October 2008
17 posts
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) by Pentagram →
New York Design firm, Pentagram, designs the new identity and materials for the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), previously called the American Craft Museum.
It is located at 2 Columbus…
September 2008
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The Google Android Font, "Droid" took a couple... →
Forbes gets the inside story behind the font that took two years for google to make (collaboration with Ascender), which is almost as long as Android took to build.
Penguin's Book Covers by Coralie Bickford-Smith... →
Book design to get you hiding under the covers from Penguin Books on Vimeo
On October 2nd, 2008 Penguin releases a series of ten horror books including authors Edgar…
Google's 10^100th call for entries: $100mm in... →
Google is taking submissions “for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.” They will be awarding up to a grand total of $100,000,000 distributed among…
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NY Mag's 25 Favorite Looks From New York →
“The bright, flashy, animal-printy (we’re looking at you Cavalli) Milan shows may be under way, but we’re still thinking about New York.”
Revenge of the Book Eaters →
I thought that this was a fun illustration for the Book Eaters event in NY… event details Ira Glass (“a story by”), Johnathan Franzen (“a play by”), Eric Bogosian (“read by”), a duet with…
PSD Tuts Review of Adobe Photoshop CS4 - "It's... →
From Workflow and Efficiency to new 3D effects, the new photoshop is reviewed here.
Edvard Munch's 'Vampire' back after 70 years and... →
After 70 being privately owned, Munch’s ‘Vampire’ (1894) will be sold on the open market where experts think it could go for $35 million. It is the last privately owned work from a 20-canvas…
General Electric prepares for Internet-ready TVs... →
As Internet TV seems to be getting closer and closer, GE makes a bold step into the HD LCD TV space with the internet as their pull. I guess it doesn’t hurt to have your subsidiary, NBC…
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Sites We Like →
We’ve been working on getting this together for a while, and we launched with a gallery of 40 sites that we really enjoy. We’re not taking submissions yet, but we’ll be adding more…
Pentagram's 2009 Typographic Calendar →
“Pentagram’s 2009 calendar features typefaces selected by [their] twelve graphic design partners.”
Vintage Marlboro ads targeted at moms →
Who doesn’t love Babies telling their mommies to light up before a scolding? For a brand that made its biggest mark in advertising with the quintessential man, it’s interesting to note that they…
The Colorful Themes of Spring →
For many of the collections shown during New York Fashion Week (September 5-12, 2008) this spring , they were all about color.
Damien Hirst’s record-setting $200.7 million art... →
“The total take for his two-day dealer-bypassing “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever” auction at Sotheby’s [is] a record-setting $200.7 million, the biggest-ever sale of a single artist’s work (the…
Alarm Clock that follows Leonardo da Vinci's 3.5 /... →
An alarm clock that operates under the idea of polyphasic sleep or polynapping, the practice of sleeping multiple times in a 24-hour period.
iPhone app cupcakes →
Some delightful iPhone Cupcakes by Nick Bilton and Danielle Bilton for Ignite NYC II. I’ll take the google map cupcake please :) Gizmodo’s having a caption contest for these here
How To: Cheat at Wii Fit →
This illustration made me laugh. As for cheating on the wii fit, that’s also funny. Illustration: Jason Lee
Flash 10 beta update fixes firefox 3 →
Article: “Adobe has just updated the Flash 10 beta for Windows and Mac, and with it comes the resurgence of the bug that installing the earlier beta fixed.”
The 50th Anniversary of the Microchip →
“The circuit was the handiwork of Kilby, who was trying to solve the so-called “tyranny of numbers” problem …”
Netflix paper ads as oragami →
Netflix Oragami is “[a] fun way to recycle your NetFlix flaps”. There are over a dozen Oragami how-to’s for your Netflix throw-aways here, ranging from the Swan to the Cube. That’s cool, but…
Sites where you can find network and cable... →
Gizmodo puts together a great list and reviews of the heavy hitters for free internet television in this roundup. Unfortunately, this only extends to web viewers in the U.S. for now.
Large Hadron Collider activated successfully in... →
“The Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, is the largest and most complex machine ever made and is expected to revamp modern physics by smashing together particles…
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is Quite... →
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator spanning across the border of Switzerland and France.
LHC - Official site Large Hadron Collider -…
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Pictoplasma NYC Festival →
What began as a “micro-idea” in 1999 of starting a contemporary character design archive has since evolved into book publishing and festivals showcasing some of the finest examples of character…
OCTOCAT ADVENTURE (series) by Randy Peters, aka... →
Oddly enough, I’ve seen Octocat fan art but never the actual animations until finding out the true author of the viral animation videos this past weekend at the Pictoplasma NYC festival and…
Pictoplasma – Fons Schiedon →
Dutch illustrator and designer, Fons Schiedon, creates his characters sometimes out of the simplest of shapes and colors, bringing them to life using humor, dancing (movement), and street…
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Pictoplasma NYC Day 1 – Tokyoplastic →
The first day (of two) started off with Pictoplasma’s Peter Thaler and Lars Denicke giving a warm introduction to the artists and the characters that drive them.
(Click to see my blog post on d:r studio)
Pictoplasma party kicks off at the Redbull Space →
The event started off with blackboards and redbull as the artists chalked it up on a thursday night. More photos after the break.
Pictoplasma Conference NYC, September 5 - 6 →
Design:related will be on the scene this weekend covering the pictoplasma conference in New York.
Miyazaki in Venice →
“The absolutely wonderful Hayao Miyazaki has been speaking to reporters at the Venice Film Festival ahead of the premier of the new Studio Ghibli animated feature Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea…
Google Chrome: The Comic Book (scans) →
For the launch announcement of their new web browser, google released this comic to explain the open-source browser.
