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 Friday, February 22, 2008
Make Peace
via A Brief MessageTurns out, the peace symbol is 50 years old next month. HappyBirthdayPeace.com documents the sign's history and supports a book "Peace: 50 Years of Protest" that's due out in March.  Industry News
Friday, February 22, 2008 6:23:36 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Zine and Noted
Over on the HOW Forum, folks are celebrating the arrival of HOWie Zine No. 11, the alphabet edition. See what all the fuss is about here and see pix of the project here.  Posted by Bryn
Creativity
Friday, February 22, 2008 4:38:41 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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A Big Pile of Shiny Bullsh*t
I'm a regular reader of Eric Karjaluoto's ideasonideas blog and so I hopped right over this morning after Eric emailed me a heads-up about a new post.
My editor's note in the brand-spankin-new International Design Annual had me thinking about design competitions in general—and, more broadly, about design style vs. substance. So Eric's post —and its provocative title—really struck a chord:
The challenge here is that as we are bombarded by these styles,
designers, by their own accord and that of their clients and peers,
gravitate towards reiterating whatever the style-du-jour happens to be.
(Think of the swoosh logos of the late 1990s.) It's easy to do, the
pay-off is immediate, and for a short while, one's portfolio seems
deceptively strong. Most times though, this work is void of the
research, strategy, and logic that are necessary to do something
effective. As a result, it's in fact a big pile of shiny bullshit.
Read more of Eric's post. Thought Provoking
Friday, February 22, 2008 3:43:35 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Sahre Victore Wilker
Every once in a while, I wish I lived in NYC, like when I read that Paul Sahre, James Victore and Jan Wilker are hosting a week-long design workshop this summer from July 21–26. It's $900 but I bet it will be worth every penny. Even if you can't make it to the workshop, check out the site for its unusual navigation.  via SwissmissPosted by Megan Events
Friday, February 22, 2008 3:21:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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 Thursday, February 21, 2008
Mmmm, K
I just fell in love with a K, the K from a font called Cape Rock, to be exact. It looks like the second half of an H that's transforming into a claw in order to grab something it wants.  Typography
Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:19:54 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Big Covers
Gifts and Goodies
Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:21:00 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Upcoming Events: Now through early March
Some of the can't-miss events that are taking place all over the country in the next couple weeks: February 28: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art is presenting “Slide Slam! Designing Video Games” to take viewers behind-the-scenes of video game design February 29: Deadline to enter any projects into Graphic Design USA’s American Inhouse Design Awards, exclusively for corporations, publishers, non-profits and other institutions March 3: Deadline to enter Print magazine’s Regional Design Annual, which serves as a comprehensive design profile of the U.S. March 4th and 6th: X-Rite’s “Color Control Freak” seminar will travel to Cincinnati, Portland, Denver and Charlotte March 7: Deadline to enter any book designs into AIGA’s annual 50 Books/50 Covers CompetitionMarch 7: Deadline to enter your favorite design work—from branding to packaging to information design—into 365: AIGA’s Annual Design Competition March 7–11: SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX, celebrating the creativity and passion behind the coolest new media technologies March 8: Word/Image Problem, a symposium at The New School, will celebrate cartoonist Rodolphe Topffer’s work, which integrated text into modern comic strips Posted by
Carmen Events
Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:54:16 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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 Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Things I Have Learned
Creativity
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:06:05 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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From the Almanac
Just so you know ... there's a total lunar eclipse happening tonight, with the peak at around 10:30 eastern time.  Just for Fun
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:24:22 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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News to Know About
From the slew of press announcements coming in this week: • Adobe is discontinuing its royalty-free stock photo service; customers must make their final purchases by March 31 and download an uninstaller. • Corel is now shipping its CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, with tools for page layout, illustration, photo editing and tracing. • Mohawk announced the winners of its Strathmore Letterhead Contest for Q4 of 2007: Jenni Undis of Minneapolis printer Lunalux picked up the Gold (and also the 2007 Grand Prize) for her identity for Post-Luxury Accessories. Christine Mathison of Lindsay Hill Design won a Silver for her Lineplot Productions identity; Judy Kohn of JK Design scored the Bronze for her I.D. for High Meadows Fund. Entries for the Q1 2008 contest are being accepted now through March 31. • CTI Paper has revamped its Splendorlux brand of cast-coated colored papers, with new heavier weights, new finishes and new colors. A new swatchbook is available; email samples@thepapermill.com. • CreativeHub.com is a new online marketplace that connects freelance creatives and the companies who want to hire them. • International Paper's Accent Opaque Smooth text and cover papers are now certified to run on HP Indigo and Kodak Nexpress printers. • The Art Directors Guild and California State University, Long Beach, are teaming up on an October conference called 5D, which will explore visual storytelling and design technology across all media. Industry News
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:53:38 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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