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Posts Tagged ‘Design’

The Artist Who Gave Computing a Human Face

Susan Kare (who kinda happened to be a babe back in the day?) was a young artist working on a steel sculpture of a razorback hog when she got offered the job of developing the first fonts for the Mac OS. She then went on to design many of the, er…iconic user interface icons that [...]

Center of Attention

Because the internet simply hasn’t done enough for the Burden of Influence, Center of Attention brings the oft-neglected art of the record-center label to the fore. Definitely inspiring, possibly overwhelming. You can check out all of web-designer Simon Foster‘s collection, contribute centers from your own, and peruse the newly-added “covers” section here -christina

Don Draper is a Pussy

Homegirls over at Cat Party (an NY based blog I lurk on the daily) turned me onto this great Vice interview with iconic graphic designer George Lois. If Milton Glaser had big cojones and was really mean…he might be this dude. -christina “George Lois was one of the primary architects of the Creative Revolution in [...]

Powers of 10: The Work of Charles and Ray Eames

On 10/10/2010, the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco will present a special day to celebrate the work of Charles and Ray Eames. From the website: “‘Take your pleasure seriously,’ is a famous statement of American designer Charles Eames, and the Exploratorium in San Francisco intends to do just that. On October 10, 2010, (10/10/10), an [...]

Vintage T-Shirts Book from Taschen

“Selected from the collection of Patrick and Marc Guetta, owners of World of Vintage T-Shirts on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, this book assembles over 650 stone-cold classics of the genre. Drawn primarily from the golden era of the 1970s and 1980s, these vintage T-shirts are not merely nostalgic artifacts; they represent an historical record [...]