(via grassrootsmodern)
Autografik
Flickr user insect54 has set up Autografik, a pool dedicated to graphic design applied to motor vehicles. With a focus on modernist corporate identities of the 60’s and 70’s. I love you internet!
(via hellobauldoff)
Web / Design: A Novice’s Thoughts
Almost every novel I read makes me want to write, just as most cookbooks make me want to cook and many photography books inspire me to take photos. I have yet to come across any inspiring books on web design, though, and I suspect it’s because web designers don’t do as much pure design as the title implies. In other words, perhaps web design has failed to become an artistic medium and simply lacks the material to make an inspiring book.
So I wonder if web designers could become better designers if they emulated the Architect’s system of getting an engineer’s opinion only after his or her imagination has been inked on paper. That is, perhaps we should free ourselves from writing html and css as a profession. Such a strategy might have a better chance at reproducing the radical genius of Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry, if only because web designers could stop handicapping themselves with their fascination with code and the limitations code implies.
Web / Design: A Novice’s Thoughts, by Saha
Can Do
Found this page over on Maira Kalman’s Can Do Post.
CreativeMornings Video: Zachary Lieberman
Our speaker at the October 30th, 2009 CreativeMornings was brilliant and much admired Zachary Lieberman. Zachary has a simple goal: he wants you surprised. He creates artwork that uses technology in a playful and seamless way to explore the nature of communication and the delicate boundary between the visible and the invisible.
(A big thank you to wonderful Roland Lazarte for filming and editing Zach’s Talk.)
CreativeMornings with Matias Corea at ADC
Ready for another CreativeMorning?
Our speaker on November 20th 2009, is Matias Corea, Chief Designer at Behance, an innovative company dedicated to organizing the creative world to make ideas happen. As the company’s founding designer, he has shaped the brand identity and design of all Behance products, including the Behance Creative Network, the 99% conference, and Action Method.
Born and raised in Barcelona, Matias received his BFA in Graphic Design from Massana Art School. While in school, Matias had the opportunity to work at his father’s architecture studio space and develop his secondary passion. This love of architecture influenced him immensely and brought an inherent order to his work. Finally, his geeky passion for organizing information found its home at Behance. There, Matias developed his skills as a web designer, with no prior web experience – relying solely on basic design principles, an obsession with structure, and common sense.
Interested in attending? Make sure to r.s.v.p via email quickly as we usually fill up within a few hours. Please tell us your name and what industry you’re in. (Check your inbox for a confirmation email!) CreativeMornings start at 8.30am, end at 10am and are FREE of charge. We can no longer accept r.s.v.p’s as we have reached full capacity. I apologize.
A big thank you to the ADC for generously hosting this month’s event at their stunning space on 29th street. The Art Directors Club was founded in New York in 1920, as a non-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect creative visual communications professionals around the globe, and to provoke and elevate world-changing ideas. It focuses on the highest standards of excellence in visual communications for the industry, and encourages students and young professionals entering the field. ADC provides a forum for creatives in Advertising, Design, Interactive Media and Communications to explore the direction of these rapidly converging industries.
Breakfast will be generously sponsored by Digitas Health a a Webby award winning interactive agency specializing in health.
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Check out pictures of previous CreativeMornings over at Flickr.
View all the taped CreativeMorning talks we’ve put up on the web so far over at Vimeo.
CreativeMornings? ‘CreativeMornings’ is a monthly morning gathering of creative types. Each event includes a 10 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am. The whole thing closes down at 10am. The events are hosted at studios/gallery spaces in NYC. (We are always looking for potential hosts that are willing to accomodate 50+ people. Please email us if you’re interested in hosting or sponsoring one of our events!)
Question for my readers:
What ConversationStarter Tag Question would you like to see answered at on one of our upcoming CreativeMornings?
Birds
(via notestoself)
MeasureMe Stick
How incredibly cool is this MeasureMe Stick that transforms the traditional ruler into a playful, modern growth chart. Pretty! In fact, this would not only be cool for Ella’s room but in our living-room in general. We could add all our friends that stop by.
(thank you denise)
The Weepies
The Weepies currently playing on our beloved GenevaSound XL at swissmiss studio:
(thank you for introducing me to The Weepies, Billy!)
Graphite
Graphite on Paper by Meggie Schwendemann. Beautiful. Brings up memories from art school in Geneva.
Illustration by Nick Lu
Made me look. Illustration by Nick Lu.
Eternal Helium Ballon
(image by joan braun)
How crazy cool are these Eternal Helium Balloons? (Love the cloud!)
They are entirely made of fabric and there is in fact no helium in them. They are stuffed with kapok, and feel like a soft pillow. A tiny flap fixed at the top allows mounting it to your ceiling. It is key to hang them up as high as possible, in order to recreate the magic illusion of a real flying helium balloon! The most beautiful effect is obtained in setting a bunch of balloons together, forming a “balloon bouquet”. All these pieces are delicately handmade in my own workshop in Paris, in limited edition.
Check out more projects by Clementine Henrion over on her site.
(thank you christophe)
My first PrintSociety purchase
I am thrilled about my first PrintSociety purchase: The amazing Ampersand Print by Conor & David. Make sure to watch the making of video. Did you know: The ampersand was first seen in the 1st century AD and this short text in Irish and English charts its history and role in the English language.
Alphabet
Can anyone tell me who this is from? Saw it over on PrintSociety. Designed by Beauchamping, view his etsy store here.
(By the way, PrintSociety’s Size Chart made me laugh)
How do people see you on Twitter
Michael has an interesting post about Twitter Lists in which I learned about MustExist.com/list_tags. Enter your twitter name see the names of Twitter lists associated with your account. Here’s mine about swissmiss. Some of the tags that made me laugh are designhappy, beasts_of_twitter, mayo (?) and webrockers.
What are some of yours that made you chuckle?
Pile To File
Not that one really needs a paper weight, but this one made me look: Pile To File.
Motif Cubes
These Motif Cubes strike a perfect balance of being a kids toy yet being so stylish you want to keep it out in your living room at all times. Perfect gift for the designy parent (and kiddo).
(via designmilk)
Lego Architecture Series Empire State Building
Lego Architecture Series Empire State Building. Is that a perfect Holiday Gift for a little one or Architecture/Lego obsessed grown-up? Yes!
Tim Burton MoMA Spot
Tim Burton animates the MoMA Logo:
On view at MoMA November 22, 2009–April 26, 2010
For more information please visit www.moma.org/timburton.
printsociety.com
Print Society is a brand new site and already an amazing place to find art you can actually buy. If you’re an artist Print Society offers a unique opportunity to get the word out about about your art and sell prints faster. Some fantastic artists are already on board and from what I can tell the potential is huge! The amazing, lovely Laura Holder is their first front page curator!
(Congrats Saha, another fantastic idea and execution!)
