What Do You Get When You Mix Art, Raw Data, and a bit of Science? An Incredibly Good Exhibit.
We take a survey of the fresh field of Information Design, and examine a great exhibition in Pasadena.
Beautiful Art Cars, Designed by Warhol and Lichtenstein, Hit America
Straight outta Munich come these 1970s champions, actual racing cars painted by some of the top names in art. And we round up other art-car-related news.
AIGA’s Incredible Design Competition: We Pick the Best
The prestigious AIGA releases the results of its annual 365 survey of design. We pick our favourites out of the 249 selections.
Product Photography Like You’ve Never Seen
American photographer Mitchell Feinberg shows us how it's done with these great emboss-impressions of fashionable gear. Plus he does some crazy things with makeup.
You Probably Weren’t Expecting a Projector the Size of an iPod, But Now it’s Here
Optoma is about to launch their Pico, a projector that fits in your pocket.
Best Logos in the World: The WOLDA Awards Announced
Everyone's got an opinion on Logo Design. It's hard to do right and full of crazy branding pitfalls. See if you agree with these, judged the world's best logos of 2008.
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The Coolest, Most Affordable Wallets in the World
04 March 2009
Wallets have always been more functional than flashy, but now a San Francisco company gives us tons of top artist-designed wallets at some remarkably low prices.
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Skype, arguably the webs worst customer service.
25 February 2009
Thousands peril as Skype seemingly blocks accounts at random, with no explanation, and no response to customers.
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Peugeot, Maker of Tasteful French Cars, Sponsors Futuristic Insanity
24 November 2008
Peugeot scraps their entire line of autos and literally explodes the market with these insanely futuristic designs. Oh wait, what? They're just prototypes? Ah, ok. Still, check these out.
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Do You Read Me? The Ideal Magazine Store is in Berlin.
21 November 2008
A new magazine shop in Berlin's art district shows us that, presented properly, the magazine is far from dead.
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This is the End of the Movie.
20 November 2008
Here's another thing you didn't know would be interesting until a bunch of people collected it together and put it online: 500 'The End' screens from various films.
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Zurich Festival Celebrates the Resurgent World of Illustration
19 November 2008
This annual festival, now in its third year, showcases top examples from the always-changing mix of design and art that falls under the big rubric of Illustration.
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The Atlantic Gets a Redesign
18 November 2008
This storied magazine of 'American Ideas' hires one of the top agencies around to freshen things up, with some unexpected marketing thrown in too.
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Threadless and the RISD Give Us Some Fine, Fine New T-Shirts
17 November 2008
Top artists outside the fashion mainstream are doing t-shirt design these days, and giving us amazing work at normal prices. The Select Series from Threadless is at the top of the game.
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Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging
13 November 2008
A small but universal annoyance is nudged closer to extinction with Amazon.com's new initiative.
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Street Art That’s Approved by the Authorities, For Once
12 November 2008
Joshua Callaghan's deceptive utility boxes aren't just a great example of public art, they were actually comissioned by the city as permanent projects. A new outlet for street art? Maybe.
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The 3D Printer Revolution Starts Sometime Around Now
05 November 2008
Rapid Prototyping machines are about to make a giant leap into affordability. Get one on your desk.
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- Product Photography Like You’ve Never Seen
- You Probably Weren’t Expecting a Projector the Size of an iPod, But Now it’s Here
- Best Logos in the World: The WOLDA Awards Announced
- Discovering the Work of Olly Moss
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