An unfortunate development in Shepard Fairey's court battle with the A.P. over copyright infringement. Fairey has claimed throughout his case that he used a photo of Obama and George Clooney as the source material for his Hope poster, not a photog...
The Impossible is Possible!
This just in from the Impossible Project: "We are pleased to herewith announce a history making cooperation between Polaroid and The Impossible Project: As we have created quite some buzz about Analog Instant Photography over the past 12 months, t...
Where the Wild (Marketing) Things Are
Spike Jonze's film adaptation of the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak, finally arrives in theaters this weekend after a year of studio-demanded revamping and much anticipation from (mostly adult) fans of the book. Bel...
Lace in Translation
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The Design Center at Philadelphia University recently opened the exhibition "Lace in Translation" featuring the work of three artists inspired by the University's Quaker Lace Company archive. Many of the pieces capture the delicacy of lace by way ...
We Flip For the Femme Den
The current issue of Fast Company features a story on The Femme Den, an "internal collective" of four women at the NYC firm, Smart Design. The Femme Den's mission is to explore how best to design for women, and the members do their own research on...
Designing Obama, Pledge to Publish
As Design Director of the Obama campaign, Scott Thomas had a front row seat to all the work that the candidate inspired. Subsequently, he has created the book, Designing Obama, which recaps the campaign through the design lens, contains forwards b...
Obama's Video Challenge
via my.barackobama.com The Organizing For America team has launched an amateur video competition and the winning spot will land on national TV. To quote Natalie Foster, the New Media Director at OFA: "This is your chance -- you ingenious, insightf...
Graphic Designer v. Client (NSFW)
Hello, Stocking Stuffer!
Snap-on jar tops turn your old spaghetti sauce container into a pitcher/creamer/shaker, etc.http://www.gnr8.biz/product_info.php?products_id=1072
People's Design Award : No Surfboard, Just Love & Admiration
On October 22 the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum will hold its annual awards gala and distribute laurels including the People's Design Award, submitted and chosen by us, the People. As of today, there are 86 nominees including the very cool ...