“…designers get paid to negotiate the difficult terrain of individual egos, expectations, tastes, and aspirations of various individuals in an organization or corporation, against business needs, and constraints of the marketplace.”
Well said, Ms. Scher. (check out what else she has to say)
March 2nd, 2010 |
If you’re just looking for some ideas, want to see what others are up to or just darn curious as to what green design looks like, check out www.graphicfetish.com
July 7th, 2009 |
Hi all, my name is Nate Yates, I’m a new hire to Noise13. There’s something I’ve been thinking about since I’ve moved to San Francisco from San Diego about two weeks ago. I lived in San Diego my entire life, bright and sunny is all I’ve known, and designing for San Diego businesses has given my work a somewhat [...]
May 19th, 2009 |
[Compostmodern is an interdisciplinary conference, hosted by AIGA SF, that 'explores the range of design thinking necessary to create a socially and ecologically responsible society.']
I’ll have to admit, I was a little skeptical with my decision to attend Compost Modern again this year. Last year’s event left me a bit unsatisfied — it seemed like [...]
March 2nd, 2009 |
Ah, laundry day. Time to sit around on a Sunday, drink a whole pot of tea and skim through all the design mags at Farley’s Coffee. This weekend I found a nice surprise, as one of the restaurants we designed years ago is still getting recognition in architecture magazines. The company we used for a coil curtain at [...]
March 17th, 2008 |
Sometimes I just need to break my habit of gluing myself to my computer and find other outlets for creativity. One such activity, was to take a letterpress class. As fun as it is to manipulate type in illustrator, it just doesn’t compare to the time, feel or mess that you get from playing [...]
February 12th, 2008 |
AIGA recently held their annual conference on sustainability (compostmodern.org) here in San Francisco. Speakers included everyone from big names (like Alex Steffen of worldchanging.org and Adam Werbach of Act Now Productions) to some lesser-known people who are doing great things in the environmental design field (such as Mark Galbraith of Nau Clothing and Valerie Casey [...]
January 30th, 2008 |
The prolific Jonathon Harris has recently launched his latest project, The Whale Hunt, an interactive art project/storytelling experiment that documents his 9 day journey with the Inupiat Eskimos in Northern Alaska. Mr. Harris is the creator of such projects as We Feel Fine and Universe,
December 17th, 2007 |
A Kind Company (New York) has recently put up an educational site dedicated to the works of Alvin Lustig (www.alvinlustig.org), a Modern American Designer. Lustig (1915 – 1955) was a true Renaissance man in the world of Design, working on everything from his typographically-driven book jackets, to Furniture Design and Architecture.
October 1st, 2007 |
Last night I had the great fortune to see designer, typographer, and artist Marian Bantjes speak as part of the AIGA design lecture series. You may have recently seen some of her work as part of the Want It ad campaign at Saks Fifth Avenue. Her type design usually involves intricate ornamentation drawn with stunning [...]
September 14th, 2007 |