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This obituary of Robert Rauschenberg contains some great quotes from the artist…
An improvisatory process was what mattered most to him:
In New York a couple of weeks ago I popped in to MoMa (well I queued up for ages and then fought my way in) where there is a small but nonetheless worthwhile show of George Lois's famous Esquire covers. On a light table sat this transparency - a working mock-up of one of the most famous magazine covers of all time.
A great example of the Usage Lifecycle in practice.
The other day I wrote about the idea that people go through a progression as they use your software, what I call the Usage Lifecycle. I described how Tripit.com was doing a good job at getting people over the hurdle of Sign-up with several really nice features [...]
AfriGadget is a website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. A team of bloggers and readers contribute pictures, videos and stories from across the continent. Inspiring stuff.
This guy made a crude helicopter with scrap aluminum and parts from a Honda Civic, an old Toyota and from the remains of a crashed Boeing 747.
And now, the awards in the Graphics categories....
While the advertising community was celebrating at this year’s D&AD Awards (see results here), design looked on aghast. The reason? There are no D&AD awards in graphic design this year. Not one. Not a single yellow pencil was awarded in any of the graphics categories. Now what?
Hat-Trick Design was nominated for its Lest We Forget stamp in Graphic Design,
one of only two nominations in graphics categories this year
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I’m an extremely fast paced person and I’m learning to calm down and chill out. In a book I picked up recently this sentence is repeated in every chapter: “Haste is a form of violence.”
Hot and Cold issue three (boxed)
Hot & Cold is a collaborative art zine project created by Californian artists Chris Duncan and Griffin McPartland. Each issue invites up to 20 artists – with more joining as word spreads – to participate in creating this hand crafted, limited edition zine. A new exhibition of their collected work has just opened in London...
A look inside Harold Moores Records: One of a series of eight portraits shot by Spencer Murphy
Some recent posts at the 37signals Product Blog:
Extras
New version of Ta-da Lists Widget released
Having problems with your Ta-da Lists Widget? Then go ahead and download v1.3, released today.
Case Studies
Getting the most out of Backpack as a GTD (“Getting Things Done”) solution
Specsavers ad, agency: in-house, production company: Rattling Stick, director: Danny Kleinman
Here's a round-up of recent advertising work that has caught our eye here at CR Towers. First up is director Danny Kleinman's latest for Specsavers, which, considering it's for an optician, is really rather chilling.
Is the above from a new series of artworks by a contemporary designer, an explosion of scientific data, or a photograph of a strange creature discovered by deep-sea biologists? Well, while most of the following images are just crying out to be placed on a T-shirt, they actually have little to do with design, fashion, photography or art, and much more to do with cyberspace...
The whole 37signals thing gathered in Chicago for a pow wow last week. How do we start a meeting? By celebrating.
The Usage Lifecycle describes how far a person has progressed in using your web application, helping to identify the hurdles someone needs to overcome to become regular, passionate users.
Babycenter.com has a really great newsletter. Once you tell the site when you’re expecting, it sends you a weekly newsletter targeted at the specific stage of pregnancy [...]
Programming/Tech Jobs
EyeWonder is looking for a Flash and Actionscript Software Engineer in Atlanta, GA.
Rally Software is looking for a Software Engineer – Java Web Application Developer in Boulder, CO.
D P Review is looking for a Web Development Engineer in London, UK.
Farstar Inc. is looking for a Rails Developer (Part-Time) located anywhere.
From time to time during conference Q&A sessions I’m asked “How did you create the culture at 37signals?” or “What do you recommend we do to set up an open, sharing company culture like yours?”
Mexico 68 poster by Lance Wyman, with artistic direction from Eduardo Terrazas and Pedro Ramirez Vázquez, © courtesy of the artist/IOC/V&A
“Designing is not a profession but an attitude” is an excerpt from László Moholy-Nagy’s 1947 book “Vision in Motion.”
