i am currently reading this book by japanese designer ‘kenya hara’, the book is not only beautiful to look at but the content is very worth while…
i’ll post a complete review when i’ve finished reading it…
the essays on the colour white and ‘haptic’ design, for example, both sound very interesting…
i came across this great illustration for a ‘WWF’ billboard, using the logo…
the ‘AGI’ conference ‘unknown land’ which was recently held in amsterdam can now be seen online, shock horror: our mayor ‘job cohen’ is a fan of 16pt. arial bold…
i was looking at the Chermayeff & Geismar website this afternoon and came across this great image they made for a book jacket back in 1959-60 for a book by ‘bertrand russell’
the title ‘Common Sense and Nuclear Policy’ received a very ‘succinct’ solution in my opinion… great stuff
one of the biggest pet hates of many designers is ‘doing the admin’ sure you need to earn money but you hate writing bills and keeping track of what it all costs…right?
well a designer friend of mine is busy working on a new project management system that is apparently ‘idiot proof’ (i.e. designer friendly) he asked me not to reveal any details just yet but it should be out of beta testing very soon but it sounds and looks great (all of your apps like diary, address book and book-keeping all bundled together, at last) watch this space in the near future, now did i send that bill last week, or not?