At last, Environmental Graphic Design can live up to its alternate namesake and promote environmental change. Anonymous “artists” stepped up the battle being waged to remove an obsolete and unwanted dam in the Ojai area of California by painting a vast graphic dotted line and scissors icon along the face… Read more »
We think not. Only a few kinds of cars look good in red – Ferraris, of course, Alfa Romeos, certain older Porsches and small Japanese models. The only American brands that can handle red are Mustangs, Corvettes and maybe Camaros, although we prefer yellow for the Chevy performance car. A… Read more »
Norwegian director, André Chocron, installed a number of cameras across a small Oslo hamlet, filming the city’s architecture throughout the night until the early dawn. The video captures residents going about their lives, turning lights on and off in their apartments. What makes this video special is the post-production editing… Read more »
We know about seeing-eye dogs, but can they read, too?
Another vanishing piece of the streetscape is the pay phone. Over thirty years or so we’ve gone from Superman-style phone booths to compact aluminum phone boxes to, well, nothing. The mobile phone has finally killed off this formerly friendly and reliable form of street furniture. The few remaining pay phones… Read more »
Embodying many of the characteristics of the trendy term ‘total design,’ M&Ms are surely one of the best-designed candies. First, M&Ms are colorful, a rainbow of pure primary and secondary hues enhanced by a gleaming high gloss finish. M&Ms are modular — each piece is a perfect round and sculptural… Read more »
Around this office, we have some projects which are bi-lingual, some trilingual and even one which has over seven languages involved. Multi-lingual signage for hospitals, airports, and casinos often challenges the designer to layout text before knowing the meaning and translation of the words involved. With Chinese characters, the designer… Read more »
When it comes to office morale, you can’t beat celebrating on a Monday. Our office manager coined the term for our first annual Lundi Gras or Fat Monday! As the morning opened up, cookies and chocolate and treats of all sizes streamed in and covered our counter space. Some baked,… Read more »
Yeah? So did every other kid. All the restaurants we go to seem to have an A rating. No grading on a curve here – everyone seems to get an A from the Los Angeles Department of Health. There are apparently a lot of good restaurants with clean kitchens and… Read more »