http://www.designobserver.com/ en-us http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 design a stop sign: a short and horrifying film. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38990 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:40:54 AM the look and content of magazines. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38988 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:45:43 PM 1971 Marcel Breuer tower in Cleveland inches away from the wrecking ball. In Sarasota, Paul Rudolph may not be so lucky. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38969 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:26:11 PM Artefacture T-shirts make the Boston Globe. (We will be offering Design Observer T-shirts through Artefacture in September!) [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38987 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:39:22 PM Job Board has new jobs in Denver, Boston, Cincinnati, NYC, Palo Alto, New Haven, Dubai and Munich. Companies hiring include Monigle Associates, Vuze, Kolar Design, Material ConneXion, Tiffany & Co., Group C, Funny Garbage, Arnold and Sakson & Taylor. Remember you can post jobs here too. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38986 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:02:03 AM by New York University's Brennan Center for Justice showing no little progress on the issue since 2000, the New York Times calls for better ballot design. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38984 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:26:55 AM Read the report. It is also published in book form as Design for Democracy: Ballot and Election Design. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38985 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:25:00 AM here, the latest Cannes advertising awards lead to some soul searching. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38983 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:33:46 PM Wordle is a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes." (Thanks to Derek Stewart.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38982 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:16:23 PM Prix Pictet is a major new global prize in photography that focuses on perhaps the greatest single issue of the twenty-first century: sustainability. (Thanks to David Mohney.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38981 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:11:22 PM The Font Conference. It's actually pretty funny, so you may as well watch and get it over with. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38980 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:49:59 PM Sam Potts calmly explains how he designed the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company. If you've never been there, check it out. (Thanks to Ben King.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38979 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:50:54 PM 1969 Plan for New York City." Classic information graphics, photography and design. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38968 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:41:26 PM Ralph Caplan essay on the signs we create to correct design oversights. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38962 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:41:03 PM ten years after. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38961 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:40:50 PM Wim Crouwel vs. Jan van Toorn. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38978 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:47:27 AM paper craft extravaganza. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38977 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:12:27 PM the penthouse at the Villa Stein. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38976 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:07:10 PM Project M Lab site. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38967 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:10:18 PM Erik Spiekermann talks about designing numbers, specifically his three lines of house numbers (Industrial, Contemporary, and Tech) for Design Within Reach. (Via Unbeige.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38965 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:09:52 PM Still more on branding the Obama campaign. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38975 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:45:15 PM Robert Probst is the new dean of my alma mater, the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. A well-deserved appointment for a very good guy. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38974 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:40:29 PM $300 million yacht, called, simply, "A." "Designed by Philippe Starck — he of lemon-squeezer fame — A looks more like a floating space helmet than a palace for cruising the Med." (Thanks to Luke Hayman.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38973 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:56:04 AM Guardian offers a nice slideshow of Obama's branding strategy. They did miss the new Obama Boeing 757, though. Sweet! (Thanks to Michael Dooley.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38960 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:49:26 AM cast-iron ampersand. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38959 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:27:33 AM Rem Koolhaas interview: "We have been interested in [sustainability] since the 1960s, so in that respect we feel vindicated." (This was my critique last year.) [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38972 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:46:06 AM Job Board has new jobs in Minneapolis, NYC, New Delhi, Brooklyn, Birmingham, Redmond, San Diego, Charlotte, London and Paris. Companies hiring include Star Exhibits, EyeballNYC, d.light, Microsoft, Wenner Media, Continuum, Foundry9 and Vibes Interactive. Remember you can post jobs here too. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38971 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:31:26 AM Pixar makes every film twice, first as a quick prototype, then as a fully realized film. "We’d much rather fail with a bunch of sketches that we did (relatively) quickly and cheaply, than once we’ve modeled, rigged, shaded, animated, and lit the film. 'Fail fast,' that’s the mantra." [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38966 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:30:02 AM not-necessarily- representational art." (Via VSL.) [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38970 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:11:52 AM internet English and typography. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38963 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:49:59 AM The New Yorker is hosting a slide show of political covers by illustrator Barry Blitt. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38958 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:11:21 PM Helvetica, now available as an iTunes movie download, cracks the top 20. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38957 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:41:24 AM Green Patriot Posters is a campaign to commission poster designs from leading firms and designers and others through a national competition. Michael Bierut's pilot program is currently on view on Cleveland's buses. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38956 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:03:23 AM Go-One 3 is more than an enclosed tricycle, it's a Human Powered Vehicle. "What other vehicle can you 'recharge' with a sports drink and a power bar?" (Thanks to Eric Baker.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38955 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:30:37 AM Alvin Lustig book jackets. (Thanks to John Gall.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38954 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:23:12 AM 21st Century will be Martha Stewart." [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38953 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:01:44 PM Charles Eames. (Thanks to Michael Brenner.) [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38952 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:19:53 AM Big Dog. (Thanks to Eric Baker.) [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38951 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:01:15 AM Cameron Sinclair responses to John Thackara post. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38950 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:28:19 AM Periodic Table of Videos. (Via Kottke.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38949 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:51:50 AM live in concert with Artbreak at Joe's Pub, August 4th. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38948 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:56:19 PM Jonathan Hoefler explains it all for you. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38947 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:51:39 PM First Lady Laura Bush hosts the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award nominees: "I look forward to this event every year to get to meet people whose works I've admired for a long time, and this is certainly no exception. This is the last one, so I hope whoever comes after me will invite you all next year to this event." [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38946 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:14:35 PM Here are a few." [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38945 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:08:44 PM Design won't save the world. (Thanks to Michael Blowhard.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38944 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:21:14 AM Designed by Pentagram's Jim Biber — and truly extraordinary. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38943 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:27:01 PM AGI Student Conference will feature Paul Sahre, John Bielenberg, Niklaus Troxler, Carin Goldberg, Michael Vanderbyl, Jennifer Morla, James Cross, Steff Geissbuhler, Leonard Sonnoli, Paula Scher, Rick Valicenti, Francois Robert, Seymour Chwast, Deborah Sussman, Bart Crosby and Dana Arnett. Register here. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38942 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:02:46 PM School of Visual Art's reading series at KGB Bar, joining Jennifer Kabat, Paul Lukas and Phil Patton in "an action-packed evening of sports-fueled design criticism." [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38941 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:26:08 PM Sgt. Pepper album has sold for £541,250 ($1,070,000) at auction in London. (Thanks to Kevin Finn.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38940 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:10:06 PM New Yorker cover tests world's satire detection skills: Unbeige rounds up reactions to the magazine's portrait of Barack Obama as our first fist-bumping, Osama-worshipping, flag-burning Oval Office occupant. It's supposed to be funny, people! [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38939 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:06:23 PM (structural) architecture in Beijing explained. (Thanks to Jeffrey Kittay.) [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38938 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:13:02 PM Advertising appropriates art. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38937 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:10:02 PM abacus. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38936 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:30:09 AM The differences are amazing." [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38935 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:01:57 AM an inappropriate use of the building." Renzo Piano would prefer you not climb up the New York Times Building. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38934 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:16:53 AM Stanley Kubrick Archive. (Thanks to Josh Berta.) Here's even more, via Coudal, of course. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38933 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:55:05 AM visual history of the mortarboard, that hat you wear when you graduate. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38932 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:20:20 AM naivete is no longer a forgivable offense." Scrapbook Insider Linda Fantin recalls the controversial 2005 DO article that planted the seed of Jessica Helfand's upcoming book. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38931 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:26:14 AM Giovanni Pintori, who worked for Olivetti's Development & Advertising Office for 27 years. Ahh. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38930 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:41:21 AM Handwriting samples from various type designers, including Erik Spiekermann, Mark Simonson and Marian Bantjes. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38929 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:03:24 PM The Drawbridge is an independent quarterly delivering thought, wit and reflection through words, photography and drawing. It is in turn critically nonsensical and radically serious." Stephen Coates is creative director and Paul Davis is picture editor. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38928 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:45:29 PM one good application of Comic Sans. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38927 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:19:34 PM New York City waterfalls on Flickr. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38926 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:56:45 AM Sydney Opera House is transformed into a rainforest by French artist Pierre Huyghe. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38925 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:51:46 AM New York covers from the Clay Felker era. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38924 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:21:17 AM It doesn't sound great, as it's not supposed to." [Thanks to Luke Hayman.] [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38923 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:16:47 AM Trickhouse is a quarterly online curatorial project that likens itself, at least as far as its floorplan (and interface) are concerned, to a bordello. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38922 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:49:01 PM first interactive film. (Thanks to Jessica Duffin Wolfe.) [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38921 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:24:01 AM a great video. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38920 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:54:41 AM Foundation for the Built Environment has been asked to advise on the design of a UK government-sponsored ecotown. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38919 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:45:08 AM New York Times reviews Thoughts on Democracy. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38917 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:30:53 AM terrorist activity. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38916 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:17:56 AM Design Thinking makes the Harvard Business Review. Bruce Nussbaum sees progress in MBA design innovation curriculum. (I agree about Toronto, but Harvard?) Meanwhile, watch out for Yale. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38915 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:51:59 PM Separated at Birth: T Magazine and Coast Magazine. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38914 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:44:54 PM Graffiti for Butterflies: How to direct monarch butterflies to urban food sources along migratory routes in North America. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38913 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:31:59 PM On the ballot in San Francisco in November: Should The City And County of San Francsico Rename The Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant? Seriously. [LW]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38912 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:53:31 AM identical twins! (Thanks to Michael Brenner.) [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38911 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:00:51 AM typography as a tool for shaping nations. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38910 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:04:59 PM I Met the Walrus," an amazing interview with John Lennon. (Thanks to Craig Mod.) [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38909 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:59:21 AM Job Board has new jobs in Seattle, NYC, SF, Dubai, Geneva, Boston, Fairfield, Huntington Park and Cincinnati. Companies hiring include Eyeball, Life Is Good, Dead As We Know It, Liquidnet, Grid2, Lunar, Landor, Trigger, octOpus and Bookazine. Remember you can post jobs here too. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38908 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:53:14 AM Chinese design. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38907 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:37:00 PM Wall-E for president, throwing the U.S. election into turmoil. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38906 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:30:59 PM aesthetics of wind farms, worry no more: introducing the Democratic Ecology Wind Turbine by Philippe Starck. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38905 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:11:56 PM Queens, New York. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38904 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:00:12 AM New York in 1968, dies at 82. Quoting Kurt Andersen: "His founding inspiration was to cover the scrum and spectacle of urban life as if it were sport of the most interesting possible kind, the city...as postmodern gladiatorial coliseum, complete with colorful play-by-play and the latest stats and rankings." [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38903 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:25:54 PM Penguin's amazing Great Ideas series is out, with covers by David Pearson, Phil Baines, Catherine Dixon and Alistair Hall. (Thanks to Hollis Duncan.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38902 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:15:48 PM Made in Bunch identity adventure is finally coming to a close after almost a year and a half and over 500 contributions. We've had entries from the best, including Paul Insect, Malcolm Garrett, Bruno Maag, James Goggin, Stefan Sagmeister, Corey Holms, and Ben Casey, to name a few..." [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38901 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:20:41 PM submerged under a surging Thames. (Thanks to Richard Roberts.) [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38900 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:08:09 PM Parsing Walmart's press release on its new logo. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38898 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:34:09 PM Wall-E's sleek love interest Eve was designed with an assist from Apple's Jonathan Ive. Jason Kottke reviews and rounds up links about Pixar's astonishing new hit here. [MB]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38897 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:08:25 PM Collections of Nothing by William Davies King; Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition by Robert Pogue Harrison; and the classic back in print, Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History by Susan Meiselas. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38896 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:12:27 PM Last Supper." (Thanks to Mark Yoes.) [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38895 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:03:50 PM what's wrong with environmentalism. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38894 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:48:02 PM O-manland. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38893 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:47:20 PM favorite way to waste time in the studio. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38892 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:07:52 AM subway system. Brilliant. [JH]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38891 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:30:58 AM http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38890 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:40:08 PM Job Board has new jobs in Grand Rapids, Boston, NYC, SF, Syracuse, Wichita, Cincinnati, Austin, Phoenix, Sacramento, Singapore, Amsterdam, Nicosia and Graz. Companies hiring include Steelcase, Macys, fd2s, Timberland, Disney, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Gap, IMG, H-P, Smart and AOL. Remember you can post jobs here too. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38889 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:06:16 PM Iron Fists: Branding the 20th-Century Totalitarian State. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38818 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:01:17 PM new logo for the merger of Miller and Coors beer companies. [WD]]]> http://designobserver.com/archives/observed.html?id=38888 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:01:11 PM