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Entries tagged “text”
WTH is Tumblarity and why should I care? Couldn’t help but feel bad for myself when I saw my “Tumblarity” go down over 100 points because I was enjoying my weekend instead of blogging religiously. Is this the intention? And how do Tumblr Groups get figured into this equation (with limited reasons for reblogging others)?
On a side note, once I fully understand the functionality, the new Tumblr stats Activity page looks really awesome and is designed well.
Get Excited And Make Things print by Matt Jones
(parody on Keep Calm and Carry On c. 1939)
(discovered via 20x200)
the design + illustration portfolio of Anna Melcon Bond (discovered via Chronicle Books)
The Art of Lost Words at the text/gallery is “an exhibition of design, typography and illustration inspired by forgotten words.”
There are 41 participants in the show including, Angus Hyland, Why Not Associates, Andy Smith, and David Pearson. All the pieces are for sale, with proceeds going to the National Literacy Trust.
The art piece above titled Murklins, is by Audrey Niffenegger (author of The Time Traveler’s Wife)
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Lately rejected/killed designs have been a hot subject on the blogosphere. Following this trend, blurb, has launched their “Killed Ideas” competition. “This is where great ideas come to play. You nailed it the first time and you know it. — Now it’s time to bring your best work back, and let it stand on its own.”
It’s really interesting to see how designs that used to never have the chance to see the light of day outside the office, are getting some air time with the general public.
Many designers have sections on their websites dedicated to their favorite ideas that didn’t make it. There is a Rejected Designs pool on flickr. And book cover designer Kimberly Glyder just launched her Shelved Books blog.
I get a kick out of looking through rejected comps of designers I admire (and often find ones that I am shocked didn’t make the cut). But when it comes to sharing my own, I feel squirmish about this. Usually I place an incredible amount of trust in the final judgment of art directors, editors, authors, publishers, marketing people, etc. There are educated reasons why certain designs are killed (even if I struggle internally to agree), and I worry that presenting these designs on the web could be seen as disrespectful. What do you think? Am I just too old fashioned?
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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)
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A Designer’s Pledge by Jeff Matz from Lure Design
(via Sarah Blacksher)
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The Kindness of Strangers, an excellent article written by Jessica Helfand (via Design Observer)
Anyone Can Swiss by Dirk + Weiss (via AisleOne)
any graphic design professionals frustrated by this? and this is after reading about “snooty” designers in Forbes yesterday…
About earlier "Reblog This If...Original Source" post
I hope sometime soon tumblr will add features so you can respond directly to notes and comments. And since I don’t know how else to clear something up, here’s a note about my earlier REBLOG This If post:
Seeing all the comments on this, I think there was some confusion about what I meant and probably because of my choice of wording. When I say “original source,” I’m not referring to the tumblr user that supposedly blogged about a piece of content first so they get the credit. I mean providing the name or a link to the artist, writer, or originator of the content, versus completely extracting it from where it came from. It’s frustrating when I see a beautiful photograph, quotation, illustration, etc. and don’t know where to find more information. And I know that sometimes you don’t know where something originated or who created it, and in those cases the omission is understandable. And there are times that posts are purely in the name of good fun. But when appropriate I hope more bloggers will elevate their level of blogging etiquette. Didn’t mean to offend anyone, that was not my intention.
Wow, I guess I’m officially a tumblr user now. This system is quite addictive. Thanks to everyone for your notes. Hope everyone has been having a wonderful holiday. And to the people that started up the response graphic to my post, I had a good laugh.
