Dogs chewing up designer shoes (via Free People)

1958 American Style: A Tribute to the Men and Women Who Design (via brian slawson)

Chronicle Books has recently published a reissue of Ann & Paul Rand’s I Know a lot of Things (c. 1956)

Above is an example of Michael Surtees’ notes from the sold-out talk at the NYPL last week between Shepard Fairey, Lawrence Lessig, and Steven Johnson. In his blog post, Michael Surtees notes that the dialogue during Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy failed to give much attention to opposing points of view. Disapponting. Both sides here have plenty of relevance to today’s artists and designers, especially students. (via DesignNotes)

Vintage Color & Design: Israeli Postage Stamps (via colourlovers)

I’ve always been a fan of the Colour Lovers site, so I found it extra exciting to see that they found my slow growing flickr collection of vintage stamps (all courtesy of my mother) and added color swatches for some of them.

Google Me Business Cards: Best or Worst Idea Ever?
(via gizmodo)

redesignrelated:

The controversial Tropicana redesign is rolling back to its previous design after an onslaught of negative feedback.

A tipster tells us that Pentagram principal, Paula Scher, states in her Facebook status update:

“Paula Scher thinks that the Tropicana recall will be the worst thing that happened to graphic design since focus testing.”

Unfortunately, we would have to agree.

(This is an update to an earlier post)

Type Trumps cards by Face37
(spotted in this month’s issue of Computer Arts)

Drawing Board to the Desktop: A Designer’s Path

“Michael Bierut says graphic design work that required a week to finish in 1980 — using T squares and rubber cement — can now be done by computer within an hour.”

In a very interesting article in the NYT Jobs section, Michael Bierut talks about his path on the way to become a successful graphic designer.

(via NYTimes.com)

Penguin cover design by John Sewell c. 1967
(via mjkghk)

The Paul Sahre talk, A Designer and His Problems (or Problmes) was really humorous, inspiring and overall not a bad way to spend a Friday evening. And we all got lovely misspelled souvenirs to take home.

For those who missed the talk, click through Sahre’s Regrets archive on his site. I always appreciate when designers own up to their mistakes (or should I say opportunities to learn) and share their experiences.

(photo above courtesy of Henry Sene Yee’s iphone)

designgallery:

Rufus Wainwright screen print
By Andrio Abero

and posters from others to browse

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