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Obey Livestrong: Shepard Fairey decorates Lance Armstrong’s new whip
05.03.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Our favorite underground superstar Shepard Fairey is in the news again, this time via everyone’s new best friend: Twitter. Lance Armstrong posted photos of Mr. Fairey’s “Tour of Italy Trek Madone”, a stark Livestrong-yellow with intriciately laced black graphics, last night on his Twitter stream and they’ve been re-appearing all over the net today. Read the entire [...]
Design, UI
IXDA | Interaction’09 Vancouver
02.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

For the last few days I’ve been attending the Interaction Design Association’s second annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. I was lucky enough to be chosen to present a topic in their Lightning Round sessions, and today is the day! So hopefully all of my hard work, power point nit picking, all those working weekends will [...]
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DAM: Design After Dark – Versus!
01.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

The Design Council presents the fifth annual Design After Dark: Versus gala. Some of Colorado’s most talented artists and designers collobrate to raise funds for The Department of Architectre, Design & Graphics at the Denver Art Museum. Dozens of facinating objects have been created – for auction! – each inspired by an object from the AD&G collection [...]
Amusement
Fig 3a – Small talk with a web designer
08.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Bwahahaha. It’s funny cause it’s true. Snort. Via: monstermunch
Design
PMS® 18-3943: Blue Iris – Color of the Year
03.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Get your swatch libraries loaded, cause I just found out that Blue Iris is the new black! Pantone Selects Color of the Year for 2008: PANTONE® 18-3943 BLUE IRIS: A Multifaceted Hue Reflecting the Complexity of the World that Surrounds Us
Design
100% Graphic Design
02.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Found in Tim Barry’s photostream.
Design
New Word: Keming
02.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

A fan-fucking-tastic visual pun from Ironic Sans.
Design
Birth of the Biohazard Symbol
01.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Charles Baldwin, a retired environmental-health engineer, explains his role in developing the biohazard symbol, and it’s peppered with tons of user research: “The color was blaze orange, one of the colors chosen in Arctic exploration as being the most visible under the most conditions. It was three-sided because if it were on a box containing biohazardous [...]
Design
Is your Designer fluent in Cultural Generalism?
01.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Todd Roeth, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the School of Fine Art, contemplates Lorraine Wild’s idea of cultural gemeralism as it relates to effective design. Designers need to be students of all corners of their culture’s playing field. Designers need to have a sense of business. Designers need to have a sense of politics. Designers need to have [...]