‘In his prime piece of Wallpaper* real estate Philippe Starck gave the platform to ‘others who deserve to be heard.’ Scientists, physicists, cosmologists and the odd artist and activist rock star – Starck challenged them on the meaning of life. We couldn’t let him get away that easily though and so travelled to the south of France to quiz him on his own views about life and design.’
From 2009.
Found via Wallpaper*
From 2007. Here’s a capsule overview of Starck’s work.
‘I tried to make small details count by making them meaningful, fun, playful, full of color, yet useful and sustainable . . . With artwork, we involved Twitter employees and local artists, 3 Fish Studios.’ -Sara
A Jeanne Moderno t graces the Cafe area at Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco.
Am I honored? Of course. Twitter has become one of my favorite screwy things to do.
Interiors designed by Sara Morishige. Fonts were sourced via the supercool Bryan Mason at Typekit.
More details here. Additional photos here.
That be a Jeanne t, at right
Raina, Brent
Ever wonder what goes on in a creative classroom?
There is play, but it’s also a lot of hard work. Ask anyone in my Typography 3 course – this quarter, I’ve been doing Project Runway-like timed challenges every single week. Difficult, grueling – but students’ results have been incredible. [Read more →]
‘I don’t know what’s next! It’s kind of a joke, but we’re proudly ‘without business plan’ in our 13th year. We’ve had a lot of things not work, and that’s OK too. If it’s a good idea and it gets you excited, try it, and if it bursts into flames, that’s going to be exciting too. People always ask, ‘What is your greatest failure?’ I always have the same answer – We’re working on it right now, it’s gonna be awesome!’
Interview with Jim Coudal here.
Found via Swiss Miss
‘ADAC (the Art Directors and Artists Club) presents What’s Next?, a panel featuring four Sac State graduates speaking about the different paths they’ve taken in the design world since graduating five years ago.’
ADAC’s first event in – oh, Lord knows how long – happens this coming Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at the AIA Central Valley Building in Sacramento. Details and pricing here.
Pictured: Four cool event posters by the four designers. Top poster by Christopher Lee; bottom event posters by Hans Bennewitz, Rob Martin and Jeffrey Tanhueco.
Click on images to view large/jump.
Found via Hedie Joulaee
‘if graphic design did not exist, information would suffer, you’d die, and things would be ugly.’
This weekend, my alma mater – San Jose State University – is putting on their 2010 senior graphic design show – with two receptions scheduled.
Tough school. Even Businessweek thinks so – SJSU is one of their top 60 D-Schools worldwide. Always incredible work.
receptions
Friday May 21 and Saturday May 22, 2010 at art ark gallery in San Jose, CA. Details here (click on the people to see their work). Blog here.
Exhibition runs just under a week. Ends Thursday May 27, 2010.
‘Giacomo Mojoli, vice-president of Slow Food International, contemplates what it means to mutually contaminate the sphere of food sensoriality with the wider one of material, manufacturing and creative sensoriality’
Applying the concepts of the Slow Food movement to design.
NYT article here. Recent article here. Website here.
Take your time, make something better. Very William Morris-like.
Illustration by Leigh Wells for the NYT
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