NY Art Book Fair Is Back

Very excited. Although I plan on spreading my visits across a few days. Too much awesome in one day is exhausting.

NY Art Book Fair

Miyata 70th Anniversary Poster

I recently got myself a Miyata road bike and thought I'd do some research on it since I know absolutely nothing about bikes. During my search I came across this poster designed by Hiroshi Ohchi from Japan. A large print of this would definitely look sweet.

Fritjof Pedersen

Some ads by Fritjof Pedersen from the 1950's. Love these illustrations.





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Black Swan Posters by LaBoca

Today's post on ISO50 brought my attention to these Black Swan posters from a few months ago and figured it was worth a re-post. Why aren't all movie posters treated like this? It seems like it's a lost art as it's very rare to see clever or well designed movie posters these days. Lately the winning formula for movie posters seems to be an actors face, type that's racing off a page, and an explosion or car in the background or something.

Milton Glaser

Been on a bit of a Milton Glaser kick lately. I recently came across this lecture from Creative Mornings and this blog post from Container List that I love. There's some other really awesome stuff on that site so browse around it.

2011/01 Milton Glaser from CreativeMornings on Vimeo.

IBM Smarter Planet

Sweet work by Ogilvy Paris for IBM.

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Creative Week NYC/ICFF

Sort of a few days late on posting this, but this week is Creative Week in NYC. Not only is the ONE Show awards going down, there's also plenty of lectures, discussion panels, cocktail what-have-you's, and exhibits to go to. I'll be attending this tomorrow:
"7×7 is a creative ideas show featuring seven experts from seven fields presenting for seven minutes. It’s fast. It’s insightful. It’s fun. We have a fantastic lineup, so prepare yourself for an awesome night."

So if you like looking at stuff, hearing people talk about ideas or like taking advantage of free drinks, then you'll probably find something to go to. Something tells me I'll be nerding out by myself on this, but maybe I'll come across one of yous there.

More info:
Creative Week NYC
7x7 Show

ALSO, although unrelated to Creative Week, Sunday is the first day of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. Although it's $50, it seems like it's awesome.
ICFF

A Grotesk Love Affair

Good stuff. More here.
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Found Fridays: Those Things Called Books

Every time I'm back at my parents house I always find more things to bring back to Brooklyn to clutter up my own apartment. Clothes, records, knick knacks, mugs, mittens--anything. This time was no different as I found a few books that caught my eye in the basement. My mom has been a copywriter for years, and now that I'm taking that same route it was cool to see what writing books she used to use while at work.

This one is designed by Rupert Finegold. I couldn't find much info on him, but there's some stuff about him scattered around the internet.

Proofreading symbols!

More proofreading symbols!

This next one I picked up while visiting Mike down in Philly. We were at a vintage furniture shop/warehouse and one of the workers overheard me saying I liked it. It was covered in dust and you could tell he really didn't want it in his shop anymore because he gave it to me for free in two seconds. It looks like it's pocket sized but this thing is thick and heavy as heck.

I always like taking the book jackets off to see if there's a cool hidden design that's beneath it. Most of the time it's not the case but I got lucky with this one.

Memorable Mags

I was recently looking through covers and ads by The Economist and came across this cover from September 2008:

Looking back, I realize how awesome of a cover this is and I wish I picked it up when it came out. Not only for aesthetic purposes, but it's great commentary for what was going on at the time. Plus, it would be nice to remember a significant event or a moment in time with something like a magazine. You know, something you can pull from your shelf 10 years from now and look back on. I said to myself that whenever an innovative cover would be on the newsstand, I wouldn’t hesitate to buy it. So about a week later, this amazing issue of the New Yorker comes out:
Low and behold, I waited a few days and before I knew it, it was taken off the shelves. Now I’m stuck looking for back issues online. (Damn you procrastination, you’ve got the best of me again.) Luckily, it’s a recent issue, so I won’t be spending much to have it, but it’s covers like this that reminds me how much of an impact print and good design can and will continue to have on people.

I'm considering making this a regular thing on the blog. Anyone else have memorable magazine covers? I know plenty of skate ones that I'm even considering scanning.

Dieter Rams: Less and More

Dieter Rams: Less and More Interview from Gestalten on Vimeo.

A great short on Dieter Rams.

ANZ Centre, Australia

Been on a bit of an architecture and interiors kick lately. Love all of the rooms and the overall idea of this place.






Read and view more here.

A Graphic Odyssey

Wish I lived in London so I could go to this. The Design Museum is celebrating the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in his first UK retrospective. Also, some amazing posters, by some of my favorite studios, over at the Design Museum shop. Now to decide which one to buy...

LBi & Mother Studios

Some real neat interior shots of the LBi and Mother studios in London. Specifically digging the wood paneling in the meeting rooms and the coffee bar.
More: Jack Daw Studio

How To Build An Eames Chair

As the first YouTube comment says: "Industrial design porn!" It's 9 minutes long and worth every second.

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Pretty Fucking Awesome

Good Fucking Design Advice

Mercury Tainted Salmon Steaks

Much like Mother did in NY, San Francisco's Division of Labor caused a little bit of attention to themselves with some storefront "ads".

Sort of digging their logo too:

We Recco Recco

Formed by creatives Peter Cortez, Joe Sayaman and Jason Culbertson, Recco is an iPhone app in the same vein as Yelp or Menu Pages, but more community oriented and friendly. This way, instead of reading how Joe Smith from Ontario can flex his writing muscles about a bar in Brooklyn he's been to once on a monday, you can take your actual friends word for it and read their reviews, or take their advice from the simple "Recco" or "Meh" button. You can also ask for Recco's via Facebook or Twitter, and follow what your friends have been Recco-ing from their profiles. It launched pretty recently so there's not so many users as of yet, but it's well designed and it always feels good to support other peoples endeavors.
Some screenshots:

Download it here and look me up. I'm all alone in this as of now :(