January 2012
What I Wish for 2012 →
Resources Recommended by Imprint Available now: Print Magazine’s Guest Art Director Digital Collection Milton Glaser and Mirko Ilic give a live DesignCast on The Design of Dissent. Register now! Get…
December 2011
D.I.Y. 1928 →
The Russia Cement Co., manufacturers of LePage’s Glue in Gloucester, Mass., was known for publishing craft books. “Over a million women have bought LePage’s Craft Books, which have shown them how to…
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Veer Shifts Sights →
I’ve ogled the Veer font library for quite some time now. And I am currently in mourning over what appears to be the end of the company’s active type-collecting days, as Veer restructures to increase…
BP Portrait Award 2012 →
The Portrait Award, now in its thirty-third year at the National Portrait Gallery, is an annual competition aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work. The…
Mihajlo Arsovski, Designer With a Mission →
Recently, I received a book about a Croatian designer whose work was entirely new to me. Mihajlo Arsovski, was born in 1937 in Skopje, Croatia to a family of pre-war leftist revolutionaries. He…
Epson International Pano Awards 2012 →
The Epson International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest competition for panoramic photography. The 2011 competition saw 3586 images submitted…
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The Geographical Center of Christmas →
Christmas is the one time of the year when designers needn’t be true to their mission to save the world from mediocrity or waste. Christmas is both the great leveler and an official end of the year….
output Student Award →
Works carried out by students usually disappear into drawers after presentation to a relatively small college audience. There the work remains invisible. We want to change that. :output is the…
Doing the Charlton . . . →
What came first? The burning bush or Charlton Heston. As Moses in The Ten Commandments, Charlton provides the great heroic icon of the ages. The outstretched heroic manifestation that signals the…
Communication Arts Illustration Competition →
Introduce your work to the world. Enter the most prestigious competition for creativity in illustration, the Communication Arts Illustration Competition. These categories are judged by the…
Fella →
Scrappy Fiction →
I don’t want to give away the plot — or even hint at. Suffice that Caroline Preston’s engaging new novel, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt (Ecco/HarperCollins) is not your usual illustrated book, nor…
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Watchthemessengerhasamessage:
Daniel Craig on The Colbert Report on Thursday, December 15, 2011
“I will go see that.” - Colbert
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Please read: Due to a high amount of unused...
Women On The World Cartoon Competition →
All women cartoonists around the world are called to enter the first Women on the World Competition. The contest is designed to offer women cartoon artists a unique opportunity to express themselves…
The Dieline Package Design Awards 2012 →
The Dieline Package Design Awards is a worldwide competition devoted exclusively to the art of brand packaging. Launched in 2009, The Dieline Package Design Awards quickly rose to be the nation’s…
'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo': How Does It...
The point WAS to show the horror and depravity BECAUSE no on else does. Filmmakers usually pull back on stuff like that in fear of making their audience uncomfortable. Why? So you don’t have to think about? Just as in the book it’s meant to disturb you, and leave an impression SO disturbing that YOU feel violated. That every time you THINK of rape, rape victims, anyone whos been...
Why "It" Matters →
By Hunter Wimmer By day, I have the good fortune of spending time with young designers looking to hone their skills and gain insights into the craft and business of design — I’m a teacher. In our…
Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2012 →
Adobe has recently announced the call for entries for the 2012 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The Awards celebrate innovative students and faculty members from all over the world for their…
Pantone Speaks: 2012's Color of the Year Is... →
…my favorite juicy, delectable orange, a shade they call Tangerine Tango (or Pantone 17-1463, to be precise). Get the full scoop, including PMS number-matches across Pantone’s various systems,…
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Renaissance Photography Prize 2012 →
The Renaissance Photography Prize is an international photography competition which raises money to support younger women with breast cancer. Renaissance is run entirely by volunteers, and all the…
My Friend, Dugald Stermer →
My friend, Dugald Stermer, an important magazine art director and incredible editorial illustrator, died last Friday, Dec. 2. He was 74. I will miss him terribly. And so will dozens of artists,…
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Leave a letter in my ask and I'll tell you.
A: Age.
B: Where I'm from.
C: Where I would like to live.
D: Favourite food.
E: Religion.
F: Sexual orientation.
G: Single/Taken.
H: Favourite book.
I: Eyes color.
J: Favourite movie.
K: Favourite TV show.
L: Favourite band/singer.
M: My best friend's name.
N: Favorite day of the year.
O: Favourite color.
P: If I have any pets and name.
Q: What I'm listening to right now.
R: Last movie I've watched.
S: What's my ringtone.
T: Favourite male character from a TV show.
U: Favourite female character from a TV show.
V: What does my name mean.
W: Favourite superhero.
X: Celebrity crush.
Y: My birthday.
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tanzaniteflight:
why is Rick Perry able to make a hate speech ad without consequence
why is Rick Perry still running for president
why is Rick Perry
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Happiness is a Warm Cushion →
Lizzy Showman and Kathleen Fitzgerald, students in Stefan Sagmeister’s “Touch Someone’s Heart” class at the School of Visual Arts MFA Design, Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program, produced this…
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“Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who...”
– Lady Gaga (via alittlepieceofheavenxp)
Words of Wisdom →
An inspirational message for today, #17 Read more inspirational messages from Seymour Chwast. Resources Recommended by Imprint Available now: Print Magazine’s Guest Art Director Digital Collection…
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TX mother kills self, injures children after food... →
cognitivedissonance:
This is just tragic:
A desperate Texas mother who was denied food stamps is dead after taking a state welfare worker hostage and then taking her own life. According to police, Rachell Grimmer walked into a Laredo, TX welfare office with her two children Monday and pulled a gun. Over the course of the seven-hour standoff, Grimmer released her hostage but then fatally shot...
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A Closer Look at Type@Cooper →
Cooper Union and the Type Directors Club teamed up in the fall of 2010 to sponsor Type@Cooper (known informally as CooperType), the first postgraduate certificate program in type design offered in…
Posterheroes Social Design Contest →
Posterheroes second edition! Posterheroes is the creative showcase of the proactive debate about consumption’s present and future, and of the energetic and material resources’ aware fruition. After…
The Signs of Wien →
Miralux was a Viennese advertising firm, known for its outdoor signs of varying shapes and sizes. The era of beautiful outdoor signs has never died, but the materials are quite different today. This…