Good Interview

I came across this interview and wanted to share:

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200711/?read=interview_hickey

The Power of the Sound Chamber

Good work, Kristian

Happy Birthday, Danielle!

No Robots Allowed in Bolton Hill

Hell, it made me laugh...

I think "Walking Softly But Carrying It Big" has got to be the best line of all time.

Meat Alphabet

by Robert Bolesta.

Artisanal Robots, anyone?

These are extremely cool, and made out of all sorts of crazy spare parts. Take a look!

Pink Pooch

Kelley and I saw this pink dog, complete with pink toe nails, at Beyond the Compass, Beyond the Square. His name was Chai. Talk about rich kid art.

Mt Vernon installation

I thought this photo might be of interest as most of you probably didn't make it down to see this installation. I thought it was brilliant and well executed. Materials were considered wisely and it ended up being an engaging, thought provoking artistic moment for the neighborhood. I'm talking about the sign not the fence.

Annapolis cuts loose

Spring break 2008- Annapolis
This was the highlight.

Dr. Pepper Democracy

Dr. Pepper has offered a challenge to W Axel Rose…

“Now, Dr Pepper thinks it's up to the challenge. The soft drink company says it will give a free can of Dr Pepper to "everyone in America" (excluding ex-GNR members Slash and Buckethead) if "Chinese Democracy" arrives anytime during the calendar year 2008.”

Chinese Democracy Challenge Blog

Original Article

Axel’s response

Ace Jet 170

A VERY cool diagram from one of my favorite design blogs—Ace Jet 170. Click the pic to see more, this guy has great stuff!

75 grand?

Comes with a 2 week training session. I shoulda just skipped grad school and saved up for this.

From Craigslist, somewhere in Baltimore County:

Full Service Copy & Printing Company For Sale

Financial Information
Asking: $75,000

Summary Description
This print shop has equipment that allows him to do letterpress work. Most printers do not have such equipment so letterpress work comes in from other printers. A new owner should spend time soliciting office and business printing jobs, and add a pack and mail service to increase revenue.

General Information
Support/Training: The owner will provide a 2 week training period in all aspects of the business.

Decoder Ring print series- screen printing process

The Decoder Ring does a print series every once and a while and posts an excellent process gallery. Choose a print and as you click through "view process" it is shown building color by color. Some of the prints have up to 20 colors, so its impressive. They have a list of participants somewhere,

New Portishead

The new Portishead album is coming out April 28. And check out the cover art TypeNerdzzz.

Book Repair PDF

I found a poetry book at Book Thing that is so beautiful that it may actually make me read some poems. Anyway, the hinge is busted, so after a rigorous 20 minutes with Google, I stumbled upon this 200 pg PDF on book repair that seems very informative.

Packaging Humor

My friend Neal at Target is learning new drafting software. He sent me this. Can you believe he isn’t a graphic designer?

Please people...

Don't let this happen to you!

Stencil Artwork

Just a little spray paint building mascots. Robot included, some assembly required.

One legged puppies . . . and John?

I thought we could all use something funny . . . and this is in a dorky way. Plus, it reminds me of John's uncanny ability to make anybody cry.

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail109.html

How much worse can this week get?

Forgive the bad line drawing, I felt bad about posting an image of the actual accident since people got hurt. So I made a super bad line drawing of The Scene.

But, luckily everyone survived, that I know of. I called 911 and am waiting for the detectives to question me further. They said it was cool for me to wait in my apt til they need me. Crazy, I know.

Alternate Boston Workshop Feb 29th

For those of you who may have had a bad project, that just need some help and support. Thesis presentations are coming, you could learn coping techniques early on?



Jane Marsching:
Art Project Failure Support Group

Traditional Chinese Papercutting

My previous creative director told me about him in a recent e-mail. He cuts traditional Chinese paper patterns using logos. He has some other intriguing work too.

Video Interview

Chen Hang Feng website

Something to keep an eye on…

“The Designers Accord is a coalition of designers, educators, researchers, engineers, business consultants, and corporations, who are working together to create positive environmental and social impact.”

Designer’s Accord

Get the Hell out and Vote!

… from Rural Votes (dot) com

Texas Republicans have worked overtime to make it harder for key Democratic voting groups to vote and be represented fairly. The redistricting games they’ve played are infamous. And for the Prairie View A&M University precincts, they put the early-polling place more than seven miles from the school.

So what did the students in this video do? They shut down the highway as they marched seven miles to cast their votes on the first day of early voting.

Animal Magnetism? Oh, he has it!

Saw this on design observer and couldn't resist.

http://www.photobasement.com/41-hilarious-science-fair-experiments/

Intellectual Stimulation, Part 1

The title of this blog is self explanitory:
http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/

Stuffed Giant Microbes

"We make stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes"

What kind of stuffed microbe can you get? All the fun Venereals plus others such as E. Coli and Toxic Mold. I have no idea how I found this.

http://www.giantmicrobes.com/

As for Ms. Clinton . . .

. . . she could learn some manners from Obama!

http://www.hillaryclintonisyournewbicycle.com/

Abnormal Jaw

From a medical illustration book found at Book Thing.

Barack Obama...

http://barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com/

(I have to admit that this popped up AFTER I posted this.

Relationship of money to problems in an easy to understand graph, among others.

Kim and Kelley, this might really help with your thesis development.

Rap Songs Represented in Mathematical Charts and Graphs.

Save the Robots

Constructivist robot circa 2001

Cinema Du Joe

It's true.

See for yourself.

Fashion Trend Spring 2008

DWR Champagne Chair Contest

I love this contest, it's always so cool. These are the winners. Unfortunately, you can't see the rest of the entries at this link, just these three.

Pretty Paper

This reminds me to Joe's paper robots. See more here.

A few seconds to waste time

http://www.iliveonyourvisits.com/helvetica/ Arial or Helvetica? Doesn't really matter, I don't use either...
http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-favorite-book-covers-of-2007.html Book Covers.

Illustrators I like:
http://www.cristianturdera.com/
http://www.alexanderblue.com/

And because I work for a hospital: Nasty XRay photos
http://www.flickr.com/groups/89594073@N00/pool/
Oh, the stories I could tell.

cool, cool typey stuff

Check out this article on Design*Sponge about type inspired products. My favorite? The big red metal letters, followed by the chocolate movable-type . . . or maybe the tea-towels.

This makes me sad, and mad!

Did you guys see this on Design Observer? That show Quarterlife's site now has a "design channel" and, well, tell me if this line about fonts doesn't disturb you with it's blatant incorrectness:

Hi. My name is Tamar, and I’m a font addict. Seriously, I am. The funny thing, though, is that once upon a time, I thought ALL graphic designers, by definition, were as well . . . I know of numerous graphic designers who’s font arsenal consists mainly of Arial and Helvetica, Times New Roman and Garamond, and maybe a script and display font or two for fun. Anything else tends to be scary.

Um, on what planet is this freak a designer? In fact, is he/she really a designer at all? Forget about the quote—CHALK DUST?! Does that font exist outside of FREE-WARE?! Ugh.

Robot Packaging

Fun for kids of all ages.

War Propaganda

Old wars, new war–the message is the same.

UOYKNAHTI

A small Thank You (UOYKNAHT) goes out to all sympathizers and commrades.

Mm-mm-mm!

Guess what I'm bringin' to class tomorrow!

Trash…

Hmm . . .

Thinking with Type

Thinking with Type… sexy time… abandon building… 3 things I would have never put together.

From local photographer, Jay Parkinson.

Interesting Links

A few links to keep you occupied, from the wacky internet archives of Danielle's computer...

http://www.yousaytoo.com/user/lovely/5287 An annual report with heat activated ink.

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/ A serious collection of maps.

http://www.design-police.org/ Stickers to come later, I'm sure.

http://blog.kavefish.com/archive/art/ron-mueck-hyperrealist-sculptor.html Ron Mueck: Hyper-Realist Sculptor.

http://www.adinochang.com/archives/chinese-culture-versus-german-culture.html Illustrative comparison between Chinese and German culture.

Look, I'm contributing!

Taco Bag

I found some cool food bags at my paper store of choice in Brunswick, Ohio. I made scans if you are interested and I have a few real bags for those inclined to own actual Mexican food ephemera.

Whats going on here?

The domestication of the goat…

Smithsonian Natural History Museum, DC.

Double Dagger review in Pitchfork

Check it out.

The States

Like Sufjan Stevens, this designer is creating work dedicated to each of the 50 states—only by way of very cool illustrations, rather than songs. I love this one, and can't wait to see what he does with Tennessee.