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The Dirty Dozen: 12 Things Which Kill Creativity. Article here.
Dirty Dozen poster by The Silent Giants. Info here.
The Silent Giants blog here.
entries Tagged as [design]
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Steven Snell’s 10 keys to growth as a designer. Article here.
Sketchbook photos found via Design Mom
‘The Making of a Design Thinker’
Process imagery, click for larger version/jump
Here’s an excerpt from Tim Brown’s new book, Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation.
More about the book here. Order here.
Tim Brown is president and CEO of IDEO
Van Doesburg
‘Raoul Hausmann’s postcard to IK Bonset (van Doesburg’s alter ego) of rival theorist Herwarth Walden’
Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931). Magazine publisher. Artist. Designer. Propagandist. Troublemaker. Dutch. The guy behind de Stijl.
A van Doesburg show just opened yesterday (my birthday, how bout that?) at the Tate Modern. Review here. Another review here.
Runs thru May 16, 2010.
Stained glass composition by van Doesburg
Plus,
Here’s a link to my own low cost, van Doesburg-influenced font, 2491.
French Futura: You get an a
Paul Renner’s Futura fonts were exported to France under the name Europe. And they came with an interesting alternate a (seen in the top half of this sample). Changes the whole look and feel of the type. Details here.
Found via Colin M. Ford
Looking Glass
Video for The Birthday Massacre’s Looking Glass. Directed by Dan Ouellette. Director’s comments here. From the album Walking with Strangers.
Been cranking this one really loud while driving in morning traffic. The title track, Walking With Strangers, also a fav. Here’s TBM’s MySpace page.
And
Check out GoodbyeForever – Chibi (lead vocalist), Laura and Emily’s Etsy store. Handmade stuff, including these fun playing card prints (below).
(I was lecturing on 15th century playing card design just this past Monday)
Healthy junk
‘Healthy snacks packaged to look like drugs and junk food’
The work of designer Daizi Zheng.
More images here.
Found via Dezeen
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