12.01.2009

Design Matters . Debbie Millman interviews Stefan Sagmeister



"Stefan Sagmeister (1962- ) is among today’s most important and influential graphic designers. Born in Austria, he has lived and worked in New York since 1993. Renowned for album covers, posters, installations and his recent book of life lessons, Things I have learned in my life so far, Sagmeister brings a fresh perspective to the role and work of a designer. In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, he discusses his year away from his New York-based design practice, his personal time in Bali, as well as discussing his new, in-progress documentary film, Happiness."



11.29.2009

11.27.2009

11.23.2009

11.19.2009

László Moholy-Nagy Retrospective

Exhibition at
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
Until 02.07.2010

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Dieter Rams [UPDATE]

Dieter Rams . Less and More Exhibition
Design Museum London . Until 03.07.2010

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Rams talking about the T1000 radio

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Dieter Rams - Principles on Good Design

1. Good design is innovative.
2. Good design makes a product useful.
3. Good design is aesthetic.
4. Good design helps us to understand a product.
5. Good design is unobtrusive.
6. Good design is honest.
7. Good design is durable.
8. Good design is consequent to the last detail.
9. Good design is concerned with the environment.
10. Good design is as little design as possible.

Design for a Living World . Abbott Miller

11.15.2009

Billykirk . leathermakers

Billykirk from The Scout on Vimeo.

Workshops for Modernity: Bauhaus 1919-1933 . MoMA

ongoing at the MoMA until Jan. 25

review by Candace Jackson at WSJ
review by Nicolai Ouroussoff at NYT

11.11.2009

as so much as i know: that which i am not


THOUGH I KNOW
THE SEAS WILL TAKE ME
LONG BEFORE I NEAR
THE SHORES OF MY HOME.
STILL
I MUST LEAVE TO GO.
WHERE THE ABSURDITY
OF MY WILL DESIRES.
THE STILLNESS OF THE LAND
ARE ADMITTINGLY AT TIMES ALLURING
BUT EVEN THE ROOTS OF REDWOODS
ARE NOT FIT FOR AN ANCHOR
AND IF YOU TRAVERSE ME
BROTHER DO NOT BE OFFENDED
THE VESSEL OF MY LIE
IS ONLY FOR
THE NECESSITY OF MY SANITY:
THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MY EXISTENCE