signal noise

Showreel from signal noise design group, really impressive work in user interface and information design.  More and more, groups like this show an impressive new world where designers are responsible for the experience and not necessarily reliant on the artifacts.

http://signal-noise.co.uk/

Dark Rye Detroit

A little piece on how Detroit is prime for maker space.

History of Typography

A nice little video that puts the History of Type in simple terms.

Labor

  This video from NPR highlights the changes in mass production of potato chips and how the manufacturing workforce of the past century has evolved with automation.
  I've spent some time in an industrial bakery while growing up and it would constantly amaze me how automatons would streamline the bake cycles.  The first human contact was usually in packaging and that seems to be the same for these chips.


Secrets From The Potato Chip Factory from Planet Money on Vimeo.

  On a related note, here is a good TED Talk concerning labor, creation, ownership, and pride.  Living in the world of mass manufacturing, there is an interesting dynamic beween efficiency and individual ownership.

Esslinger

  One of my favorite designers who I have the utmost admiration for gives advise to designers in this piece. As expected, it is bold and direct and it makes me want to find the courage to be more so in my work.
  So many of his designs have been so correct in execution that they've become ubiquitous and accepted to the point that you no longer remember any other way it could be.



From the Frog Design Site

ARK1 Patch by Shepard Fairey

  A great little short giving Shepard's thoughts on creating this very neat patch.  This is the kind of creative collaboration that the space program needs.

  Growing up, my grandfather would take me to the planetarium and I would stare at all the mission patches behind the glass at the gift shop, thinking each one represented some super human endeavor.  Those tiny sewn images imply so much wonder!

CASIS Mission Patch ARK1 by Shepard Fairey from FCTN on Vimeo.

Frank Lloyd Wright Interview

 An 1957 interview of FLW detailing his thoughts on architecture by jury, the Guggenheim, centralizing all of NYC in three skyscrapers and letting the streets grow over with grass and other various topics.

Frank Lloyd Wright WNYC Interview

 
He makes a compelling point on avoiding becoming an "average of averages" concerning design by trusting analysis and avoiding comparison in decision making, I couldn't help myself but to capture this quote...

seventh GENERATION Laundry Detergent

I've seen a lot of pulp trays as inserts for packaging and storage bins but this is the best application yet, it nails what this brand stands for.  The exterior is two pulp forms glued together with a bladder on the inside attached to a cap.

Seventh Generation

Warby Parker

As a person with inherited genetic flaws regarding my perception, I appreciate a nice pair of frames and this Warby character has some bold ones.  I'll giving them my business soon and if you feel charitable, they also offer a great "buy one / give one" opportunity.

Warby Parker

Seb Lester

Seb Lester beautifully illustrates BlackLetter caliigraphy that was prevalent throughout Europe from 1150 until the 17th century.  Watch out Comic Sans, Seb has got your number.


Sketchbook, February 2013 from Seb Lester on Vimeo.

Where the Wild Things Are

Shane Smith of Vice fame talks to Spike Jonze about the convergence of analog and digital in the fantastic Where the Wild Things Are feature film.
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Karim Habib

BMW's Design Chief talk's design and takes a stroll through the International Design Museum Archive and gives many historic products a nice long pensive gaze!


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