GRAPHIC DESIGN I’ve always wondered what my signature would look like if my name was spelled with a K instead of a C. Here’s a fun article by AIGA about the use of the letter K in identity design.
Category: Graphic Design
Shigeo Fukuda
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Sadly one of my few design icons, Shigeo Fukuda, an influential Japanese designer/artist/visual illusionist/communicator passed away a few days ago. His life was filled with many great achievements and will always be remembered and admired through his work. I bet he’s chillin’ with Mr. MC Escher!
Design exhibition
GRAPHIC DESIGN From January 16th – April 26th, the San Francisco Museum of Crafts and Design will be exhibiting leading-edge works of several San Francisco-based graphic designers. Designers include:Philippe Becker, Adam Brodsley & Eric Heiman, Josh Chen, Barbara Vick, Tom Ingalls, Jennifer Jerde, Mitchell Mauk, Jennifer Bostic, Sara Schneider, Michael Schwab, Christopher Simmons, Cinthia Wen. I’ll be attending the opening reception on January 15 at 5pm. See you guys there!
Book cover archive
Huy Vu
GRAPHIC DESIGN Huy Vu, who is pursuing a masters degree at the Rhode Island School of Design, has some awesome pieces in his portfolio. I really like his No One Can Imagine My Situation project that attempts to document human remnants left within the pages of self-help books at the Providence Public Library.
AIGA
www.aiga.orgblog.pentagram.com
GRAPHIC DESIGN I just got my annual AIGA 365 book in the mail today! So very exciting. This year’s book, designed by Pentagram, is about three times the size of last year’s! The work inside looks pretty impressive too. Can’t wait to curl up on the couch and dive into the book.
Experimental jetset
GRAPHIC DESIGN Happy 2009! Hope everyone is well rested now and excited for the new year. A great way to start off the new year is to take a look at the work of Experimental Jetset. One of my favorite design studios, Experimental Jetset, has FINALLY made some drastic updates to their portfolio.
Happy holidays
GRAPHIC DESIGN Office has some really lovely limited edition prints for sale. These would be great to go along with the gift that you purchased online but have not yet received…even though the store promised to ship them before Christmas! Happy holidays everyone. Stay warm!
Ambigram
GRAPHIC DESIGN I just learned something today! Did you know that an ambigram is a graphical figure that spells out one or more words not only as presented, but also in another direction or orientation? Well, know you do!
sandra juto
GRAPHIC DESIGN Sandra Juto is a designer based in Gothenburg, Sweden who some really adorable illustrations and softie designs. She is also a part of Lula, a multi-disciplinary art and design partnership.