Observed | May 21
Former Design of Business | Business of Design podcast guest David Rockwell creates a kit for
instant outdoor restaurant dining. [MB]
Observed | May 20
Floodwaters threaten Mies van der Rohe’s
Farnsworth House. [MB]
Observed | May 19
A map featuring the 222 typefaces named for American places. (via
James I. Bowie) [BV]
Observed | May 15
Matteo Zallio, a design research scholar from Stanford, has developed
a multipurpose tool as an open source response to COVID-19 outbreaks.. [BV]
Observed | May 14
Seven artists on how
creating during the quarantine is helping them find solace and meaning in this period of uncertainty and paralyzing anxiety. [BV]
Observed | May 06
On the
Detroit City of Design Podcast, Jessica Helfand points to curiosity and agile thinking as a resource for creativity. [BV]
Observed | May 04
How poster artist
Randy Tuten inducted Led Zeppelin into the Avocado Club. (via
James I. Bowie) [BV]
Observed | April 27
Is the NYC subway system being
unfairly blamed for spreading COVID-19? [MB]
Observed | April 24
Is minimalism the punch line to some joke we haven‘t heard yet, but are about to? [JH]
Observed | April 21
The Great Pottery Throw Down is the feel-good home and design show we need right now. It‘s chill, creative, and educational (with a tiny side of drama). [BV]
Observed | April 20
Shepard Fairey collaborates with Adobe to make a new series of posters
celebrating the medical first-responders on the front lines during Covid-19. [JH]
Observed | April 17
How
tape is remaking the urban landscape in Singapore. (via Daniel Benneworth-Gray) [BE]
Observed | April 16
The
#BestNYAccent challenge on Instagram from Nicolas Heller, answers the question: How does a New Yawker tawk? (via Steven Heller) [BV]
Observed | April 15
The
New York City underground punk scene is alive and well and living in color. [BV]
An interview with Farrar, Straus and Giroux Art Director,
Na Kim. (Via Mike Errico.) [JH]
Observed | April 14
A beautiful and hypnotic
social distancing commercial for the Ohio Department of Heath, directed by Andy Nick of Dayton‘s Real Art agency [MB]
On the occasion of its 50th birthday,
The New York Times traces the history of
the Rolling Stones’ logo. (via
James I. Bowie) [BV]
Observed | April 08
When Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick suggested sacrificing Texans to the pandemic in order to save the economy, Alex Rich, a data scientist, teamed up with a data visualization friend to
create a tool that maps your location to locally confirmed cases. [JH]
Observed | April 07
A college student—with help from her mom—
makes masks made for the deaf and hard of hearing community. [JH]
The UN and World Health Organization are looking for
designs that informs the public about coronavirus. [JH]
Observed | April 03
Can computer chips design themselves? [JH]
From Frasier to Veep:
Imagining your favorite television characters in a pandemic. [JH]
Observed | April 02
NASA’s “Worm” logo has returned! But the sad old “Meatball” remains the primary mark. (via
James I. Bowie) [BV]
Annals of virus visualization: Center for Disease Control designers create branding coordinated to work with the now-iconic illustration. [JH]
Observed | April 01
Mad Max meets Little House on the Prairie:
how to make your own face mask. [JH]
Observed | March 31
Michael Sorkin’s list of
two hundred fifty things every architect should know. [BV]
Well, it took four years…but the Library of Congress
solved another Mystery Photo Contest entry! [BV]
Observed | March 27
When the SXSW Film Festival was cancelled, many filmmakers were left without a way to debut their work—so our friends at Mailchimp stepped in.
Watch them all now. [JH]
Observed | March 24
The final lecture in the Walker Art Center’s Insights Design Lecture Series with
Amsterdam-based designer Ruben Pater will be streamed live and for free on March 31. [JH]
Observed | March 23
British experience designers Bomoas and Parr launch
The Fountain of Hygiene competition, calling for designers to propose new forms of hand-sanitizer pumps as well as more creative hygiene solutions. [JH]
