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Artist Theo Jansen and His Kinetic Sculptures: Enjoy (via @bonsf) #sculpture

Thanks to friend Bonnie Tomek, I was introduced to the this incredible and interesting artist. Enjoy.More

Macworld SF Expo 2011: Disappointing, but . . . #apple #macworld #in

Yes, it was that time of the year again, and I made it to the Macworld 2011 Expo here in San Francisco, albeit the very last day. I have yet to attend any of the conferences. Here are my thoughts and highlights of the Expo. My compatriots were Cherie Carter and Jeanne Hendrickson. And I…More

Word In Action Exercise by DAIsu2009 Students

These are a few examples of some great work done by my Summer 2009 Design 1 students. The exercise was to typographically illustrate their assigned word using only black and white. I am using this post as an illustration to my Social Media for Professionals class on how to link one’s blog to Flickr and …More

Starbucks looks beyond coffee w/new logo design (via @fastcodesign) #in

Full article here: With Eyes on World Expansion, Starbucks Drops Its Name From New Logo | Co.Design. And a message from Starbucks. via erik spierkermann.More

Is A Revamped Brand Enough: The U.S. Postal Service Is Dying. Why Not Radically Rebrand It? | Co.Design

In this era of digital communication, one has to question whether revamping the U.S. Postal Service’s brand is enough. I think the designs Chase proposes are quite good, but are addressing the problems the postal services is dealing with that not only concern the prolific use of digital forms of communication that many of…More

The faces behind the fonts

Nice article: great designers, good insight and inspiration. Where are the women and designers of color who, too are designing great fonts? Read full article here: The faces behind the fonts: idsgn (a design blog).More

Stefan Sagmeister streams his office live 24/7 on his site

I wouldn’t expect anything less creative from such a eclectic designer. Read full article here: Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers | Live From New York, It’s. . ..More

Winter 2010 Postcard Arrived

My Winter 2010 promotional postcard has arrived. Time to get the Winter 2010 campaign in gear.More

Addendum: Gap Bows to Outcry – Nixes New Logo and Crowdsourcing. Design Still May Have Lost Out.

It was wonderful to see the outpouring of concern over the Gap’s brand redesign and the impact it had in ultimately getting the company to back away from the poorly designed new mark, and ultimately, it seems the practice of crowd-sourcing. (Please see link at the bottom of this post for the article concerning this.)…More

Is The Design Process (Strategic Design) Going The Way Of The Dinosaur?

Tom’s of Maine new logo: In my last post, I added the newly designed Tom’s of Maine logo and packaging to the discussion of poorly designed branding speared by the newly designed GAP logo. In both cases, I sincerely feel the design process, and strategic design have completely been left out of the equation in…More