Archive for the ‘Rants and Raves’ Category
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 by
Mike Frans
Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily ...
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 by
Mike Frans
It seems almost unbelievable to affluent Westerners, but many Zimbabweans can't buy a newspaper. The Zimbabwean is sold in the UK, South Africa and Zimbabwe, but in its own country attracts an import tax that makes it unaffordable to the average Zimbabwean.
To increase international sales of the newspaper, thereby subsidising ...
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 by
Don Regole
Kudos to our neighbors, Balfour Walker and Chris Mooney, on their appearance in Inside Tucson Business. There are some great points in this article about the transition from film to digital photography... make sure to give it a read.
We've done many projects with these guys over the years, and ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009 by
Mike Frans
In these days of uncertainty and fear, one question is weighing on the minds of millions: what will be 2009's color of the year? Thankfully the wait ended last week when Pantone representatives emerged from conclave and declared Mimosa the color of the future. Described as embodying "hopefulness and reassurance ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 by
Mike Frans
Microsoft announced plans to open retail stores, hoping to boost visibility of many of its products and its brand. The move seems to be an effort to mimic the success that Apple has had with its retail stores. The news is just too tempting not to have some fun with. ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 by
Mike Frans
The Obama logo was a ubiquitous as it was successful, but who created the iconic mark that helped propel our President Elect into his new position? The AIGA/Philadelphia is hosting a lecture by the logo's designer, Sol Sender, on November 20.
Sol Sender and his team at Sender LLC have turned ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008 by
Mike Frans
What is real? What is fake? The power of Photoshop is incredible in the right hands. Does the average person realize how many photos in magazines, particularly of models and actors, have been digitally manipulated to achieve impossible degrees of beauty? Sarah from diet.com gets a Photoshop tutorial and makeover ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 by
Mike Frans
Deroy Peraza is the man behind one of the many well-designed Barack Obama posters you may have seen this election season. His "New Hope" poster was exhibited in Denver during the Democratic National Convention, where it caught the eye of Cynthia Odier, founder of the Switzerland-based emerging-art gallery Flux Laboratory. ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008 by
Mike Frans
If Jennifer Maestre asks if she can borrow your pencil, you’re never going to see it again. Not unless you go to her website later and see her latest creations.
Maestre cuts, drills, sharpens, and sews pencils together into sculpture, and also does some handy work with nails. Sporting what she ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008 by
Mike Frans
Warm up your scroll button and explore Bob Staake's collection of European poster art from the mid 20th century.
Staake has over 150 iconic posters on display, advertising products of the time: planes, trains, and shipping lines, cigarettes and alcohol, theater, sports, travel, and toiletries.
All tiled on a single page for ...
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