Digital Billboards, Diversions Drivers Can’t Escape

Safety advocates who worry about the dangers of distracted driving have a new concern beyond cellphones and gadget-laden dashboards: digital roadside billboards.

Video: Olympic Pictograms Through the Ages

The designer Steven Heller traces the evolution of the tiny symbols for each Olympic sport since their appearance in 1936.

How to find your first job

Tips for design students on finding their first job (from AIGA).

What is AIGA’s response to the NEA’s call for logos?

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23 Ways to Get Fired

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It's All Greek to Me

Design from Greece.

Project M

Opportunity to apply to be a part of a meaningful collaboration.

How Haiti Could Change Design

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Graphic Content | Film At First Sight

Bring back the old style for the new media.

The Oscars of Type

by Ellen Lupton

Your one true login

What is Facebook connect?

MTV changes logo

MTV will no longer include the words “Music Television” under its iconic logo.

10 Favorite Innovations for Reducing Plastic Consumer Waste

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If david lynch, wes anderson, and werner herzog directed the super bowl

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Letter Centric: No More Squiggly

New book about embellishment and type, "New Ornamental Type: Decorative Lettering in the Digital Age"

Empty Space

Article that relates to ID project last term. What to do with empty space?

A Reborn Sarajevo Serves as Muse to its Young Designers

Design in Eastern Europe

In Portland, Growing Vertical

Check out plans in Portland to build a vertical garden.

'Cult' of Apple hangs on Wednesday announcement

Article that talks about Wednesdays tablet announcement as well as discussing Apple fanatics

Singapore Design Festival

In Singapore, the public gets a chance to improve their surroundings by voting/nominating design issues they find in their community.

Smart Critiques. Stupid Creates

Curious to hear your response to the new campaign by Diesel. (Thanks to Anna for the link!)

Are Face-Detection Cameras Racist?

What happens when you do not take your audience into consideration while designing a product? Article on design and technology.

Examples of reviews (book reviews)

Graphic Films by Mike Mills's

Design by David Gentleman

In Defense of Complexity

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Albert Eistein
Interesting short article on simplicity in design. (thanks Sarah for the link!)

Design USA: Contemporary Innovation

A guided tour of a recent exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in NYC.

Tracing the Lives Behind the Letters

"What is more moving: the meaning of important words or the trace left by their formulation, the sense of a precious document or the lines of ink that convey it?" 150 historical letters go up for auction.

When Fear Turns Graphic

The poster as propaganda: A poster causes tension in Switzerland.

Electronics that obey hand gestures

"The technology industry is going retro — moving away from remote controls, mice and joysticks to something that arrives without batteries, wires or a user manual." Read up on the latest tech advances from Microsoft and other PC makers.

The Cloud Of Human Feeling: Art, Science And Ways Of Knowing

Interesting article on the intersection of art and science and the power of emotion.

Starbucks

What do you think about Starbucks loosing it's sign and trying to appear more local?

May I Show You My Portfolio?

Michael Bierut looks back on his design portfolio from 1979.

Skating on the Edge of Taste with Warren Platner

Article on interior design, is brass making a comeback?

I.D. Magazine, 1954–2009

Interesting article summarizing the life span of ID magazine which focuses on industrial design.

Rick Valicenti

Words of wisdom by Rick Valicenti

Did Hippies Invent Design Thinking?

Book review by Ellen Lupton.

Dave Eggers

What do you think of Dave Eggers exploration of newspaper design?

notcot

Check out the blog notcot.org, see anything interesting?

Marian Bantjes

Marian Bantjes designs amazing letterforms both by hand and on the computer. Read up on her under "about me".

Sagmeister

Check out the raw and tactile work of Stephan Sagmeister, be sure to read his "Answers for Students".