On Friday, October 24 and Saturday October 25 I attended GAIN – AIGA Business and Design Conference at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. 1st of all the conference was great! I found it to be inspiring, informative and highly entertaining. There was rarely a dull moment. The speakers that were selected were all [...]

Lou Dorfsman, a design director for CBS, who’s work included the creation of the CBS Didot typeface, passed away last Wednesday. Perhaps his most famous piece of work, the Gastrotypographicalassemblage wall in the CBS cafateria, is the largest, modern typographic artifact in existence. It was discarded by CBS but is in process of being restored [...]

Take a look at the history of political campaigns at the Living Room Candidate, by the Museum of the Moving Image.

While not stating a political opinion one way or the other, a viral campaign video for Barack Obama that utilizes variable data has caught our attention. Produced by MoveOn.org, the video employs techniques found in print and website personalization but embeds the name of the recipient into a mock news video segment. Whatever your political affiliation, it [...]

Take a look at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards winners.