Creative Review considers.
- Consume:
- The Designer's Atlas of Sustainability by Ann Thorpe. Concepts through economy, ecology, and culture.
- Wrap:
- The Typophile weekly Type Battle continues with another challenge to type defiants. Via @typophile.
- Sit:
- In case you hadn't heard, Herman Miller's successor to Aeron; The Embody Chair by Bill Stumpf and Jeff Weber.
- Combine:
- Swedish illustrator Camilla Engman and designer Elisabeth Dunker launched Studio Violet in early '08.
- Rewind:
- Byron Ferris conducts brief survey of tastes, trends and tech during the 60s and 70s. Design Sense, 1984.
- Peek:
- Print magazine provides an early look at their December 2008 Regional Design Annual. Did you make the cut?
- Exert:
- Carlo Mollino (1905-1973) was a designer's designer; architect, photographer, traveler, professor, creator.
- Snap:
- William Eggleston: Democratic Camera Photographs and Video 1961-2008. Opened 7 November at The Whitney.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 15 November 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Twitter Roundup: Week of 03 November.
- Engage:
- Pinch is pleased to be working with new client Exterro on select assignments. Establishing a visual language from the inside out.
- Lift:
- TypeNeu reports on the past, present, and future of typographic culture; focused on applied type and form.
- Reset:
- "Ha, Ha, Ha: He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last."
CBS Design Director, Lou Dorfsman. (1918-Oct. 22, 2008). RIP. - Specify:
- Neenah Paper's Classic Crest offers 4 new reasons to choose: digital, service, expanded offerings, green.
- Snicker:
- Chicago Tribune's HeadCandy offers a slew of rejected covers following Tuesday's election. RT @Oregonian.
- Revise:
- Beatrice Otto and Design Council refresh articles on sustainability and how it relates to economic growth.
- Collect:
- A book about other books. An illustrated chronology of the works of artist and printer Barbara Tetenbaum.
- Refresh:
- ISDA's Okala Guide provides an introduction to ecological design for practicing and beginning designers.
- Check:
- Design Observer."Konigi Store offers "ideation tools" in Storyboard and Wireframe Graph Paper Notepads. Via Design Observer.
- Improve:
- Twenty three powerful examples of design as a means of fighting poverty. Via Gong Szeto for PSDTUTS.
- Click:
- Jeff Croft's informative Web typography presentation from Web Directions 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
- Recall:
- Painter, theorist, designer, and poet Joseph Albers and his seminal written work, Interaction of Color.
- Push:
- On the heels of an election about leadership, Richard Farson calls upon designers to do just that. Via AIGA.
- Refer:
- Armin Hofmann, instructor, author, thinker, designer, and one of the leading figures of the Basel School.
- Think:
- "There are three basic principles behind any well-designed product: truth, humanity, and simplicity." Sohrab Vossoughi, Ziba Design.
- Set:
- Peter Biľak's Typotheque is both design studio and digital type foundry distributing original works of form.
- Spec:
- Designer's fave French Paper finally grows up and offers FSC-certified options. And a fine expanded palette.
- Call:
- With an elected president "of color" Pinch hopes that
states resist being defined by color. Red and blue are simply assignments, not brands. - Close:
- Illustrator Patrick Moberg gets to the point with one simple image. Like welcome punctuation. Via @buchino.
- Decide:
- Patagonia does its part to inform, educate and inspire. And they ask you to vote for the environment. Do.
- Discuss:
- The Supertouch Interview gets down with Shepard Fairey on the art, ideas and the image-making of Obama.
- Post:
- The Tuesday Flickr Set at Bespoke features 2008 Election Graphics and a few random thoughts on the campaign.
- Peek:
- Behind the Candidates looks at the hiding, guiding voices. From Plouffe to Armitage, Whitman to Brzezinsky.
- Exhale:
- This. Fucking. Election. illustrates what has been a most irritating, ludicrous, (and inspiring) campaign.
- Follow:
- @designspotter. The Modern & Contemporary Design mag offering young designers a platform for publication.
- Primp:
- Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ) identifies their top twenty young (menswear) designers in America for 2008.
- Behold:
- E.B. White and the glory of a piece of paper. How we forget our pleasures and practices. RT @guykawasaki.
- Watch:
- D&AD President's Lectures: Digital Pecha Kucha with Tom Evans of Mook. Good stuff. Via @ilovetypography
- Emerge:
- Join AIGA Portland for Career Tools with Julie Beeler of Second Story Interactive Studios. Nov. 4. 8 a.m.
- Construct:
- Tromsø, Norway's 70°N Arkitektur AS contributes to the global debate about design, architecture and urbanism.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 07 November 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Twitter Roundup: Week of 27 October.
- Pick:
- The weekly Twitter Roundup and a timely ditty from Robert Burns. Happy Halloween from Pinch. A Design Office.
- Mull:
- "There are two sides to typography. First, it does a practical job of work; and second it is concerned with artistic form."
Emil Ruder - Swipe:
- Portland's Draplin Design Co. posts Modern Plastic Encyclopedia to Flickr. Check others, too. Via Draplin.
- Seek:
- Studio 7 Designs' "101 Design Resource Sites." Revisit this list, fitting for the young collector of sources.
- Trick:
- My Halloween History: A Tragedy in 15 Acts. Taking sexy back. Scroll to the far right for a real treat.
- Reset:
- Jan Tschichold's collected essays in The Form of the Book discuss elements of the traditional printed book.
- Regard:
- Madrid's Sergio del Puerto is the multitalented designer, art director and illustrator behind Serial Cut™.
- Protect:
- Upcycled seatbelts provide security for your tool. Um, yes, we did just say that. Via @supermarkethq.
- Lunge:
- We're humbled. It seems we just thanked you for helping us surpass 100 followers at Pinch_Bespoke. Now, we're well beyond 200 of you.
- Decide:
- Democracy, designers and Obama. Thought for the week by Michael Johnson for Design Week magazine. Perfect.
- Observe:
- Austrian firm Erwin Bauer assumes a stance. From corporate design to architecture, type and packaging.
- Employ:
- A solid collection of 20+ iPhone Apps every designer should know. Many free, all good. Via designworkplan.
- Quote:
- "I consider it an important task and responsibility for designers to help bring order into the chaos in which we live." Dieter Rams
- Unite:
- Recapping Designspeaks with Byron Ferris. If you were there, you learned about Portland's history in design.
- Shift:
- New York Times Op-Ed columnist Nicholas Kristof considers the "Rebranding of America" by way of Obama.
- Point:
- Orientation & Identity. Portraits of international signage projects from Springer-Verlag Wien-New York.
- Respond:
- Ming Tang's Folded Bamboo + Paper House is born out of the devastation of an earthquake. Via @archdaily.
- Recap:
- Fast Company publishes "2008 Masters of Design"; Casey, Wanders, Holl, Maeda, Edelkoort, House Industries.
- Reshape:
- New tricks for an old dog. We reminisce about redesigning ODFW's Oregon Wildlife magazine. Way back when.
- Launch:
- TWA Terminal New York by Eero Saarinen at JFK sculpted as a symbol of flight; an "uplift." Via Galinsky.
- Commute:
- Balkan Tango produces accessories from second hand materials. Style and function in bicycle cargo bags.
- Animate:
- Chip Kidd and Pantheon release Bat-Manga! featuring the work of manga master Jiro Kuwata. Via @UnBeige.
- Determine:
- CoolBrands is an annual initiative to identify and celebrate the UK's coolest brands. Do you agree?
- Admit:
- FITC presents its free FITC Toronto 2009: The Design & Technology Festival. April 26-29. Register early.
- Mix:
- Dan Perjovschi combines drawing, cartoon and graffiti as art applied to distinguished walls the world over.
- Exercise:
- The Design Encyclopedia describes and tracks culture, commerce, politics, media, brands. Through design.
- Govern:
- Cultured Code's Things promises equal parts simplicity and power in task management for the Mac. Preview.
- Pore:
- The ABC of De Designpolitie. Dutch firm's ideas, essays, successes, failures, fascinations and experiments.
- Giggle:
- Max Kerning creates a more sensible world by finding order in text. "Letters to Live By." Thanks @buchino.
- Tint:
- London-to-Portland, mauve-to-Michael Graves; Byron Ferris addresses mid-80's color trends and design cycles.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 31 October 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Twitter Roundup: Week of 20 October.
- Admire:
- China's Sixstation Workshop. Heavy duty animation and a fairly slow load, but damned nice nonetheless.
- Change:
- Columbia Forest Products' PureBond breathes new life into a market. And the folks hired to shape it. Us.
- Quote:
- “Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended.” Raymond Loewy
- Capture:
- TIME photographer Callie Shell captures the human side of the candidate. Via The Digital Journalist.
- Tally:
- Stephen Baker's Numerati explores how marketers and retailers are designing by the numbers. Dmitri Siegel.
- Play:
- Not so much design of a "thing" as design of an evening. Celebrate The Shining. On Halloween. Via Uncrate.
- Share:
- Pinch is pleased to be developing the '09 Gift Calendar for Forest Park Conservancy. Constructing a brand language, brick by brick.
- Trim:
- After testing, Rolling Stone magazine rolls out its first major format change since '81. What do you think?
- Send:
- Postage stamps by type designers. Brought to you by The Offices of Kat Ran Press. Via Design Observer.
- Grow:
- Zeynep Fadillioglu is one of a team of female designers and architects overseeing Turkey's Sakirin Mosque.
- Dig:
- Rethink Design provides graphic design tools and resources for environmental sustainability. Via @renourish.
- Join:
- Designspeaks with our friend, Byron Ferris. 60 years of design. Miss it and miss out. Tonight at The Ace.
- Quote:
- "A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist." Bucky Fuller
- Submit:
- Fennia Prize 2009. The competition is aimed at international companies applying design on a broad basis.
- Shout:
- It's International Caps Lock Day. And no, we just couldn't bring ourselves to do the obvious. Via Engadget.
- Form:
- Principals Shea Murdock and Robert Young are MYA (Murdock Young Architects). Now this is clean living.
- Think:
- So what if the whole world could vote? Global opinion of Presidential candidates. Information by design.
- Foresee:
- The David Report (PDF) presents five design trends "that in one way or the other will change the future."
- Identify:
- Wool, translated to paper. Exhibit catalogue for Boise Art Museum and Nicolaysen Museum installations.
- Sleep:
- Thomas Wold's computer station at San Francisco's quirky, yet kind Good Hotel. Thanks to @designpublic.
- Reset:
- Two Portland lifestyle brands — Nau and ENDFootwear — (re)launch sites. Via @stlandau.
- Nudge:
- Remembering John Gorham, the nearly-forgotten British graphic designer. From the blokes at johnsonbanks.
- Engage:
- Janine Benyus' Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature spawned a movement in practical design thinking.
- Accord:
- Digital Labz (with a "z") lists 100 Web Designers to follow on Twitter. So who's missing here? Let's see.
- Restrain:
- Aussie Simon Bent's Volume2a. demonstrates a light hand in its typography and design work. Via FFFFound!
- Feed:
- A refresh of Metro's Fork it Over program; diverting surplus food from the waste stream to feed the hungry.
- Plot:
- Strange Maps recounts the data, trends and places visually considered by designers. Tufte's new media.
- Refine:
- "A building is a building. It cannot be read like a book." Jacques Herzog. Herzog & de Meuron Architekten.
- Collect:
- So Much Pileup. Graphic design artifacts and inspiration from the 1960's through the 80's. Via Coudal.
- Account:
- The HfG Archive Ulm is an initiative of former Ulm School of Design faculty. This set serves a reminder.