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"The German art school that closed 76 years ago is still determining what your coffee cup looks like." "Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity" opens this weekend at MoMA, reviewed by Nicolai Ouroussoff in the New York Times and Candace Jackson in the Wall Street Journal...
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The amazing cutaway diagrams of German scientist, gynecologist and author Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) finally get their due in a new book. Do not miss this. [MB]
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Remarkable photographs from Liu Bolin, a Chinese camouflage artist who has himself painted to match the colors and patterns of his environment. (Thanks to Juanita Dugdale.) [JL]
Angie
Angie
Veruschka was a true chameleon and inspired many to recreate this type of bodyart. She is also very beautiful and her images are mesmorising....hard for anyone to compete with that!
Yesterday at 2:36pm
David M. Shillinglaw
Yesterday at 5:42pm
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Design Observer's Job Board has new jobs in Boston, SF, Boulder, Lancaster, NYC, Shanghai, Austin, Portland and Amsterdam. Companies hiring include Nokia, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Comcast, Converse, Macy's, Incase Designs, DGI and Victoria University of Wellington. Post your job today. [JSC]
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The world at nanoscale. [JL]
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Always worth revisiting: the ten design principles of Dieter Rams. [MB]
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Design Observer's Job Board has new jobs in Madison, NYC, Milan, Austin, Portland, SF, Cincinnati, Atlanta and DC. Companies hiring include Procter & Gamble, Stella & Dot, Cal Arts, GigaOm, Modea, Crayola and University of Kansas. Post your job today. [JSC]
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Help set the priorities for the U.S. National Design Policy Initiative in 2010 by voting here before December 9, 2009. [JH]
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There are many reasons to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival at New York Harbor â�” not least because it inspired a project by Pentagram Architect’s James Biber and the architect and historian James Sanders to create a system of elements offering improved access to the Huds...
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Just what you needed: a cool interactive infographic demonstrating the relative size of, among other things, a carbon atom, a red blood cell, and 12-point Times Roman. Eat your hearts out, Charles and Ray Eames! (Thanks to Dean Morris.) [MB]
Sandy Krolick
Sandy Krolick
click on 12-point Times Roman to see it....
November 2 at 9:34am
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Hey, Jude: the flow chart. [MB]
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WHY, the nonprofit founded to fight hunger and poverty, recently launched its first public service campaign to raise awareness of hunger in the U.S. The spot was developed by Duncan/Channon. [JL]
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The papers of prolific Canadian designer Allan Robb Fleming. (Thanks to James Allan.) [JH]
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Design Observer's Job Board has new jobs in Olympia, SF, Chicago, NYC, Burlington, Seattle, LA, Cambridge and Jacksonville. Companies hiring include Organic Inc, Tween Brands, Yext, New Balance, Potomac, JDK Design and Art Institute of Chicago. Post your job today. [JSC]
Graham Cerceo
Graham Cerceo
Legend in illustration world
October 29 at 9:25am
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