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NASA Graphic Standards Manual — 1976
Would love to find one of these under my Christmas tree Santa.
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Edits by Edit
Gorgeous collection of minimalist posters.
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The Visual Mixtape
Saved for inspiration.
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This American Infographic
“My new years resolution is to make an infographic on every This American Life ever made. The idea is to expand and add context to the stories and information contained in the shows. Basically, anything I am curious about while listening to the pieces.” Lovely.
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Redesign Valentine's Day
Not totally sold, but very interesting stuff.
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Jessica Hische
She’s got game.
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Horizon Fire
Gorgeous stuff from Paul Tebbott. I really want to try my hand at some posters in this style. He and Scott Hansen are just so damn good.
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The changing face of everyday design
My favorite part of this chart is that they call the 00’s the “Noughties”.
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New York City's Administrative Code Book as Infographics
This infographic that was created for NYC street vendors because of the massive language barrier they had to overcome when trying to explain various rules and regulations in a fairly loose economy. I’m curious to see how effective the technique was and if there’s some hard data to support it working, but I adore the concept. Some fun statistics in the sample. I had no idea Jerry Seinfeld used to be a street vendor, or Macy’s started as a push cart!
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Drawing Board to the Desktop - A Designer’s Path
Great article by Michael Bierut about the “old ways” of doing graphic design. I did spend some hours in high school with a T-square and my handwriting (in all caps) was formed from that drafting class, but for the most part my tools have always been using computers. I often wonder the same things he is though about the price we pay for all this instant work we’re able to do. What’s lost in the careful thought when you create something that can’t be easily changed later? It happens when I shoot digital photos too. I can’t help but think about how easily I can manipulate it in post production. When I grab my Polaroid though, there’s something more deliberate, slower that I really like.
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Alternative Super Bowl Logo from Draplin Design
Absolutely love this retro one. I need to try and see if I can meet up with him the next time I’m down in Portland.
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New Work: ‘Quantum of Solace’
“The book collects together all of Ian Fleming’s Bond short stories in a single volume for the first time and includes stories that inspired the Bond film classics From a View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, The Living Daylights and of course, Quantum of Solace, the latest in the series.” Just in time for Christmas, this looks absolutely gorgeous. I’ve never read any of Ian Fleming’s short stories, but I’ve always wanted to check a few out. This looks like a perfect way to do it in style.
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30 Reasons
“30 graphic designers present 30 reasons to vote for Barack Obama.” I don’t know why it took me so long to come across this. My favorite so far is probably this one from Milton Glaser. I just love that quote.
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Design Observer: Mad Men: Pitch Perfect
Michael Bierut describes why I love Mad Men perfectly.
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On Wedding Design
Letterpress, pixel printing, damn. Impressive doesn’t do that justice. The laser etched moleskines… wow. Cabel wins.
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New Work: Museum of Arts and Design | New at Pentagram | Pentagram
Absolutely stunning work from the badasses over at Pentagram, Michael Bierut and Joe Marianek. I have to go check this place out when I get out to New York again, which will hopefully be this spring.
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Untitled
Taken by Stefan Hartwig
