After Hours…, a designers’ personal projects exhibition
As a designer, you’re constantly looking around, searching, questioning, measuring, discovering. It’s not something you can actually turn off – and even if you could, you probably wouldn’t. It might be...
View ArticleMiles Newlyn on the succesful creative team and the design process
Miles Newlyn is one very rare designer that seems to be involved in almost every significant rebranding project across the globe. Browsing his website (links at the end of post), you’ll be amazed to...
View ArticleLava — Dutch Design Talk At The Design Museum
Dutch designers are almost by default among the bravest and most inspiring, so there was no way I would’ve missed Mr Hans Wolbers’s talk at the Design Museum last week. Under his helm, Lava Design have...
View ArticleAngus Hyland at the Typographic Circle
Thursday evening saw The Typographic Circle welcoming Angus Hyland from Pentagram. His talk was split in two, first part entitled ‘Symbol’, a slightly shorter version of his talk introducing his...
View ArticleTerence Conran Exhibition at the Design Museum
Titled “The Way We Live Now”, the new exhibition at the Design Museum marks Sir Terence Conran’s 80th birthday exploring his unique impact on contemporary life in Britain — quite a nice follow-up to...
View ArticleMind Over Matter: Alan Fletcher’s The Art of Looking Sideways at the Kemistry...
A simplistic way to describe Alan Fletcher would be to say he is the British Paul Rand. And one would not be very far from the truth, as their work shows so many similarities, from the witty use of...
View ArticleBass Notes: The film posters of Saul Bass — Kemistry Gallery
Kemistry Galley has come up again with a great exhibition. Titled Bass Notes: The film posters of Saul Bass, it shows several works of the great Saul Bass — posters, storyboards and stills — which...
View ArticleReverting to Type — A Treat from the New North Press
Held at the Standpoint Gallery, “Reverting to Type” explores the modern execution of letterpress. Curated by Graham Bignell of New North Press and graphic designer Richard Ardagh, the exhibition...
View ArticleHarry Pearce, “The Schizophrenic Road”— a lecture on keeping your soul alive
Even if it took place a little over a week ago, Pentagram-partner Harry Pearce‘s lecture titled “The Schizophrenic Road — Part 2: A design journey from a road in west London to a tree in Zanzibar”...
View Article‘Gastrotypographicalassemblage’— Lou Dorfsman’s Most Impressive Creation
Just like the other greats, Lou Dorfsman‘s work is always a pleasure to watch, to analyze, to admire silently, filled with awe. Known mostly for overseeing the identity of the CBS channel for more than...
View ArticleBrandient 101 Romanian Identities
Brandient — the leading branding and design company in Romania, one of the most awarded in Eastern Europe and the one I’ve had the pleasure to be part of for the last 3 years — celebrates a wonderful...
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