via designhypeinc.com For every NYC visitor (or perhaps even resident) who is embarrassed to be caught examining a map in public, your salvation is here. Design Hype, a Pennsylvania-based studio, is now making a matte metal cuff etched with the MT...
Su Blackwell's Beautiful Book Art
A friend of mine recently discovered British artist Su Blackwell's intricate book and paper art. Her delicate, sculptural pieces literally grow out of their source material (including fairy-tales and children's book), creating ethereal, slightly s...
SFMOMA Martin Moleskin Mania!
More Martin Venesky / Appetite Engineer designs for SFMOMA! Moleskin's San Francisco city notebook, featuring a custom embossed cover, will be available soon at the SFMOMA store.Keep your eye on it here: http://sfmoma.stores.yahoo.net/sfmomaproduc...
It's A Thin Line Between High & Low
Kurt Andersen wrote an intriguing essay in last weekend's NYT Book Review about the current status of pop culture. He argues that Barack Obama is the penultimate user, creator, disseminator and exemplar of pop culture, and therefore we now live in...
Rodarte for Target?
via style.com I have been following Rodarte's rapid ascent in the fashion world since the talented LA-based sisters first began designing in 2005. They were named the CFDA Designers of the Year in May and now comes the news that Rodarte will be th...
Who Knew Dirty Grout Was Such a Problem?
You Say Typography, I Say Topography
Natural letterforms, as discovered and mapped by Australian designer Rhett Dashwood via Google maps.Links to his letter/land forms and their exact location here: http://rhettdashwood.com.au/#16575
Just Plain Rad
To promote its micro car the iQ, Toyota Belgium joined forces with two typographers, a professional driver and a software programmer to create a vehicular font. While the concept and implementation are cool, it's the driver's skills behind the whe...
Louis Vuitton Sandwich
Yesterday the New York Times Style Section featured an analysis of the photographer Annie Leibovitz's financial troubles (she borrowed $24 million against her property and archive and now has to pony up). The story jumped from the cover to page 9,...
"CalArts, We Suck Less"
Nice.