BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)
Adventures in sign painting.
By Sam Roberts.
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A Facinating Collection of Hungarian Sign Painting Photos, 1906–1976
Tom Koch is currently working on a museum project for the Austrian city of Eisenstadt, which will include a permanent sign painting exhibit. To give context to some of the objects, he asked if I …
By Better Letters, 661 words
Brand New
Opinions on corporate and brand identity work.
By Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Armin Vit.
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Updated 4 months ago
Carl Barenbrug
A product designer and creative director at Minimalissimo and 099.
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FormFeelingFunction®
Sometimes things need to end so we can create something new. Essentially, what's ending is Minimalissimo, and what's beginning is a creative lab I’ve named FFF. I feel like I've done my part in curating …
By Carl Barenbrug, 176 words
Carl Barenbrug
Creative Director + Product Designer.
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Seeing Beauty in Basic To-Do Lists
I like making lists. A lot of people do. And this is reflected in the abundance of to-do apps available today. There's a silly amount of them. Designed to augment and organise our lives, they …
The Casual Optimist
Books, Design and Culture.
By Dan Wagstaff.
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Book Covers of Note, October 2024
Hey, I hope you are good. It’s a stressful time and everyone is super busy trying to hold it together, but here we are at the end of October with another post that is both …
Colossal
Art, design, and visual culture.
By Christopher Jobson, Grace Ebert, et al.
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Marilou Schultz Weaves Computer Processor Patterns in Traditional Navajo Tapestries
What does Intel’s Pentium computer chip have in common with Navajo textiles? More than you might think. For artist Marilou Schultz, the ancestral practice of weaving melds with an unexpected contemporary source of inspiration. Merging …
By Kate Mothes, 778 words
Core77
Magazine and resource offering calendar of events, firm listings, jobs section, forums, articles and competitions.
By Eric Ludlam, et al.
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Steelcase and Logitech's Ocular View Videoconferencing Solution
Videochats have become indispensable for businesses, but they're no substitute for a face-to-face meeting. The lack of accurate eye contact is jarring, and it's a lot harder to read visual cues when staring at a …
Coudal Partners - Fresh Signals
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Updated 3 years ago
A Letraset Database
Instant Lettering, A Letraset Database. From Hoosier Type Co.
Dan Mall’s Posts
Read about how to grow in design systems, design process, and design leadership.
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The Job of a CEO
Note: this article gets into politics towards the end. If you have a sensitivity towards that, I suggest not reading this one, or at least stopping before you reach the last heading (“The power and …
Designers & Books
Posts lists of books that esteemed members of the design community identify as important, meaningful, and formative.
By Steve Kroeter, et al.
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The Book We Need Now: New from Stefan Sagmeister
Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister, soft-cover book and slipcase (Phaidon Press, 2023). The book continues Sagmeister’s life-long interest how design can best speak to people and improve their lives. Initially conceived in 2020 as …
Design Inspiration ✨🦀
A collection of non-digital work for inspiration.
By Buzz Usborne.
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The Sail Loft — Gillespie Yunnie
The Sail Loft — Gillespie Yunnie
Design is fine. History is mine.
Imagine a time with no computers but with lots of craftsmanship and creativity. This is my library...
By Andrea.
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Florence Broadhurst, wallpaper samples, exclusively from the year 1973. Via Powerhousemuseum
Florence Broadhurst, wallpaper samples, exclusively from the year 1973. Via Powerhousemuseum
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A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
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The Door in the Wall, 1956
The Door in the Wall is one of HG Wells’ most popular short stories, a fable-like piece which has slipped across the genre barriers into collections as diverse as Tales of the Unexpected (1924), More …
Graphic Journey Blog
Mike Dempsey's blog on graphics and life.
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Oskar Altherr 1919 - 2010
A rare poster by Oskar Altherr For more about the extraordinary story of Oskar Altherr, click the links below. Part onehttps://mikedempsey.typepad.com/graphic_journey_blog/2010/02/mountain-man-part-one.htmlPart twohttps://mikedempsey.typepad.com/graphic_journey_blog/2010/03/mountain-man-part-two-.htmlPart threehttps://mikedempsey.typepad.com/graphic_journey_blog/2010/04/mountain-man-part-3.html
By Mike Dempsey, 28 words
Guy Moorhouse — Blog
The portfolio of independent designer, Guy Moorhouse.
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Pieces
I have made an exploratory prototype of a new game called Pieces for New York Times Games.
Jane Audas
Writing about historical and contemporary craft and design.
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Paul Nash: Wonderfully particular
I had my beady eye on this book coming out. Paul Nash is an artist and designer I always find draws me in. He was one of a handful of artists that worked in the …
Jorge Arango
Information architect, author, and educator.
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Choosing the Right Words for Effective UX
Websites and apps are semantic artifacts: they’re peppered with words and icons that tell you what you’ll find and do there. Designing these systems requires choosing appropriate terms. Words and icons in menus let you …
KBBBLOG
I am Kate Bingaman-Burt and I am teaching stuff and making things in Portland, Oregon.
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Slowly creeping towards reopening up my online store! Do you...
Slowly creeping towards reopening up my online store! Do you like how I do this after the holidays? I’m a professional 😎. However, I have lots of prints, pillows, zines and othe sundry items available …
Letterform Archive — News
Recent news and announcements from Letterform Archive.
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Inside NKF: Piet Zwart’s Avant-Garde Catalog for Standard Cables, 1927–1928
The new facsimile from Letterform Archive Books brings a Dutch design classic into the present. Supplement and facsimile volumes (left) and slipcase (right) of NKF: Piet Zwart’s Avant-Garde Catalog for Standard Cables, 1927–1928. NKF: Piet …
By Chris Westcott, 1,967 words
Logo Design Love
On logos, symbols, icons, and marks.
By David Airey.
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SELA
Rome–based designer and art director Davide Mascioli shared his latest project — SELA (Space Exploration Logo Archive). Passionate about art, space exploration, and design, Davide envisioned the SELA book as a project he’d love to …
By David Airey, 236 words