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“Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and...”
–  Malcolm Gladwell | Canadian journalist, bestselling author, and speaker || Wiki Profile
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Moshun for HypeForType  by Jeroen Krielaars Static typefaces are so 2011, as demonstrated by this wonderful animated typeface from Jeroen Krielaars of Calango.
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December 2011
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House Industries Interview with Ken Barber House Industries has been producing their premier league retro design and their true love…Fonts! Fonts! Fonts! since 1993. House Industries’ lead letterer Ken Barber recently visited us in Berlin to give a workshop at our Gestalten Space, which explored the creative process of hand-lettering and the application of illustrative letterforms in...
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November 2011
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“They made the picture instantly special,” wrote Legendary Director Martin...”
– Martin Charles Scorsese  (American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian) speaking about the groundbreaking movie title masterpieces of Saul Bass (graphic designer and filmmaker)
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Detour Exhibition - Naoki Yoshimoto by Moleskine ®
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October 2011
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“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening...”
–  ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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“The world gives us so few who provide a way for us all to see in new ways. It...”
– For Steve. Via Frank. Well written. (via bmdesign)
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September 2011
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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson 
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Alex Trochut Change for the Letter || Gestalten.tv Illustrator and typographer Alex Trochut synthesizes illustration and lettering like no other. The expressive, richly ornamented typography he creates ooze fluidity in which movement is practically palpable. One of the most sought after talents, he has created knockout work for the likes of Wired andThe New York Times as well as clients...
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August 2011
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“Design is as much an act of spacing as an act of marking.”
–  Ellen Lupton  ||  Wiki Profile
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“Inspiration is perishable.”
–  37 SIGNALS || Wiki Profile
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Yves Behar on the VUE watch for Issey Miyake In this interview filmed by Dezeen at Ventura Lambrate in Milan in April 2011, designer Yves Behar talks about VUE, the watch he designed for Issey Miyake.
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June 2011
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Apple’s Mobile Operating System : iOS 5 : Gets the Best Update Yet! iOS 5 includes more than 200 new features for your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Here’s a sneak peek at a few of our favorites. Watch the video
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NEXT11 Conference: Mining for Meaning By Fabio Sergio - May 31, 2011 Personal data culture is at its infancy. frog Executive Creative Director Fabio Sergio spoke on stage about the issues surrounding the personal data economy at the NEXT11 Conference on May 17 in Berlin, Germany. In his talk, Sergio explores how personal data can be used for the collective good, to improve and change the...
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May 2011
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“It is not daily increase but daily decrease; hack away the unessential.”
–  BRUCE LEE
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Notes on a Logo by Michael Bierut @ Pentagram, NYC In a new video for The Atlantic, Michael Bierut talks about the process of creating a logo for the New World Symphony, the Miami orchestral academy that recently moved into a stunning new campus designed by Frank Gehry. The video accompanies “Project: First Drafts,” a special feature in The Atlantic’s May issue, out next week, in which artists...
May 11th
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WVIL, A Glimpse At The Future Of Photography After Cameras Die With pro-level digital cameras continually shrinking, and cellphone cameras getting better, WVIL images a future when the two finally merge. As digital cameras have outgrown their bulky origins and continued to miniaturize, some photographers and cinematographers joke that soon the “camera” itself will disappear, leaving...
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April 2011
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“Form follows function.”
– LOUIS SULLIVAN | Wiki Source
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“All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.”
– Sidney Lumet : Film Director : 1924-2011 : Wiki Profile
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TED Talks : Yves Behar on designing objects that tell stories Designer Yves Behar digs up his creative roots to discuss some of the iconic objects he’s created (the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset). Then he turns to the witty, surprising, elegant objects he’s working on now — including the “$100 laptop.” About Yves Behar Yves Behar has produced some of the...
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Cult of the Ugly : Re:Looking Back
by Steven Heller In the early 1990s Steven Heller takes on the word ugly as he sees it applied to graphic design and design education. En route, his views of art history, pop culture and recent design trends are considered in his essay about style and meaning in design. +++ ‘Ask a toad what is beauty… He will answer that it is a female with two great round eyes coming out of her little head, a...
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March 2011
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“The life of a designer is a life of fight against the ugliness.”
– Massimo Vignelli | Wifi Profile
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