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Written by Laura Weiss on Design Observer Posted 07.28.11EssayWhat We Can Learn from Project RunwayTo the viewing audience it would seem that designers are happiest when provided minimal direction and then released to go off and work, in their own time and in their own way. Nice — but a fantasy. By Laura WeissProject Runway Season 9 cast. Photo courtesy Lifetime I’m gen..

Thoughts on DesignPaul Rand interview by Steven HellerFrom Mildred Friedman’s “Graphic Design In America: A Visual Language History”, 1989 During the early 1930s, when Paul Rand was a young designer, most American advertising and magazine layout was performed either by printers who followed established conventions or by commercial artists schooled in accepted graphic styl..

A Makeover for the Starbucks MermaidBy STEVEN HELLERPublished: January 8, 2011 Logomania has been in the air since the chief executive of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, announced another redesign of the Starbucks logo last week. In March, on its 40th anniversary, the Starbucks name will be entirely removed from its logo, leaving only a stylized illustration of the green mermaid, wh..

The Global Curse of Comic Sans By Jessica Helfand "Ban Comic Sans," illustration by Dave and Holly Combs, 2004Ah, Spain, homeland of Dali, land of bullfighting, tapas and epic siestas. Visitors to Barcelona and the Costa Brava are somewhat obligated to acclimate to the mysterious Catalan dialect, a cross between Spanish, Portugese and pidgin Esperanto, where every third word se..

난 사실 컴퓨터를 PC부터 배운 게 아니라 매킨토시부터 배웠다. 그 땐 매킨토시가 뭐고, PC가 뭔지도 몰랐고그냥 컴퓨터라고만 알고 있었다...ㅋㅋㅋ 이메일 하나 보내고, 되게 간단한 문서 하나 작성하는 것도 절절 매던 시절...ㅋㅋㅋ 하기사 처음에 팩스모뎀이 나올 때만 해도 인터넷이라..

작년에 이어 올해도 다녀왔다.올해도 역시 북아트, 그림책 코너에서 오래 서성였다 ^-^수작북아트 스튜디오에서는 예쁜 책들이 많이 눈에 띠어 직접 북아트 작가의 설명을 잠깐 듣기도 했다.돈 걱정 안 하고 이런 책만 만들면서 살아도 참 좋겠단 생각이 들더라...^-^ 물론 비현실적인 생각..

source: designdb.com디자인 간섭, : 책과 전자책 사이글 안젤라 라이셔(Angela Riechers)그림 1. Alexandra DiCariano의 선반형 책장 © Alexandra DiCairano 대부분의 사람들은 이미 디지털 책과 리더기의 사용이 얼마나 편리한 것인지 잘 알면서도 기존의 책이 우리에게 주는 따뜻하고도 친숙한 느낌이 떨어지..