Pinch. A design office.

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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