January 2012
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Kodak vor dem Abgrund
Filmriss in der Fotobranche - FAZ 05.01.2012 - Mit Kodak steht ein einst großes Unternehmen der Fotobranche im Abseits, Amerika verliert eine seiner bedeutenden Marken. Firmen aus Japan waren einfach schneller. Von Stephan Finsterbusch
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via faz.net
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Konsum ist das neue Cholesterin
Trendforschung - Konsum ist das neue Cholesterin - [Herald Tribune Luxury Conference in Sao Paulo] - Der Trendforscher Rony Rodrigues weiß, wie die Jungen ticken: Die Konsumenten von morgen kaufen nur noch, was ihnen eine bessere Zukunft verspricht. Autorin: Jina Khayyer
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via zeit.de
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Mike Monteiro | F*ck You. Pay Me.
This is the reality in the design business!
Mike Monteiro is Design Director, and co-founder of Mule Design Studio - muledesign.com.
via San Francisco/Creative Mornings
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Font generator · processing
Font generator / processing : prototyp-0 by yannick mathey
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Berlin Currywurst
AEG Perfunkt — Berlin Currywurst by The D4D
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The Full Spectrum - Josef Albers and Color Theory
The Full Spectrum - an unabashed exploration of color theory in the modern world. By Dwell
Directed Produced Edited: Gary Nadeau Director of Photography: Jason Koontz Music: Wonderful Sound: Jason Hemmerlin Host: Aaron Britt Series Producer for Dwell: Amanda Dameron
December 2011
30 posts
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earlybird dot com - Magazine
Download EARLYBIRD Magazine No.7 - Commodizing the Cloud
LINK
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Milton Glaser Draws & Lectures
Filmed at Milton’s studio in 2006 | By SEECOY
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typolexikon.de - Corporate Design
Corporate Design - Ursprung, Geschichte und Definition
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via typolexikon.de
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Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Eames: The Architect and the Painter Directed by: Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey Genre: Documentary
via WHITE SKY
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Notable Design Books of 2011
Justin Davidson and Wendy Goodman of New York Magazine Present Their Notable Design Books of 2011 (unabridged 16:22) by Designers & Books
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Berlin: unfertig und roh
Zurück aus Neuteutonia. Berlin: unfertig und roh. Von Nikolaus Kuhnert und Anh-Linh Ngo
»Berlin ist dazu verdammt immerfort zu werden und niemals zu sein.«
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via archplus.net
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eCollege - 3farbige Schrift in Illustrator
via Roger Thurnherr und e-college.ch
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Praça do Patriarca, São Paulo, Brazil
via Pedro Kok
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A Smile in the Mind
Witty Thinking in Graphic Design - An exploration of humour, irony and playfulness in graphic design. By Beryl McAlhone and David Stuart, with a foreword by Edward de Bono.
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»This book explores so-called witty thinking - arguably the most entertaining area of graphic design. Witty thinking is playfulness with ideas, words playing against images, and unexpected connections prompting new...
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Graphic Designer Milton Glaser
»Milton Glaser’s work is easy to spot in a lineup - it’s simple, direct and clear, while leaping over conceptual boundaries, so that his work connects directly to the viewer like a happy virus.«
via Hillman Curtis
website : miltonglaser.com video : Quicktime
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André Vladimir Heiz | Grundlagen der Gestaltung
via Zürich/CreativeMornings
wikipedia.org : André Vladimir Heiz
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Hans-Ulrich Treichel - Endlich Berliner!
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Leseprobe [PDF, 180 KB]
via suhrkamp.de
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James Biber - Architecture & Identity
Talk von James Biber [Biber Architects, biber.co] über Architecture & Identity
via vimeo.com
»James Biber has done design work unconfined by traditional disciplines since 1984, when he partnered with a graphic designer and an illustrator in his first Soho architectural office. Over his two decades at Pentagram, his work extended to include collaborations with the firm’s other architects,...
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Is the future of storytelling the future for...
Digital technology has led to massive changes in how people consume content, information and entertainment. This has meant a period of unprecedented change for the communications industry, and a blurring of the lines between disciplines.
Paddy Adams, Director of Strategy for global media agency Manning Gottlieb OMD, examines how to create more memorable, entertaining and engaging interactions...
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Berliner Start-up »Amen«
spiegel.de über das Berliner Start-up »Amen« [The Best and Worst of Everything]
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»GOOD DESIGN IS A TOUGH JOB.« von Kirsten Dietz...
GOOD DESIGN KILLS ADVERTISING - 40 Projekte, 20 Thesen, 1 Manifest - via Strichpunkt
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TYPO Berlin 2012 sustain
TYPO Berlin 2012 sustain - 17.–19. Mai 2012 im Haus der Kulturen der Welt
READ via typotalks.com
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Das FontBook als iPad-App
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via fontblog.de
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In the Cube: Michael Bierut and James Biber
casualoptimist:
In this video for Designers and Books, graphic designer and Pentagram partner Michael Bierut chats with architect James Biber about the books he selected for the site. The setting is the Rachel Whiteread-like library, or “book cube”, in Biber’s architectural office, located on the 2oth floor of Cass Gilbert’s Woolworth Building in downtown Manhattan:
The full, unabridged,...
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SAUL BASS: A Life in Film and Design
SAUL BASS: A Life in Film and Design. Laurence King, by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham.
READ via nytimes.com
Publisher Laurence King put together this video of the making of the book, to give you a sense of the scale and ambition of the project:
This is the first book to be published on one of the greatest American designers of the 20th century, who was as famous for his work in film as for...
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Leo Friedman, Photographer of Broadway’s Glamour...
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via nytimes.com
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Design is becoming a competitive advantage for...
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»As we move out of the age of information and into the conceptual age, we are faced with the demand to create product experiences that are no less than exceptional.«
via venturebeat.com
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Gutenberg and how Typography is like Music
Gutenberg and how Typography is like Music | By Martin McClellan
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via mcsweeneys.net
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Letterfontäne von Joep Pohlen
Letterfontäne ist ein einzigartiges Handbuch über die gedruckte Schrift - beginnend mit den ersten Versuchen des Menschen, sich mit visuellen Zeichen und Zeichnungen zu verständigen.
Leaf through! taschen.com/lookinside
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Radio Portrait of Eric Gill (1961)
As part of retrospective on British sculptors, the BBC has recently re-published a 1961 radio program on Eric Gill (1882–1940).
LISTEN
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Bodoni, Handbuch der Typografie - Manuale...
Die Geburt einer Universalschrift. Der vollständige Nachdruck von Bodonis rarem Meisterwerk. Der berühmte Buchdrucker und Typograf Giambattista Bodoni setzte mit seinem Manuale tipografico (1818) einen neuen Standard für den Buchdruck.
Leaf through! taschen.com/lookinside
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TYPO Berlin 2011 »Shift«
impressions by Robert Schatton
WATCH/VIDEO
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The demand for it
»Perhaps the most obvious closure or psychic consequence of any new technology is just the demand for it. Nobody wants a motorcar till there are motorcars, and nobody is interested in TV until there are TV programs. This power of technology to create its own world of demand is not independent of technology being first an extension of our own bodies and senses.«
— Marshall McLuhan, Understanding...
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The disembodied user
»Any medium presents a figure whose ground is always hidden, or subliminal. In the case of TV, as of the telephone and radio, the subliminal ground could be called the discarnate or disembodied user. This is to say that when you are on the telephone, or on the air, you do not have a physical body. In these media, the sender is sent, and is instantaneously present everywhere. The disembodied...
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zweimal Kreativität
»Nur eine Idee zu haben, ist zu wenig. Erst eine grandiose Umsetzung macht sie zu dem, was die Menschen begeistert! So gesehen, braucht es immer zweimal Kreativität: Zuerst, damit ein grossartiger Einfall auftaucht, und zweitens, um diese Idee auf noch nie da gewesenem Niveau umzusetzen!«
aus Clou von Mario Pricken
November 2011
4 posts
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Shooting Impossible Film in Cold Weather
blog.the-impossible-project.com : Shooting Impossible Film in Cold Weather
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le book · connections berlin 2011
via lebook.com/connections/reportberlin11
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Customer Journey
faz-community.faz.net/blogs · Customer Journey: Online-Quellen wichtiger als Offline-Quellen
(…) Männer und Frauen bevorzugen das Internet, um den Kontakt mit der Marke zu halten (…)
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A Book Apart, Responsive Web Design →
Learn how to think beyond the desktop and craft beautiful designs that anticipate and respond to your users’ needs. Ethan Marcotte will explore CSS techniques and design principles, including fluid grids, flexible images, and media queries, demonstrating how you can deliver a quality experience to your users no matter how large (or small) their display.
October 2011
1 post
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AIGA | What is graphic design? →
September 2011
2 posts
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D&AD · The Copy Book
D&AD · The Copy Book [Taschen] · Words that sell · The superstars and leading professionals in the business of writing ads · Hardcover, 25 x 31.7 cm, 368 pages
Leaf through!
The editor: D&AD is a nonprofit educational charity that was launched in 1962 by a group of London-based designers and art directors, with iconic and legendary professionals on both its judging panels and...
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Typographica
Typographica. Type Reviews, Books, Commentary : typographica.org
August 2011
2 posts
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Adobe Edge Preview
HTML5 tools, Animation tools : Adobe Edge Preview | Adobe Labs
Adobe® Edge is a new web motion and interaction design tool that allows designers to bring animated content to websites, using web standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3.
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Promoting Products Using Social Media -... →
»Now, companies increasingly are running online ads that focus less on pitching their products than promoting their Facebook pages and Twitter accounts.«
July 2011
2 posts
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Jerome Liebling, Photographer, Dies at 87
Jerome Liebling, Socially Minded Photographer, Dies at 87 · By RANDY KENNEDY
via nytimes.com
Jerome Liebling · Photographer, Filmmaker and Teacher · jeromeliebling.com
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Alex Steinweiss Inventor of the Modern Album Cover...
Alex Steinweiss Dies at 94 - Originated Artistic Album Covers NYTimes.com
AIGA | Alex Steinweiss (Bio)
Alex Steinweiss, The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover TASCHEN Books
Plattencover-Erfinder Alex Steinweiss gestorben · Abschied vom Cover-Lover · einestages einestages.spiegel.de
June 2011
1 post
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Apple iCloud: what the analysts say →
Technology analysts say iCloud puts Apple at ahead of its rivals, and is likely to encourage even bigger takeup of Apple devices
May 2011
2 posts
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Microsoft to Buy Skype for $8.5 Billion
Microsoft to Buy Skype for $8.5 Billion | via NYTimes.com
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Phase One IQ180
What Would You Do With 80 Million Pixels? | Product Reviews | Wired.com
via wired.com
Phase One IQ180 (80-megapixel sensor, the highest resolution sensor the company has ever offered)