Topanga, I Hardly Knew Ye
2007-10-14 15:16:02
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Ive always wondered why anyone with taste would pay thousands of dollars to publish one of those text-heavy, type-awful, full-page magazine advertisements void of any semblance of graphic design nuance or sophi...
Design Observer Party: Denver, October 12
2007-10-11 23:00:40
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It is now a Design Observer tradition to host the best party at the AIGA Biennal Conference. This year's event is in Denver at The Milk Bar @ The Shelter. Friday, October 12 from 9:00pm to 2:00am. 1037 Broadway...
Rest in Peace, Herbert Muschamp
2007-10-09 05:20:00
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Officially published for the first time as a posthumous tribute: a loving parody of the writing of the late, great architectural critic Herbert Muschamp.
A Plea to The New York Times: Index Your Art
2007-10-06 15:30:00
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Why does the art that adds so much to the texts published in The New York Times disappear? Why cannot The New York Times simply index the art that it publishes, at least leaving the bibliographic tracings of th...
Wood That We Could
2007-10-04 00:42:26
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Remember back in the late 1980s, when Minneapolis was a hotbed of creative energy? Back when brochures were tied together with braid and twigs? Minnesota was making a play for the next big thing: the North Wood...
Stan Brakhage: Caught on Tape
2007-10-01 13:02:47
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For Stan Brakhage, that concentration resulted in extraordinary explorations of many things, including the life cycle of a moth, caught on adhesive strips of tape, and subsequently captured on film where it reg...
Burma (Myanmar), 1989
2007-09-28 18:30:18
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This slideshow of photographs from 1989 is offered in solidarity with the people of Burma as they again confront one of the most brutal regimes in the world.
Decorative Books: The End of Print
2007-09-26 08:20:00
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Back in 1956, The Times promotion department provided a viable answer in the form of its 65 Ways to Decorate with Books in Your Home, a book/zine with a reasonable $1 cover price. Steven Heller looks here for a...
May I Show You My Portfolio?
2007-09-21 07:50:00
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My art school portfolio has sat in a box, largely untouched, in the closets and basements of the three places I've lived in the last 27 years, sort of like a slowly decaying design time capsule. A few weeks ago...
Designers and Dilettantes
2007-09-18 14:33:58
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Dmitri Siegel discusses graphic design authorship and the impending release of Elliott Earls new film, The Sarany Motel.