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December 1, 2007
Gabriel Morales
December 2, 2007
dick daniels
Handmaid
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Sukie
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A Little Hut 2008 calendar
Make this stylish 2008 calendar for yourself or a friend by using this simple downloadable PDF that includes all instructions and printable materials.
Small pieces of your favorite fabrics or papers plus other materials that you probably have available in your own home are all that you will need to complete the project.
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Sidney Ann
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joel henriques
space
marc cinq-mars
Eye
Homeplanners Design N 1062
Great set of house plans, truly Eames era
December 3, 2007
Little White Lies
Mike Giant
PIETER HUGO
December 4, 2007
PSP articulated table lamp
Casa de Hormigon, BAK architects
La Botica Mezcal
Winter Sports in Arosa: 1939
Jack Rivlota
A Federal Art Project poster promoting winter sports in New York: "They like winter in New York State. The state that has everything." The poster was created by Jack Rivlota between 1936 and 1941.
ddoi book vol.2
line of bulbs
Communist era store windows
The Brothers Pentagram
Shine a little light my way
Jim Brair
December 5, 2007
AMV BBDO
Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre
Via Mr Glass
Colophound
December 6, 2007
Stanley Marcus
A Bold Use of Blackletter
December 7, 2007
4c Magazine
Epos Digital Pen
Write or draw whatever you want, and this Epos Digital Pen wirelessly transmits that data in real time to its included USB flash drive that you clip onto the paper you're using. Plug the USB drive into a PC and transfer the data, and then your writings can be converted to text using any handwriting recognition software.
Witness annual report
2006
2004
Tavis Coburn
limited edition prints by artist Tavis Coburn
Aesthetic Apparatus Explains Screenprinting
Old but awesome
Via Capn Design
Colour Calendar 2008
December 8, 2007
Graphic-Photography
December 10, 2007
Erik Nitsche - General Dynamics annual report 1958 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Dom Lupo's giant telephone repairmen
Kircher's Magnetism
Laxton Open Field Survey Map
See America: 1939
Five and Ten: 1941
Sandy King's 20x24 Ultralight
A collection Of QSL cards
Xmas after Descartes (by Barbara Kruger)
Studio8 Design
December 11, 2007
Hua Building Shot and Reverse
Jonathan Looman: Fingertype
this is one of the works by graphic designer Jonathan Looman a.k.a. Lowman.
Van Bostelen [light & heavy]
The philosophy of this typedesign was inspirered by one of my teachers Herman van Bostelen. Keeping the basic shapes to an absolute minimum this is the result.
Brothers Quay
Moneygami
Joe Doucet
Nervous System
Nervous System' experimental jewelry which uses "unique materials like silicone rubber and stainless steel, along with rapid prototyping technology.
NOTCOT Stickers
Cutting edge maps
Spruced Up Library
Toy Comix
Gregory Barsamian, The Scream
Gregory Barsamian, The Scream, 1998. Photo: Jirka Jansch
Manhattan Neighborhood Poster
Gear clock
anamorphic menorah
Abhinav Dapke
Not limited to what can legibly fit on a 2" x 3.5" piece of stock, the M++CARD expands information exchanges between people to include product data, portfolios, and extended personal information
Ladislav Sutnar
Paul Rand, Dot Fantasy Fabric
This beautiful piece of Dot Fantasy vintage fabric by design legend Paul Rand
just sold on eBay for $1000. A grand for about a yard!
Posterizing the Modern GOP
Photo Op
T26 Digital Type Foundry has just released Camera Lines, 26 solid vector illustrations of classic cameras by Rob Hunting for $69.
Hommin
December 12, 2007
Ted Sears
These were made by Ted Sears, Disney animator from 1931-58, and feature Sears, his wife Vee, and their daughter, Marcia. His IMDB bio states: "To amuse himself, Ted still drew for his friends and made props for the plays his daughter appeared in - he also produced his family's Christmas cards which employed his old love for trick photography an special effects - these holiday cards took months to prepare and were awaited with great anticipation by over three hundred recipients. (he lettered the envelopes individually, turning each name into calligraphy.)"
Via How
Lego art
Peoplemals Influx
Bauer Alphabets : Fortuna
Fortuna or the typeface formerly known as Fortune also known as Volta first arrived on the scene in 1955.
December 14, 2007
Browns
Task Newsletter
Numbers Clock
Braun Design 18
braun bandkontolle
reiter8, Sail Totes
COCO&Co
Wheel of Math
Simplifying the urban bicycle experience
December 16, 2007
nice logo
DESIGN 21: Social Design Network's mission is to inspire social activism through design. We connect people who want to explore ways design can positively impact our many worlds, and who want to create change here, now.
Nick Foley, Portable LED Pears
A Vintage Christmas Carol
"The Works Progress Administration in Ohio presents the Federal Theatre for youth in 'A Christmas Carol.'" This poster for the Federal Theatre Project presentation of "A Christmas Carol" was created between 1936 and 1941.
Kitty Hawk: 1901
1901. Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Wilbur Wright and glider just after landing. 4x5 dry-plate glass negative attributed to Orville Wright. View full size. The fogging of the negative at the bottom of the frame, combined with the skid marks in the sand from an earlier landing, create the illusion that the glider is still flying.
Dutch Advertising Graphics
"In 1889, the light bulb factory Goosens, Pope & Co. was founded in Venlo. The driving force behind the enterprise was the English engineer Frederic Pope. In 1920, Philips acquired a controlling interest in the share capital of the factory. Nevertheless, it continued to produce light bulbs under its own name for a long time." (1930/1940)
30ste Kon. Ned. Jaarbeurs 1934
Er uit tijdens de piek-uren - energie - 1950-1975
A Flat-Packed Christmas
Of his Christmas card Glenn reveals that, as well as offering seasonal greetings, it "looks at the throw-away society and mass consumerism especially around Christmas time. The idea of a flat-pack Christmas card reflected this idea and lent itself to Ikea's furniture, while making it cheap to post too. Recipients can then build their own Christmas card, which is more interesting than a bit of folding card."
The accompanying instructions:
Damn Disney
Disney gave me unrealistic expectations about hair.
Pee-Wee Herman Fan Club Membership Kit (1983)
December 17, 2007
Ames Bros., Pearl Jam's visual chroniclers
Montreal, 2005
At every Pearl Jam show, a crowd gathers around the merchandise stand with a collective eye on one thing: The poster. The unique, one-of-500 show poster designed by the legendary Ames Bros.
At some point, the harried clerk turns and takes the display poster down. That means that's it. No more.
And every time, a groan passes over the crowd like a rogue wave, washing half of the fans back to their seats.
THE SMALL STAKES
Modest Mouse (Kalamazoo)
two color silkscreen
18" x 24"
PURCHASE @ $25.00
The Bureau of Communication
formulatastic
Gotta say, Sattlers got a big gun
December 18, 2007
Modernism on two planes: A conversation with Wim Crouwel and Massimo Vignelli
Photo by Kevin McCauley
The grandfathers of modernism, Wim Crouwel and Massimo Vignelli graced the AIGA/NY chapter on Thursday 25 October, with anecdotes of their personal lives their careers as designers--for them, one in the same. Each spoke about several projects selected by Alice Twemlow, chair of the MFA Design Criticism program at SVA, who moderated this historical evening. In fact, this is the first time that Wim Crouwel has spoken in New York since 1965.
Regla de tres
Bears by Kent Rogowski
Take a teddy bear of those lifelong, melts, it brings the leading inside, he again put differently and that stitches. This is how it was created Bears Photographer Kent Rogowski.
December 19, 2007
Gotta say, I like Dirk's style
DIRK FOWLER / F2 DESIGN
‘Dirk’s deceptively simple and beautifully printed posters are definitely among may favourite posters being created today. All his posters are letterpressed, using any means possible to make his plates and get the ink on the paper. This example shows a recent poster for the band Spoon where his plate was created using wood type and actual 45’s.’
Muppet Propaganda
Illustrator Kevin Skinner is auctioning off several limited edition reductive linocuts on eBay. This one above is called Invincible and depicts "an army of Berts, ideal soldiers for the motherland, looking ahead, undaunted, unstoppable, and slightly grumpy" drawn in a classic Soviet-style propaganda poster.
Note the auction is down, or maybe he sold them all.
DDB london's Xmas card
Via It's nice that
December 21, 2007
colours from the sartorialist
scott schuman's 'the sartorialist' is well-known for spotting classic and trendy fashion styles from around the
world. as he often points out, colour combinations are a key part of fashion. one graphic designer has taken this
idea and created a blog dedicated to creating colour palettes from the outfits featured on 'the sartorialist'.
the author also claims to capture the colours by eye. the result is a interesting way to visualize the colour in the
photos succinctly and clearly.
neiman marcus pop-up book
retailer neiman marcus is commemorating their 100th birthday with a limited edition pop up book. the book is a look into the store's 100 year history through the eyes of a young girl. pages include the signature butterfly motif, christmas and the store's art collection. the book is filled with unique interactive features such as pop-ups, pull-outs, spinner and many other touches.
octavo and after
Hmmm, let's put a window in over there
Nils Nova, Opposition of Memory
Ink-jet print on blueback-paper pasted on the wall, painting on board.
Clem Jones, father of modern Brisbane
MPAA Bans This Poster
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has rejected Taxi On the Dark Side’s poster as being “not suitable for all audiences.” …
What’s offensive about this image? The detainee in the hood. Well, actually just the hood. An MPAA spokesman said: “We treat all films the same. Ads will be seen by all audiences, including children. If the advertising is not suitable for all audiences it will not be approved by the advertising administration.”
Welcome to the new age of censorship kids, it makes McCarthyism seem almost quaint.
Rankin, Eyescapes
Rankin is an incredible photographer who has shot celebrities, covers, editorials, etc… but these Eyescapes at the Art Department are absolutely mesmerizing. It truly changes what you imagine when talking about *really* looking into someone’s eyes.
NeoMumblism
billboard picks their top 25 rock posters
billboard magazine has come up with a list of their 25 favourite rock posters. the collection features a number of newer posters as well as a lot of classics from the 50's, 60's and 70's. they point out that although cover art and other visuals in the musical experience are declining, the art of custom posters is as strong as ever. take a look to see if your favourites made the list.
Richard Arson
Dark Knight
December 22, 2007
Just Type
Children VS Artists
David DeVries from South Orange New Jersey remembers too and transforms the drawings of children - with their wild imaginations for conjuring up monsters, superheros and creatures - into "adult" versions of their art. David's drawings include ambient light, shading, depth-of-field, foreground and background elements and other art techniques to transform little kid drawings into, well, big kid drawings.
December 23, 2007
365 Chiat Days
For the past 365 days Sean Nicholas Ohlenkamp recorded his desktop at TBWA\Chiat\Day. Here are the results:
+ 365 Chiat Days
Vi
December 24, 2007
Poster by G. Pintori for the Olivetti Tetractys calculator - 1956
via ISO50
Erik Nitsche, Acoustics and Communicatons, 1959
From the Flickr set of Erik Nitsche [sic]
Erik Nitsche: The Reluctant Modernist
by Steven Heller
Eric Nitsche may not be as well known today as his contemporaries, Lester Beall, Paul Rand, or Saul Bass, but he is their equal. Almost 90 years old, this Swiss born graphic designer is arguably one of the last surviving Modern design pioneers. Although he never claimed to be either a progenitor or follower of any dogma, philosophy, or style other than his own intuition, the work that earned him induction last year into the New York Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame, including the total identity for General Dynamics Corporation from 1955 to 1965 and the series of scientific, music, and world history illustrated books, which he designed and packaged during the 1960s and 1970s, fits squarely into the Modernist tradition.
ISO50 got me started on this
Paul Rand, NY Subway Card
Vintage '40s New York subway advertising card designed and illustrated by Paul Rand.
Thomas Wharton's 'Logogryph: A Bibliography of Imaginary Books'
The book is "a sequence of variations on the experience of reading and on the book [as] a physical and imaginative object," and is packed with little gems like this one where Wharton humanizes the lingo usually reserved for a book's description.
"Corners bumped. Spine still straight, front part of head slightly faded and creased, with negligible hair. Endpapers missing. Minor damage to knees and ankles, stiff and inflexible in damp weather. Sporadic scribbling in margins throughout. Two-inch scar on stomach, some alterations to subtext. Several memories carefully excised, others foxed and unreliable. Otherwise fine."
Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers
Arik Levy, WOODEN THINGS
Coat hanger
Dimension: 19,1cm X 13cmX 32,6cm H
Material: solid beech wood
Design. Airik Levy
Stig Lindberg
O.G. Adirondack Chairs, 1905
Designed in 1903 by Thomas Lee, this chair was patented by his friend and manufacturer, Harry Bunnell, in 1905. Hemlock. $6,600.00
Passage Quilt
Sherri Lynn Wood
Linda Susan Wood (1943–2003)
2005, 65" x 61"
Made from her mother's evening gowns, everyday clothes, Sunday dresses, nursing uniforms, robes, pajamas and bathing suit. [flickr]
For more about grief work through quilt making visit passagequilts.com
Witness
[Nom de Guerre s/s '08]
Nathan Lerner, Chair in a box
Pair Nathan Lerner plywood chairs [eBay]
EBay seller artph has three Nathan Lerner plywood chairs listed right now (a pair plus one). They were designed while Lerner was at the New Bauhaus in Chicago and made available by mail-order from Popular Home magazine. The chairs came in six pieces, pre-drilled and flat packed in a cardboard box. Artph's opening bid is a bargain at five times the price. Nathan Lerner was one of the first scholarship students at Lazlo Moholy-Nagy's New Bauhaus, part of the first class in 1936. He designed the plastic honey bear bottle and the aerosol can. He should also be remembered as the man who discovered and preserved the work of Henry Darger. Lerner was his landlord at 851 Webster St. After Darger died in 1972, Lerner found his writings and drawings the next summer and in 1977 had them exhibited in Realms of the Unreal: The Work of Henry Darger. Nathan Lerner died in 1997.
The Herman Miller Collection 1952
Dust jacket designed by Irving Harper.
BETHLEHEM STEEL I-BEAM BOOKENDS
Autotypographer
helen fay.
etchings of dogs by helen fay
December 25, 2007
Merry X-mas everyone!
May you have a most bountiful day, and have all your wishes come true.
All the best,
Monoscope
José Papiol, 1969
Cuban silk screen poster announcing the 6th Bicycle Tour of Socialist Cuba. Designed by José Papiol 1969
December 26, 2007
London Transport Museum
Part of a drawing by Edward Johnston of the iconic London Underground roundel and bar, known as the bullseye design, that forms part of the design gallery at the newly opened London Transport Museum
Misha Black and John Barker, At London, Service poster from 1947
Abram Gamesâ At London Service poster from 1947
Man Ray, Keeps London Going poster from 1938
Power: the Nerve Centre of London, Undergroud poster by Edward Mcknight Kauffer, 1931
Scarabike
A Brooks saddle sofa, hmmm, let's see, at today's prices of around a buck fitty USD per, that makes for quite a nice leather davenport
December 27, 2007
December 30, 2007
EASY CHAIR
