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Also Known As: Steven Bonner.

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illustration, portfolio, Scotland, star wars

The Power Gap.

Good thinking by the British think-tank, Demo and good animation by Airside.

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infographic, politics, power, video, visualization

Visualization of large-scale discussions.

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application, discussion, reddit, visualization

10 principles of good design.

From the venerable Dieter Rams:

Good design should be innovative
Good design should make a product useful
Good design is aesthetic design
Good design will make a product understandable
Good design is honest
Good design is unobtrusive
Good design is long lived
Good design is consistent in every details
Good design should be environmentally friendly
Good design is as little design as possible

[Via GigaOM]

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experience, product, user interface

Posters for the International Year of Astronomy 2009.

Two days to go before the end of 2009 and now I discover that it was the international year of astronomy. Bloody hell.

Anyway, these beautiful posters were exquisitely crafted for the fun of it by Simon Page and eventually adopted by International Astronomical Union and UNESCO for their promotional work.

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astronomy, graphic design, poster, retro, UNESCO

Root.

Root is a London based design studio who have done some great, thoughtful pieces of work.

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art direction, portfolio, print, uk

I only knew Dick Bruna as the guy who drew Miffy. I didn’t realise how sad and pathetic that was until I recently uncovered a lot of his work that didn’t involve Nijntje. His work is minimal, clever and simply beautiful — exactly the things that make Dutch design so special.

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book, cover, dick bruna, illustration, minimal

Monday, 19th October 2009

The perfect client brief.

A note from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol, briefing him on a Stones’ album cover

Great note from Mick Jagger which can be found in Andy Warhol’s Pop Box collection. In the end, despite Mick’s warning, the cover that was eventually created had a zipper. I’ve never seen the original record cover before — now, I am itching to find out how it turned out!

On another note, it would be great if we all had clients like that from time to time…

[Via the swissmiss]

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60s, album art, andy warhol, cover, rolling stones

Tuesday, 13th October 2009

Vizualising Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.

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animation, beethoven, classical, instruments, visualization

Friday, 4th September 2009

An interactive poster.

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dirt, interactive, poster, print, spot varnish

Tuesday, 1st September 2009

I learnt something today.

Not sure if it’s true though. I am still researching, but the drawings on Learn Something Everyday are just great.

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cute, draw, fact, illustration, knowledge, learn

Monday, 31st August 2009

Fancy an office in the forest?

A long glass tube in a forest is not what you’d normally call an office, but it’s home to to architecture practice Selgas Cano in Madrid. A mind-bending idea, executions and photos — I wonder if someone in Singapore would set up something similar on the slopes of Mount Faber or something.

[Via Ouno Design]