Khoi Vinh loves grids. The "Internet famous" former design director of NYTimes.com has written books about grids, given SXSW talks about grids, designed Wordpress themes based on grids, and now--courtesy of a lovely short documentary ...READ»
“Pharma,” an exhibition of pharmaceutical-focused graphic design that opened at the Herb Lubalin Study Center at Cooper Union on November 1, traces this evolution of visual trends using more than 60 pieces, some from as far back ...READ»
What is motion design? That's the question posed by an intriguing short film by Motion + Design, a nonprofit organization that wants to open a museum of animated graphic design in Paris. A mini-Louvre dedicated to the art history of ...READ»
It’s hard enough to get kids to eat healthfully at dinner or during school lunch. But try telling the little darlings that they’re going to get cucumbers and whole wheat bread instead of ice cream and cake at their birthday ...READ»
If you’ve ever wondered what a tattoo parlor run by designers would look like, look no further than Tattly, the new temporary tattoo web service launched yesterday by Tina Roth Eisenberg, proprietor of the Swiss Miss blog and the ...READ»
Ask a talented illustrator and graphic designer like Edvard Scott who his influences are, and you might expect to hear certain names dropped: Saul Bass, Paul Rand. But Scott doesn't do what you expect. On the top of his current list ...READ»
The first thing you learn about celebrated bookmaker Irma Boom, in the excellent short film below, is that she hates books. Not all books, mind you. Just the DIY kind. “A book which has been made by hand showing traces of handicraft ...READ»
Graphic designers love board games. Graphic designers love graphic design. Combine the two, and you’ve got The Pitch, a superbly nerdish little board game about, for, and by graphic designers. This is Dungeons and Dragons for ...READ»
Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) has opened a nice little exhibit sure to draw high-minded type aficionados and snotty-nosed kindergarteners in equal measure: It's a showcase of each letter of the alphabet, diced, dyed, ...READ»
Official city logos suck. Either they're boring or hideous or suggestive of all the wrong things, and rarely do they capture the spirit of the place. So designers are taking matters into their own hands. Through the open-source ...READ»
Today, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced the winners of the 2010 National Design Awards. Just over a decade old, the awards are the closed thing the country has to a Nobel Prize in design; the nominees were drawn ...READ»
Restaurants opening during the downturn are using top-shelf design to bring in new patrons. Next up in our series, Momed, a Mediterranean restaurant in Beverly Hills. READ»
Why are so many license plates so bad? Ken Carbone sets out to revisit his state's much-reviled design and invites Craig Minor, Bart Crosby, and Stefan Bucher along for the ride.READ»
The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour winds its way through South Africa on its way to the tournament's opening match in three weeks, and marketers have begun ramping up their own World Cup promotions. From soda to athletic gear to high ...READ»
The Museum of Contemporary Art in L.A. has just quietly reverted to a 30-year-old logo which was designed by icons Ivan Chermayeff & Tom Geismar. What's up with that?READ»
The airline merger is a big loser for United, who may have kept the name but lost all of its rich brand equity--including double ties to a legendary designer.READ»
