there were things called magazines. i used to read maximum rock n roll in high school, then the internet came along and i forgot about it. its still around and theyve printed a photo issue of some punk rock legends. wired magazine has some examples – click the picture!

the mummies

Hey guys, a message from beyond the degree!
I miss school so much because I always got awesome design news first, but this one my brother dug up for me.
It’s a bunch of designs for the products of present day, but re-imagining them as if they were developed in the 70’s.
Take a gander.
Links are still giving me some trouble on the blog, so just copy and paste…

http://www.behance.net/gallery/ALT1977-WE-ARE-NOT-TIME-TRAVELERS/545221

here’s some shameless plugging for my company. on a design note, it was edited and constructed in afftereffects by our designer hosts.

idw pull list

So the blog round-up has been sort of defunct for quite some time. I’ve been collecting links but haven’t really had the time to post, so here are some of the many links collected over the past few months.

Interesting game by Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille: Rise and Fall.

An impressive scrolling drawing by cartoonist Ira Marcks.

Vintage matchboxes and music videos.

Amazing animated GIFs.

Rob Roy Kelly’s American Wood Type is reissued.

Adidas 365 = 365 sweet little videos.

Thing Pit.

Amazing project from MIT Media Labs (hint tiny helicopters with LEDs that can make a 3dimensional screen).

Tommy Westphal’s Mind (mapped).

svpply: like ffffffound for clothing and products.

A book about designing successful portfolios.

Pretty great Michel Gondry video.

The new MTV logo and a few other flexible identities.

Awesomely cute video.

Making geometric type work.

The great Geoff McFetridge.

The Dresden Codex.

Some interesting work by Datdatdat.

Michael Bierut on clients.

3D printing for animation.

Illustrations by Celyn Brazier, here, here, and here.

Augmented hyperreality.

The 2009 Feltron Annual Report.

Augmented reality t-shirt.

Nice little animated spot for the 2010 Virgin London Marathon.

Top fonts of 2009. From YouWorkForThem.

Charting the Beatles.

The History of Evil, animated.

Nice abstract video, Vanishing Point.

Black Lake by David OReilly and Jon Klassen.

The Revolution Will Be Animated. A nice documentary about copyright laws, public domain, and animation.

Fashion font.

A collection a day.

From Flat to Flight, a nice little paper craft video. Don’t forget to download the character.

You look familiar. A bizarrely retro animated music video.

AE CS4 shortcuts!!!

Another fun little abstract animated video.

The Third and the Seventh.

Interesting manifesto for the making of independent games. It could equally be applied to design, art, film, etc.

Mag+ a graphical e-reader.

Clips from Alan Kitching’s talk at Advanced Graphics.

Bitique’s design picks from 2009.

Josh Finkle’s handcrafted wooden toys of recently extinct animals.

Brian Biggs walks us through his screen printing process.

Lola Dupré’s photographic collages, here and here.

An amazing collection of comic books commissioned by the US government.

Retro-ish music video for Royal Gregory.

GOOD Magazine’s prison video is really done well.

Victorian infographics.

Some amazing videos produced by electric literature.

A nice brochure for Vendors’ Rights (in NYC).

A similar campaign for Tenants’ rights in NYC.

New-ish work by one of my favorite motion firms, Impactist.

Some amazing interactive work from an exhibition last year at the V&A in London.

Beautiful drawings by Louise Despont.

Capacity’s pitch for NBC’s on-air redesign.

Criterion collection DVD Covers.

A visit to Mark Giglio’s studio.

Lifelong Friendship Society delivers a cool sparsely animated music video, Givin’ Up.

Interview with Danny Yount.

The work of Philip Apeloig.

Challenge Your World video winners.

http://www.philippe-nicolas.com/

Check this site out. It was pointed out to me by one of my 201 students.

After working as EMU Student Center Operations student graphic designer for what will be almost three years in April, it is about time for me to say “Good bye.” This means the department is in need of a replacement to start working the beginning of the 2010 Spring semester. The details are below:

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iStock Photo Article

A few links extending the conversation of dimesnsional typography for the folks in Image Making II:

• Dimensional Typography: The Unbearable Flatness of Being. An article by Leslie Atzmon on the subject.
• A Flickr pool from an exhibition curated by myself and Jimmy Luu.
• The Playground. A collection of experimental typefaces presented by Rick Valicenti. Worth a look at is Rick Valicenti’s Incest and Letters to Ed (featured in the exhibition mentioned above). Also worth a look is Blue by Michele Bowers.
• Some type by Karina Peterson. More here.
• Action Types by Marcus Shaefer
• Image above by Alida Sayer

That is all for now. More to come later.

Holy cow…thank you for professor Maniotes for showing me this.
Craft craft craft craft CRAFT!

Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo.