Hey, I was getting bored of that theme so I picked a new one. Do you miss the old one (Chunk) or are you good with this one? In case you forgot, it used to look like this (the image link goes to a new URL I also just made, GRFC DSGNR, but I don’t know what I’m going to do with it yet so for now it’s just a duplicate of this blog) Also, I might decide I don’t like the new theme and go back to the old one. Who knows, I just had to try it on.
RISD just launched their own section of Behance, and apparently they are being rather selective about the work they “feature” on the front page. They sent me an email asking if they had permission to publish my project! Go take a look here!
Also, there’s another site, which is still in the works, and a little glitchy, but a great idea! The Motives project, started by Daniel Hirunrusme and Eric Scott, which you can read about at RISD’s All-Nighter, student-run online newspaper, is a place for RISD students to feature their work. They just opened it up to Cooper Union and Pratt Institute as well.
Neatly packaged list for you guys! Hope you find this useful! There’s no better way to find out which publications are worth reading than asking the best professor in the RISD Graphic Design department, Doug Scott, who has taught at RISD since 1980, in addition to a really long list of other places like Yale and Northeastern. Basically he knows everything about everything. So here’s his list of Design Publications that someday when I have my own studio, I’ll be able to afford subscriptions to most of these or track down old copies at used bookstores or online :) I made the ones Doug calls “really good” bold for you. The list is quite international too, because design is not isolated in a box, it’s global!
2+3D (Polish Graphic and Industrial Design)
Baseline International TypoGraphics Magazine
Typo a Czech publication for graphic design and visual communication
Graphis still one of the best publications, first published in Zurich in 1944
Novum (originally published as Gebrauchs Graphik in 1924)
IDEA a Japanese magazine, though they are so beautiful, it doesn’t matter that I can’t read most of it since it’s in Japanese
Graphic Design aka GDUSA
Typographica no longer in print, a British Publication edited by Herbert Spencer. If I could get my hands on a few of these precious relics I would be eternally happy (just kidding, it takes more than antique design publications to make me reach nirvana haha)
Étapes design et culture visuelle, a French publication
Eye Magazine The international Review of Graphic Design, which used to be a lot better, but is still a well respected, worthy magazine
Grafik a publication out of London, UK
Slanted a German graphic design publication
Print Magazine is one of the better American publications about, obviously, print design
Communication Arts is also a great American publication
Applied Arts Canada’s visual communications magazine
I tried to track down a digital link for Critique The Magazine Of Graphic Design Thinking, but it’s not in print anymore and the only web presence they have is libraries with pdf downloads, which defeats the purpose of a printed magazine.
Emigre Magazine I’m sure you’ve heard of Emigre’s type foundry! They also published this magazine between 1984 and 2005, but you can probably track down a few on ebay or amazon
ID Pure don’t be fooled by the name, it’s not about industrial design, it’s a Swiss magazine of visual creation, graphic design, and typography
Domus an Italian publication covering art, design, and architecture
FUKT a German magazine for contemporary drawing, which is nicely designed and has some great illustration in it
Well that’s all for now! Enjoy! Let me know if you know any others I’m missing out on!
(Image courtesy of Grain Edit)
A brilliant piece of furniture designed by Kitmen Keung, originally from Hong Kong, and based in Canada. Dual Cut is produced in collaboration with Sixinch, a Belgian furniture company. Quoted at Minimalissimo, Keung describes the project:
Dual Cut was designed with a dedication to Sixinch’s urethane cut technology, which is processed by data without the need of molding. It was an experiment to minimise the production process and material wastage, and more importantly to maximise its function values and flexibility in real life.
I love the simplicity of this piece, and the repurpose-able format. It’s really quite a flexible and versatile set of furniture! I’m just curious to know how comfortable it would be… (Hey though, Fashion over Comfort! That’s what they say right?)
I tried a bunch of compositions, and I ended up with precisely what I had before, + the lowercase website (though it is less legible, it is more unusual) Also put it on the “My Work” page. Speaking of My Work, I have updated my portfolio website, so go take a look here if you haven’t been in a while!
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