To help you make the shift from design student to design professional easier Doug Bartow, principal of id29, and his colleagues put together this article listing 29 things they think all new designers need to know.
Read the 29 things all designers need to know.
(via idsgn)
Here’s an interesting Hunch article discussing what your email domain says about you. I am totally guilty of stereotyping people by their email addresses: A friend recently recommended an accountant. When I saw his email address, I called up my friend and said: “I don’t want to hurt your feelings but I want you to realize that I will never hire anyone that has an aol email address. This person and I live in different solar systems.”
Here’s the link to the article. Make sure to check out the interactive version of the report.
(via @cshapiro)
This Barber Shop Sign post is a prime example of just how awesome (and talented) my friend Chris Glass is.
Chris needed a haircut and his barber needed a new sign in the window. So, he designed one. Check it out on his site for rollover before/after effect.
Fellow designers, let’s follow Chris’ lead and make the world a more beautiful – typographically speaking – space! What sign are you taking on?
There’s certain inventions that just make you smile and there’s no deeper reason for them to exist. But the fact that it made me smile in the first place, was worth it being created. This Wind Knitting Machine is a perfect example: With the power of the wind, a knitting machine knits from the outside towards the inside of a building. The knitted material is harvested from time to time and rounded-off in individually packaged scarves. Each scarf has its own label which tells you in how much time it has been knitted and on which date.
(via tweeting Justus Bruns)
Do you know who Melitta Bentz was? Or Ida Forbes? Or Ruth Wakefield? No? Then watch and learn.
This four and a half minute video is the third in an ongoing series by XPLANE and Kronos. View the first two at the links below and learn more about today’s International Women’s day here.
Today’s 20×200 print made me smile and hit the purchase button: Overheard on the Titanic by Austin Kleon.
Absolutely fantastic video that promotes Iceland. We agree with The Cool Hunter: Tourism Offices around the world, take note, this is how you promote a country!
Inspired by Iceland Video from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo.
This Test Pattern Library made me chuckle. I found it over on Amrit Richmond’s blog, who found it on Unplggd, who found it on ffffound. Now, who can tell me who made this?
This is 2011, we should be able to easily give credit to the original author. Ugh!
(photo by Jon Tan)
This ‘Nice to see you’ Poster is a one-color screen print inspired by well-known quotes from comedians of the last 30 years. Guaranteed to bring a smile to any Brit’s face.
It’s a limited edition of 500, screen printed by Ink Posters. A collaboration between Joff Casciani, Ollie Wood and Haydn Evans.
(via Jon Tan)
It does not happen often that a design has me speechless, but this desk-bed-loft construction just did. Naoto Mitsumoto and Naoko Hamana of MihaDesign were asked to renovate an old 770 sq apartment that was constructed in 1957. The designers were asked to propose a solution for the owners – a husband and wife with 4 kids – who desperately needed to come up with a creative use of the limited space. Who would think of putting boxes into this small apartment that not only serves as cozy bed-nucks but also offer a desk space above the beds. The kids can quietly read or study while comfortably dangling their feet above their beds. This is brilliant! Unbelievably brilliant! Read more.
(via spoon and tamago / via bb)
Whenever Kelli Anderson sends me an update on some of her latest projects, I stop and listen. Her talent is humbling and her updates always awe-inspiring.
This Should I Buy This Art? Project made me laugh. It’s meant to be a helpful tool for everyone involved in the currently ongoing art fair season here in NYC. Kelli made this paper-gizmo for Jen Bekman‘s 20×200 to distribute in their “Art Fair Survival” tote bags. Jen had the initial inspiration for a fortune teller and the entire office brainstormed on a theme, ultimately arriving at this question: “Should I buy this art?” Kelli worked that basic idea into a handy-dandy art market prognosticator, which will aid the user in making very expensive decisions about art… responsibly, of course.
I need the same answering the question: “Should I Blog This?”
We just uploaded another CreativeMornings/NewYork video:
Our first speaker this year was design legend Milton Glaser. Needless to say that only 10 minutes after the RSVP-floodgates opened, this 500 people event was full. Milton’s talk was filled with an insatiable passion for design and amazing nuggets of wisdom.
Thanks to wonderful Sy Abudu, you can enjoy the talk now in Vimeo:
(The event was generously hosted at the School of Visual Arts Theatre which was designed by Milton!)
Switzerland-based Eric Collobmin created Voltitude, an ultra-light two-wheeler – a sort of bicycle-scooter hybrid – that can be driven on Swiss and EU roads without a licence, plate nor helmet. The simplicity with which it folds is impressive. Its powerful electric motor and latest generation lithium battery allow you to cover over 18 miles on a single charge. Effortlessly.
They called the product Voltitude — a fusion of Volt and Attitude — because, as they say, time has come to change our attitude towards urban mobility and because electric technology is now mature enough to enable us to do it.
Needless to say I’d love a Voltitude for here in Brooklyn.
(Thank you Firas)
A big thank you to Simple Interiors for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed.
Simple Interiors is an online design firm that believes everyone deserves to be surrounded by great design. Simple Interiors can reinvent your space by delivering high quality design over the Internet.
Whether you want to redesign a room, an entire home or office, or simply freshen up your space, Simple Interiors is able to redesign your project at a price that fits every budget. Located in Switzerland, Simple Interiors has worked with clients all over the globe to transform their home or office into modern, well designed spaces.
Simple Interiors also hosts a design blog, Simple Treats, where each day we have a new theme such as, Designer Monday, Hotel Tuesday and for a good laugh check out Bad Design Friday.
I can’t wait for summer. To the point that I’ve been researching outdoor furniture and summer kids toys like a mad woman. (I know, I am a little over eager, we’re still weeks away) I have been searching for kids water tables and was highly underwhelmed by the plastic monsters that are being sold. But check out the Sanak-ji Water Table. Granted, way more expensive than the plastic ones, but a pleasure to look at.
(Thank you John)
A shame this letterpress print by Joe Newton is sold out.
I just backed this supercool Kickstarter project called LetterMpress, A Virtual Letterpress on Your iPad. I can’t wait to show this to my almost 5 year old!
(via ChrisGlass)
“You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can’t put things off thinking you’ll get to them someday. If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will. So I’m very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.”
Nora Ephron
Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Novelist
(via Design Thought Leader)
Photos by Emily Gilbert
At last week’s CreativeMornings/NewYork with Debbie Millman we asked the following Icebreakertag question: What is the one brand you can’t live without (aside from Apple)?
See all of the answers in this Flickr Set.
What’s your answer?
This PayPal Fee Calculator is my Google find of the day. It is a free web-based tool that allows people to calculate what their PayPal fees would be to receive a certain amount or to reverse calculate their fees to determine what amount a person would have to send them for them to receive a certain amount after fees. Created by Ryan Olbe, a 28-year-old freelance web developer from central Florida. Thank you, Ryan!
Wear the InteracTee to tell others what you’re looking to hire. Think of it as an ice breaker for conversations at meetups and events. Automate your search for talent.
(Thank you Amrit)
Every day I get at least one email asking me about a Social Media Person recommendation to maintain Twitter/Facebook accounts etc. I tweeted this statement earlier (above) and got A LOT of replies saying “I can help!” Aha! Time to put together a resource for people to connect. If you’re a ‘Social Media Person’ (Community Manager) offering your services, please comment below in the following format:
Name:
Twitter.com/username:
URL:
Location:
Email: (please use http://scr.im/ to protect your email adress from spammers)
From now on, I will direct people asking me for Social Media help directly to this post. Hopefully lots of good connections will come of it.
(If you don’t see your comment right away, be patient, once you add links I need to approve it.)
Vetted is a new online shopping mekka for people like me, that share a love for the simple, modern and unique. NYC based designer Antonio Carusone is behind this new gem of a site. Oh, the temptation!
This SXSW Video Guide made me laugh! (No, I won’t be at SXSW this year!)
(Thank you Dave)
