Observed | May 24
“Design in this century has little use for anything that can’t be quantified. And yet, here is Apple’s App Store, presenting
new, original illustrations several times a week.” [BV]
Observed | May 23
Bill Gold, the seminal designer who created posters for some of Hollywood‘s most famous movies—from
A Streetcar Named Desire to
The Exorcist—has died. [LS]
Pilot and photographer Christiaan van Heijst captures
his stunning view of weather from the cockpit. [BV]
Goodbye Philip Roth,
designer manqué. [BV]
Observed | May 22
Sadly we must
say goodbye to Robert Indiana, who brought his world-famous LOVE sculpture to NYC in 1971. [BV]
Adherents to Design Thinking believe it
will save higher ed. Are they delusional? [BV]
Adieu
Interview. Almost 50 years after it was founded by Andy Warhol,
the magazine is shutting down. [BV]
Observed | May 18
A Qin dynasty document from the third-century B.C.E, titled “The Volume of Crime Scene Investigation—Burglary,” pointed up fingerprints as a means of evincing whodunnit:
The surprising history (and future) of fingerprints. [BV]
Observed | May 16
Glamour shots of chickens. [BV]
This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center presents
The Ark. [BV]
Observed | May 15
There’s very little advice or collective wisdom about
how to properly end a creative project. (h/t Kottke.org) [BV]
Observed | May 14
Some afternoon eye candy:
1930s interior architecture illustrations. [BV]
Katherine Small Gallery is a new gallery in Somerville, Massachusetts dedicated to small exhibits about graphic design and typography. Their first exhibit is “
Ivan Chermayeff: Mostly Early Covers”. [BV]
Observed | May 11
Explore the Marché du Film with the
14 craziest movie posters in Cannes. [BV]
An integral part of NYCxDESIGN, the
Design Pavillion opens tomorrow in Times Square and is hosting some amazing talks next week. [BV]
Observed | May 10
How multimodal city councilor Michelle Wu
gets around Boston. [BV]
Rather than a golden ratio or a moral judgment,
beauty is more like a radical jolt that awakens us to the world. [BV]
Observed | May 09
The rise of the
rural creative class. [BV]
Congratulations to design director extraordinaire
Fred Woodward on receiving the 2018 SPD Herb Lubalin Award for Lifetime Achievement. [BV]
A thoughtful response to the recent “
two spaces after a period” research. (via
James I. Bowie) [BV]
Observed | May 08
Opening this Friday, Penguin Random House and Strand Book Store present
Be My Cover, an exhibit of contemporary cover design. [BV]
Women, design, New York.
Discuss! [JH]
Observed | May 07
Where
is design going? [JH]
A brief history of the
dust jacket. [JH]
Observed | May 04
Friday Fun:
stained-glass windows of R. Crumb comics. [BV]
A lovely profile of
Maira Kalman, “for whom image and word are intertwined and of equal importance”. [BV]
Observed | May 03
Truthiness, Kinfolk, and everything you ever wanted to know about
the death of authenticity. [JH]
Maps for Good! [JH]
Observed | May 02
Julian Rothenstein’s
compendium of rare and wonderful alphabets and signs, A2Z+, is out now from Princeton Architectural Press. [MPL]
Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth’s
newest book is a celebration of the original emoji. More
here. [JH]
