Archive for July, 2008

Greenwashing

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Original Post: Greenwashing / 2modern What is greenwashing? Greenwashing is the creation or promotion of a products or ideals that exhibit environmentally sound qualities without actually performing at a less consumptive level. For example, the illusion of buying bamboo chairs imported from Vietnam over oak chairs from your native state. Yes, bamboo ...

IMAX Coming to the Boston Common 19 Theaters!

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Original Post: IMAX Coming to the Boston Common 19 Theaters! / the function key I am siked! Every time a movie comes out in IMAX, I have to curb my excitement because there’s no way I’m about to rent a Zip Car and truck out to Jordan’s Furniture to see it. But ...

coco chanel . . . going cellular?

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Original Post: coco chanel . . . going cellular? / the function key Forget the iPhone, I need to get my hands on the Chanel cell . . . I wonder if tattoos are included . . . I kinda like em!

Mid-century illustration for the home

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Original Post: Mid-century illustration for the home / 2modern I have always been in love with advertising posters from the 50's and 60's. I always thought that one day I would luck out and find a picture I liked in a book, take it to a print shop and have it blown ...

Gazing Across a Room

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Original Post: Gazing Across a Room / tokyo art beat Roni Horn’s career has spanned decades and yet she maintains her creative dexterity. She considers her relationship to her work to be fundamentally verbal and based on language. “I am probably more language-based than I am visual, and I move through language ...

For Fans of Fans

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Original Post: For Fans of Fans / brand new Of all the industries or products to discuss logos about I never thought that ceiling fans would be one of them. While not a tremendously exciting rebranding, I think it's important to highlight products and organizations that may be less glamorous or sexy ...

Designer´s Open application deadline extended

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Original Post: Designer´s Open application deadline extended / design east DESIGNERS’ OPEN 08 /// LEIPZIG . GERMANY, FESTIVAL FOR DESIGN /// OCTOBER 24th - 26th 2008 Dear Designers, due to very active interest we are extending our registration period by one week. The deadline is now August 8th 2007. After that your ...

Graduation projects at State University of Tula

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Original Post: Graduation projects at State University of Tula / design east 20 of June 2008 defense of the graduation projects on Industrial design specialization was held at State University of Tula. (more…)

Marian Bantjes: Love Stories Monograph

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Original Post: Marian Bantjes: Love Stories Monograph / creative review Typographer and illustrator Marian Bantjes has created a beautiful project for our Monograph series on all the people - and things - she loves… Monograph is our special A5 booklet for subscribers only. We’ve been publishing it for about a year now and ...

In Brief: Views on Brands

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Original Post: In Brief: Views on Brands / brand new Given that I visit more web sites than I should, I rarely spend more than a minute on any of my internet stops — and it's usually those with pretty pictures that manage to keep me around the longest. Avid Brand New ...