The lovely backstory of a recently rediscovered design icon. The next time I visit the UK, I have a new stop to hit for used books. What a beautiful store!
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I had no idea that there were so many modifications to the Batman logo over time. I particularly like the time-based morph approach shown in this video. It lends some interesting movement and changes to the distinctive silhouette and gives a sense of just how spooky it would be to run into a pissed off [...]
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A new design documentary from Gary Hustwit is coming to SxSW this year in March. Hustwit also directed the acclaimed “Helvetica,” which recently made its way to NBC and seems to reside just below my shipping DVDs on Netflix all the time. This trailer features the dulcet tones of Jony Ive (amongst others) to start [...]
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Literature: The image of Franz Kafka as a saint and a recluse is turning out not to be true. A new book explores Kafka’s porn collection and how it may change academic readings. Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life Architecture: I absolutely love the way that light and color interplay on [...]
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I really love the idea behind this book, surfaced on design sponge, and can hardly believe that it’s over 100 years old. The concept goes something like this: get your friends to sign their name on a page of the book with a thick, inky pen fold the paper down the middle of the signature [...]
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Changing your assumptions about what a car should be. The BMW GINA (Geometry and function In “N” Adaptations) is not only beautiful, it’s more functional – lighter, less energy required in the manufature of materials, etc. I think it would be pretty cool to own multiple skins for your car and swap them out when [...]
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John Gall is the vice-president and art director for Vintage and Anchor Books. He’s the designer of “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,” a personal favorite of mine. While the video’s a touch light on substance, you do get to see a bunch of nifty covers while learning the 5 rules , which are: read the book [...]
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This morning, it appears that Google has decided to honor the invention of the laser with another one of their nifty logo tributes. On May 16th, 1960, Theodore Maiman demonstrated the first laser. At the time, he was quoted as saying, “A laser is a solution seeking a problem.” He had no idea that it [...]
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Thank you to the folks who provided feedback regarding what you wanted to see in the site redesign. I dove in really thinking that I wanted to get back to the simple look of a two-column layout but ended up settling on the Thesis Theme from Pearsonified. I think that it gives the initial simple [...]
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