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.