When graphic designers need to show how text will look in a layout, but don’t have the real copy yet, they may use a series of nonsensical words called “greeking”. While “hipster greeking” may sound like a guy with thick-rimmed glasses sipping ouzo, it’s actually the product of a clever… Read more »
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Digitize on the Fly
Wacom, the company best known for their tablet and stylus, has developed one of the best “how did we survive without this” technologies to hit the digital illustration and design professions in years. The Inkling (the cute name may be too cute) is a pen and receiver combo that records… Read more »
Designer’s Inspiration #1
There’s a beautiful sculpture in Glendale CA, not far from Hunt Design. The simple structure is a 24-foot tall, stacked address number, in Helvetica Bold, and painted lime green. There are many address numbers that blur the line between signage and sculpture, but this one stands out because of its… Read more »
Oracle Bones
Oracle Bones By Peter Hessler (Harper Perennial) If you want to understand what’s happening in China – the single greatest urban migration and most massive urban development in history – this book is for you. In this rich first-person account about a handful of young educated Chinese who leave their… Read more »
Element of Design
The technological contributions of the French may not be fully appreciated. Certainly, the inventions of Louis Pasteur, Gustave Eiffel and Louis Braille are known worldwide, but it is the effort of one lesser-known French inventor, Georges Claude, which has made a lasting impact to the world of environmental graphic design…. Read more »
Metropolis Magazine
We get a lot of professional design magazines – graphics, architecture, product design, exhibit design, but one of our favorites is the consumer publication Metropolis. This architecture and design-centric publication is always interesting, topical, well edited and makes design accessible not only to the public, but to us professionals as… Read more »