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 article at Examiner.com

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 finally pay off.

So far the conference has been a blast. Connecting with like minded folks, learning a thing or two, visiting the EffectiveUI Vancouver office (BTW: those guys rule!). I even got to catch up with an old colleague from way back in the past.

I’ve been so busy fluttering from here to there that I hadn’t had a moment to offer my sincere thanks for to IXDA (and the EffectiveUI marketing team) for giving me this opportunity. And I’m having a blast!

My presentation on How Gestalt Laws inform Interface Design is scheduled to begin in a few hours, and to be honest, I am totally psyched!

If you’re interested, you can follow the IXDA presentation tweets at: http://twitter.com/interaction09
And peep the photo pool at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/interaction09/

And until I return to the States, I’ll be all, “Youbetcha”, “Aboot”, and “Eh?”.

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 paired with a quote about opposites.

Destroy the evening with a silent auction, punctuated by a mouth-watering menu and a tag-team of dynamite DJs. Dress to kill and come drop some coin on some one-of-a-kind culture.

This storied gala is this Friday, Jan. 30, from 7:00 pm – Midnight at the Redline Gallery in Denver, Colorado.

See you there with all the beautiful people.

For more info: All proceeds benefit the museum. Tickets are $40 (for the 35-and-under crowd, with ID), $50 (museum members), and $60 for the unaffiliated. Available at www.blacktie-colorado.com, or by calling 720-913-0046.

Bwahahaha. It’s funny cause it’s true. Snort.

Via: monstermunch

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

Found in Tim Barry’s photostream. 

A fan-fucking-tastic visual pun from Ironic Sans. 

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 material and the box was moved around, transported, it might wind up in different positions. Another thing — we needed something that was easily stenciled.”

Symbol Making via the NYT Magazine 

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 a sense of stereotypes. Designers need to have a sense of religion, philosophy, current events and history. Designers need to have a sense of urban lifestyles, agrarian lifestyles, and minority lifestyles. Designers need have a sense of conservative viewpoints. Designers need to understand liberal viewpoints. Designers need to be aware of what is like growing up in a trailer park, and what is like living in gated communities with irrigation that waters professional landscaping via digital timers. 

Go and get your learn on: How to be schooled.