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New Honor for the Designs That Get Movies Moving Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:53PMIn a competition at the South by Southwest festival, film and television titles get the credit(s).
Artistic by design Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 6:52PMIn recent years there has been a blurring of the boundary between the worlds of design and art. "Design art" objects are usually represented as works of art and are aimed at an audience of art collectors.
Graphic Products Revision Posters Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 2:31PMA series of A3 Graphic Product Revision Posters, covering the following themes:- designer Harry Beck, production methods, renewable energy and typography key facts.
2010 Fiesta poster is seeing stars Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 10:44AM"Stars Over Fiesta" is artist Shelley Fluke's fourth piece chosen to be an official Fiesta poster.
In the World of Facebook Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 1:32PMBy Charles Petersen The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America by Julia Angwin Facebook, the most popular social networking Web site in the world, was founded in a Harvard dorm room in the winter of 2004. Like Microsoft, that other famous technology ...
New Year, New Awards for Auckland Based Designers Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 10:03PMAuckland based design company, Alt Group, has started off the year with a bang, picking up three Certificates of Typographic Excellence in the Type Directors Club TDC56 competition in New York.
New Year, New Awards for Auckland Based Design Com Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 9:53PMAuckland based design company, Alt Group, has started off the year with a bang, picking up three Certificates of Typographic Excellence in the Type Directors Club TDC56 competition in New York.
MoMA gives Modern a Makeover Monday, January 4, 2010 @ 1:54PMThe modern design section of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) recently received a facelift. Running from December 23, 2009 to July of 2010, the museum’s third floor Philip Johnson Architecture and Design Galleries showcases “ Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980 .” The exhibit houses a selection of visionary objects, graphics, architectural fragments, and textiles from the Museum’s collection that ...
Design 1880-1980 Includes Visionary Objects from MoMA's Design Collection Tuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 8:58PMPaolo Lomazzi (Italian, born 1936), Donato D'Urbino (Italian, born 1935), and Jonathan De Pas (Italian, 1932-1991), Blow Inflatable Armchair. 1967. PVC plastic. Manufactured by Zanotta S.p.A., Italy. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the manufacturer.
The Typography Of The London Underground Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 3:07PMHere's a piece about how the typeface for the London Underground came to be...
East Austin Studio Tour: Our Survival Guide and Picks Friday, November 13, 2009 @ 4:35PMEast Austin Studio Tour East Austin Studio Tour Saturday, November 15 - Sunday, November 22 Various Venues ( Austin ) Free, Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm [ info ] Like the South by Southwest of visual art, East Austin Studio Tour can be daunting to navigate. For the first time the tour has expanded this year to include two weekends of open studios with events and programs taking place mid-week ...
Michael Gillette Wednesday, November 11, 2009 @ 5:39AMSwansea-born illustrator Gillette moved from London to San Francisco in search of a different way of life. He tells Julia Sagar how the Californian creative scene compares to his native UK
Iconic eras of UK design Friday, November 6, 2009 @ 5:09AMBritish graphic design has dominated the world for decades, and the maverick designers of its peak periods still hold influence. Tom Dennis celebrates the best of British
Morrissey Reveals Album Cover, U.S. Tour Friday, September 25, 2009 @ 11:17AMLast week, we told you about Swords , the forthcoming Morrissey B-sides compilation, which will be out October 26 in the UK via Polydor and November 3 in the U.S. via Universal Music Enterprises . A deluxe edition of the album will include a second disc of live tracks, including one Smiths song.
N.E.R.D., Wale to Open Jay-Z's Fall Tour Friday, September 25, 2009 @ 10:32AMThe single best reason to go see Jay-Z live is Jay-Z himself. Onstage, Jay is so regal it's unreal.
Watch: Sufjan Performs Epic New Track Live Friday, September 25, 2009 @ 10:02AMPosted by Ryan Dombal on September 25, 2009 at 9:40 a.m.
Dan Deacon Launches Really Hard Poster Contest Thursday, September 24, 2009 @ 7:18PMUPDATE: The links to the contest items have been fixed! Don’t have anything to do on a Friday night besides twiddle your thumbs? Well, we got you. Actually, Dan Deacon’s got you. Although we’re still a little upset for him canceling on FYF Fest, we’re happy to announce that he is, indeed, going on tour again. Deacon [...]
Damon Albarn in Running to Direct London Olympic Ceremony Thursday, September 24, 2009 @ 5:02PMWe've seen some pretty spectacular Olympic opening ceremonies recently: Bjork in Athens in 2004, all those drummers in Beijing in 2008. And when the Games come to London in 2012, a mob of cartoon apes could conceivably join their ranks.
Dan Deacon Launches Totally Amazing Awesome Crazy Poster Contest Thursday, September 24, 2009 @ 4:02PMDan Deacon is firing up the veggie bus once again this fall for a tour starting October 1 . And to promote the trek, he's set up an insane poster contest. This isn't your typical "design a poster" contest.
John Latimer Smith: Typographer and book designer celebrated for his innovativeness Wednesday, September 23, 2009 @ 6:13PMJohn Latimer Smith, who has died aged 73, was the kind of consummate "bookman" rarely found in today's publishing sectors. He was a typographer and book designer, a skilful editor and, in the 1960s and '70s, a refreshingly genial component of the small press publishing scene in London.
Iqbal collection hits Iranian bookstores Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 1:29PMTEHRAN, Sept. 15 (MNA) -- Poet Muhammad Iqbal’s collection was recently released by Negah Publications in Iran.
Khaleej Times Online - Two UAE Students Make a Mark in Poster World Thursday, August 13, 2009 @ 2:11PMDUBAI — Two university students believe their images speak louder than words and their internationally-acclaimed posters challenge people stop, ponder and take action against environmental change.
News in Brief: Soulsavers, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs, the Howling Bells, Teenbeat Takeover Monday, June 15, 2009 @ 9:56AM-- On August 17 in the UK, V2 / Cooperative will release Broken , the third album from the depressive British production crew Soulsavers . The album features a ton of guest appearances from elegantly debauched underground rock royalty.
Pixies' Minotaur Box Set Revealed Monday, June 15, 2009 @ 12:11AMFront page page photo by Renaud Monfourny. Above: the Limited Edition Minotaur box set Pixies superfans are in for a real treat with Minotaur , the previously reported gargantuan box set that rounds up the band's studio recordings and videos with a live DVD, new artwork, and a book.