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17 Nov | Contest |
Submit your design for the next global special edition HP notebook to MTV Engine Room, and you could win the special edition HP notebook featuring your winning design. The Grand Prize winner will also attend the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards as a VIP guest. —Rachel Elnar
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12 Nov | Lecture |
Strategies design principals (Peleg Top, Petrula Vrontikis, Steven Morris, John Travis and Michael Hodgson) are undertaking in order to thrive as the U.S. economy tanks, was part of the AIGA/Orange County’s Ultimate Promo Show. Watch the video on HOW Design’s site. —Rachel Elnar
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10 Nov | diversion |
It’s you turn to vote: is graphic design art? —Rachel Elnar
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06 Nov | Article |
How many designers does it take claim design for a logo? Read The mystery of the Major League Baseball logo designer. —Rob Bynder
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03 Nov | AIGA |
When you head to the polls tomorrow, bring your camera and take part in the Polling Place Photo Project at NYTimes.com. AIGA and The New York Times have partnered to produce this nationwide visual chronicle of the election process. —Rachel Elnar
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03 Nov | competition |
The international jury for the Pentawards, the first worldwide competition devoted exclusively to packaging design has announced their 2008 list of winners. —Rachel Elnar
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30 Oct | resource |
For those of you who missed the AIGA National newsletter, Shel Perkins’ article includes a myriad of useful tips for designers on how to thrive during an economic downturn. —Tracey Bolton
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28 Oct | diversion |
A vintage and retro typography showcase, from Smashing Magazine. Just beautiful. —Rachel Elnar
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26 Oct | diversion |
Rubitone = Rubik’s Cube + Pantone. From the Core portfolio of Ignacio Pilotto. —Rachel Elnar
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24 Oct | resource |
Web designers, do you need resources? How about 686 of them? Check out these helpful links. Quickpost help by Calvin Lee. —Rachel Elnar
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22 Oct | debate |
In the history of AT&T logo evolution, which do you think was most successful? Vote. —Rachel Elnar
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21 Oct | Tool |
Typechart: A great tool to find Web type, compare how it looks on either platform, and download the CSS. —Rachel Elnar
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20 Oct | Is it crazy or cool? |
Need Japanese anime eyes for Halloween? Maybe this photo gallery will give you some ideas. —Rachel Elnar
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20 Oct | Article |
Here’s a Brandchannel essay on how prominent web-based brands like Google and Craigslist are still successful despite the fact that they have adhered to none of the basic concepts of branding and design that all the best global brands invest heavily in. —Rob Bynder
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19 Oct | Consume |
The MINI has just become emission-free. An all-electric version will be out in 2009. You can see it at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 19 and 20, 2008. —Rachel Elnar
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15 Oct | Exhibit |
Retrospective at Track 16 in Santa Monica will cover 30 years of the Robbie Conal’s career, running from this Saturday to Nov. 22. —Rachel Elnar
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10 Oct | Announcement |
Happy Birthday Brad Benjamin. Brad is the guy who keeps this site running on a daily basis. —Rob Bynder
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09 Oct | diversion |
The identity styleguide for designer Christopher Doyle™. —Rachel Elnar
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05 Oct | News |
Design Thinking: It’s the designers’ version of the scientific method. —Rachel Elnar
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02 Oct | diversion |
This is a strange site, but it has a good list of some interesting Modernist gas stations. —Rob Bynder
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01 Oct | study |
You may have the power to save the economy of the Los Angeles region, according to a new report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). —Rachel Elnar
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24 Sep | study |
Anyone at Stanford planning to take iPhone App Dev 101? If so, please take notes for me. —Rachel Elnar
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23 Sep | News |
Amsterdam police remove Stefan Sagmeister’s installation from the ExperimentaDesign festival, by mistake. —Rachel Elnar
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18 Sep | Conference |
As if you need another reason to visit Tahoe in February, there’s now Elevate - “the unique conference designed to cultivate personal relationships and connections that inspire the business of design.” —Rob Bynder
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17 Sep | diversion |
Why We Drink - a stream-of-consciousness animation that somehow gets right at the heart of the matter. I have my own theories about why, but this works pretty well for me. —Rob Bynder
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17 Sep | diversion |
Wired.com created a Wordle gallery of the most notable candidates’ speeches from the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Wordle generates is a graphic representation of “word clouds” that show frequency at which words occur within text. What results is a some great typographic images made from the speeches. —Rachel Elnar
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15 Sep | resource |
Although not created by Adobe, Dear Adobe is a forum for people to vent, as entries get compiled into the top 100 gripes. —Rachel Elnar
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12 Sep | Comment |
Another spotting of the elusive North American Giant Pink Elephant! Zeldman comments about AIGA and Web Design. —Rob Bynder
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11 Sep | News |
Target’s new scout is the reason Los Angeles designer Sami Hayek’s $20 bedspreads are stars of Target’s back-to-school campaign. —Rachel Elnar
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09 Sep | AIGA |
As hurricanes threaten coastal cities, AIGA is mobilizing the community once again to help designers who may be displaced from homes and businesses. AIGA helps connect designers whose lives have been disrupted with others who can provide housing, studio space, new jobs and equipment with the Displaced Designer site.
—Rachel Elnar
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