They’ve done it again! See the new Apple MacBook Air Video at the website.

Some details about the next generation of MacBooks; It’s the first ever Macbook at 11 inches and starts at $999. One of the best features for the new MacBook is the Multi-touch trackpad, which they decided to go with instead of a touch screen. Apple designs based on ease of use and having to reach out and have your hand out for a touchscreen was just not comfortable, I

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If you are into posters, typography and dig your city, then you will like or atleast appreciate the work of Ork Posters. The medium sized posters are based on unique grids that provide the poster cities with a nice structural feel, while braking the mold with over and undersized typography. It’s printing technique is a little different than the average poster, due to them being screen prints. In case you were wondering, screen prints are made by using a stencil process that

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The 1960′s downtown Chicago area was faced with an expanding population and a high demand for office space. Downtown buildings were being filled as soon as they were built, and space was running out. The average building construction height was limited to 30 stories due to the lack of advances in architectural engineering. Because building offices and apartments were rented out, the increased costs of building higher that the standard 30 levels proved too costly. It was uneconomical because constructing floors past the standard level

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This was THE hot topic of the weekend and I told myself I wasn’t going to post anything related to the new Gap logo. But I am. Gap is a very reputable brand and their branding and promotional always catches my eye. Their style is clean and very minimal, just the type of design I look for when I’m out our perusing a magazine. Each of their printed materials relies on typography to deliver a message, and for the most post, they do a good job at

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I stumbled onto this typographic poster today, thought I should share it with you guys. Here’s a little info on the poster, it was designed by Cristoph Niemann in 2007 and featured Walt Whitman’s poem “As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days.” The featured line: And our visions, the visions of poets, the most solid announcements of any.

Full poster and poem below.

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What a perfect identity design for UCLA’s Architecture & Urban Design program. The abstract letterforms express what architecture has become. Rigidness and straight lines are a thing of the past, new architecture is innovative, ever-changing through shapes and angles. It has evolved into a form of expression, an art form in the largest of scales. Graphic Designer, Eddie Opara hit the nail on the head when he designed this for UCLA. Not only will it work today, it’s abstract letterforms can carry well into the future of Architecture and the school’s program.

Unfortunately the identity was declined.

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My favorite design style is swiss and purely concept driven. In other words, visual communication. Although I do appreciate all design and design styles, I just happen to like it best. Designers create art, others communicate messages, while others like to create dramatic images. With so many different design styles out there, it makes me wonder what is the true percentage of designers and maybe even non-designers who like and dislike posters and print design made with swiss style execution. Designs which are mostly done in

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