We Are All Part of the Same Thing
Thread and nail poster, designed by Australian artist Dominique Falla.
via weandthecolor
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In my experience, I’ve never heard of an advertising agency that’s had a good experience stemming from doing spec work. Seeking to win the attention of a client by saying “yes” to their every request is cowardice, and debases the profession of design. Strong client/designer relationships are built on trust and respect, not on being a yes-man.”
Show opening in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
I’ll have some hand drawn movie posters on display at Tim Bierbaum’s Poster Party show opening on Friday at The Habitat. Also featuring work by Bob Officer, and Nicole Barth. If you’re in NY, come check it out!
What we should do is learn why people actually prefer the less ‘effective’ infographic, and apply this knowledge to further the field (e.g. people prefer circular graphs). What we should not do is critiquing a talented designer because a panel seemingly frames his work incorrectly as having complex analytical value.”
— @infosthetics comment regarding Stephen Few’s Teradata, David McCandless, and yet another detour for analytics
a stunning bear tooth “engagement ring” ,based on tale # 161 of the brother’s grimm of snow white & rose red & their encounter of a bewitched bear who turns into a prince.
the tale focuses on the generosity & kindness of two girls towards a bear who visits them nightly during the winter to warm himself by the fire. after an evil dwarf who had stolen the prince’s gold is killed by the bear, the curse is broken and he is returned to his human form. the prince goes on to marry snow white, while his brother marries rose-red. the idea of loving a bear who is also a man seemed enthralling to me so i set about creating a ring that reflected this tale.
the engagement ring allows for the cast tooth of a black bear to be set into the esteem of a diamond. it is set into a hand carved ring base, cast immortal in sterling silver whose prongs hold a small cast brass bear tooth. the tooth has been oxidized to an almost black color, with touches of brass peeking through.
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Life-Altering Keyboard Cover of the Day: The Thanko Keyboard Quiet cover: For all your keyboard silencing needs.
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Finally.
[geekologie.]
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The Seattle Band Map aims to document the thousands of bands who have recorded and/or performed throughout the decades. The map follows a six degrees of separation model. Visit their website to check out the interactive map.
I hope they eventually expand this project down into Portland!
Rick Slusher’s stunning and elegant winning entry for Co.Design’s Inception Infographic Contest.
via the original post, here’s Rick explaining his process:
I started brainstorming my entry in the airport, appropriately enough. The only tools I had available were the proverbial napkin and a pen, and I started sketching while waiting for my flight.
My infographic is fundamentally a timeline of Inception’s dream architecture, with each character’s trajectory represented. Characters are shown dropping in and out of one another’s consciousness as they progress through the dream layers. I wanted to emphasize the movie’s timeframe premise — that the perception of the passage of time increases with each deeper dream layer. My initial thought was that concentric circles would be a good diagrammatic approach, as the nested circumferences would be able to expand and converge as necessary to reflect the scaling timeframes.
There are also a couple of subliminal aspects to the design, as a nod to some of the popular alternative plot theories about Inception. Limbo is represented as the black void of the background, and the characters enter and exit the diagram from that same black void, suggesting that “reality” itself may only exist within a dream after all. And the shape of the diagram resembles a kicking foot, alluding to the idea that the movie’s events may actually be Mal’s efforts to “kick” her sleeping husband back to reality.





