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03 October 2008
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Twitter Roundup: Week of 29 September.
Charter:
The American Design Club focuses on the development and advancement of Product, Furniture, and Graphic arts.
Trust:
Pinch's relationship with Hawthorne Books is a study in patience and good communication.
Conceive:
While merely fantasy, one engineer dreams of a two-wheeled Ferrari. We suppose it could happen. Never.
Attend:
Herb Lubalin Study Center presents Alphabet. Exhibiting hand-drawn lettering & experimental typography.
Automate:
the Ministry of Type."Robotic arm scribes the entire Martin Luther Bible in calligraphic form. Via
the Ministry of Type.
Embrace:
Bespoke typography and some damned fine work from Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel of London's A2/SW/HK.
Make:
Everything is business. Contrary to myth, that goes for artists, too. See Marie Watt Studio.
Hear:
Sometimes-entertaining Chip Kidd queried by mostly-entertaining Jesse Thorn of
The Sound of Young America.
Judge:
People's Design Award from Cooper-Hewitt asks you to decide. What is good design?
Appreciate:
Richard Saul Wurman, designer, writer, ponderer, creator and long-time chair of the TED conference.
Relish:
Sou Fujimoto, the young architect behind "House O" is, without question, one designer to watch closely.
Reserve:
Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design
published by Die Gestalten Verlag (Sept. 30).
Quote:
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” Hans Hofmann
Regard:
Copenhagen-based graphic designer, student, and artist Søren Severin. Via The Serif.
Set:
Hoefler & Frere-Jones release Archer, the hybrid slab serif designed for
Martha Stewart Living
.
Roll:
Return of the GMC RV. We know, the timing is so wrong, but the flavor is so right.
Brand:
A pioneer trades in the coonskin cap. A look back on our redesign for WebTrends.
Gather:
GoGreen '08 begins today. Gerding Theater at the Armory in the Pearl District.
Define:
Perception is an impression received through the senses; a building block of customer experience.
Relate:
Byron Ferris' second installment from
Design Sense,
1984-85. "A collection of plastic."
Remember:
Harry Beck, designer of the London Underground (rapid transit) network in 1931.
Gaze:
Chris Marker's
La Jetée
is a visual masterpiece. One single frame at a time. Get the Criterion Collection with
Sans Soleil
.
Change:
Replate is an open-source food activism project which begs for something very simple. Your leftovers.
Grow:
Harmonia 57 by Triptyque in São Paulo, performs like a living body. Via
NOTCOT.org
Quote:
“Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.” Paul Rand
Participate:
Metro Recycle at Work. Those handsome re: cycle boxes? Now you know who designed them.
Examine:
Informationen Gestalten / Designing Information
from Hartmut Brückner.
Upgrade:
Adobe Creative Suite 4 released last week. Reviews somewhat mixed. You'll be the judge.
Benefit:
Pentagram unveils new graphic identity for Allied Works' Museum of Arts and Design.
Dispute:
An ideological clash between Pietro Belluschi and Michael Graves. (We side with Belluschi.)
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