“TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Program, the new TEDx community program”, www.TED.com
Some of the … Read more

I was going through the daily blogs I review and came across that I.D. Magazine is over.  This was one of my favorite magazines to read again and again on the train to Manhattan.  Very sad to see this great magazine only on the web.  I will always have a very strong connection to printed tangible books and magazines instead of on the web.  R.I.P. International Design Magazine.

One of Luke … Read more

Going on my Xmas list!
For the Fall/Winter Collection 2009 Carhartt is cooperating exclusively with Japanese company Vestax to bring a limited edition of the Handy Trax USB turntable into the shops – a portable record player for all-round use.
This vinyl player is the perfect pulse generator for picnics that turn into cosy open-air parties. It is also the perfect listening device for every dyed-in-the-wool vinyl enthusiast during extensive excavation trips at fl ea … Read more

Being a Mr.Mom / Designer staying at home with my son we were watching Regis & Kelly and they had a gift guide under $50.00.  They showcased this Kiehl’s body moisturizer with limited edition KAWS artwork and everyone looked oblivious to the artwork.  The great thing is 100% of Kiehl’s net profits from the sale of this item will benefit RxART.  So go buy one for your KAWS collection and … Read more

Since I am basically Mr.Mom with my son that is 17 months old it has been hard to get into the city, but over the Holidays I am sure to get into the city and see this exhibition.  It has been a long time since I was able to walk through MoMA.  When I was in college I interned in their product development division and it was one of the … Read more

Biomega Brooklyn

Biomega MN

The Biomega Bike Company based out of Denmark designs great looking bikes!
Biomega’s Aesthetic Philosophy:  ”Our history of style & value is of Scandinavian heritage. However Scandinavian Design has in many cases become its own pastiche: Exaggerated, lifeless minimalism. This was not what the Scandinavian Masters were about. We have looked for a cheerful strain of Scandinavian design and breathed new life into this tradition which we call Organic … Read more

The photographer Simon Høgsberg shot photos for 20 days from the same spot on the a railroad bridge on Warschauer Strasse in Berlin in the summer of 2007.  There are 178 people in the picture.  The image is 100 meters long.
www.simonhoegsberg.com

I have been following Ryan Schude’s photography ever since I worked at a skate magazine in San Diego.  It is amazing to see his progression and creative mind expand in just a couple of years.  In a recent Digital Photo Pro Magazine Issue he said ““Photography saved me from the cubicle,” he says. “I realized I must have been nuts to keep suppressing what I really wanted to do.”  I … Read more

If you haven’t seen Objectified yet then go check it out!  I got my copy from iTunes but it was also recently on your local PBS station as well.  My favorite product designer Dieter Rams is interviewed, so I was anticipating this release for awhile since I missed the theatrical release.
“Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. … Read more

“Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books is a unique, absorbing compilation of the best design books of the last 100 years. Covering a huge range of material – from historic titles by pioneering type foundries to the best of recent monographs from today’s leading studios – it provides a striking insight into the evolution of graphic design in the twentieth century.”
by Jason Godfrey
www.laurenceking.com

The jump off issue of The Art of Storytelling is 96 pages of pure content. It will be on all major newsstands in the US and Canada and in boutiques throughout Europe. TAOST (The Art of Storytelling) can be found at Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Hudson News.
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COVER:
Layout and Design by Bigfoot One.

THE GET OVER:
This is going to be a recurring section in each issue. … Read more