Twitter Roundup: Week of 9 March.
It don't stop. It don't quit. Six tweets a day on issues related to brand, design, and sustainability. At some point during the week, we had the pleasure of stumbling upon the most excellent Alan, The Gallant, Japan's Love Architecture, and an original 1950 Saab 92. Adrian Shaughnessy's book reminds designers that our souls are valuable (even we prefer black), and Nothing, the Dutch firm with the humble handle, rethinks the conventions of the office (and does it with cardboard). Again, you indulged us by letting us rant. And we thank you.
- Push:
- Metropolis on a designer who uses nature as a guide. Sendagi, Japan furniture and product developer, 'Nosigner'.
- Harvest:
- Three annual reports for Willamette Industries, the late, lamented Pacific Northwest forest products concern.
- Capture:
- A bold Stephen Shore is said to have approached Edward Steichen, curator at MOMA, at 14. He still shoots large.
- Hang:
- Nothing, an agency in Amsterdam, rethinks the office. From designers Joost van Bleiswijk and Alrik Koudenburg.
- Galvanize:
- Adrian Shaughnessy's "How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul." Managing the creative process.
- Quote:
- "Nothing is more vibrant than having power to do something but not having experience of knowing what's right and wrong." Tibor Kalman
- Delight:
- Barcelona modernist Alan, The Gallant is quite simply a pleasure to peruse. What positively delicious cadence!
- Pick:
- Hit or miss, PicoCool is a daily pulse of, you guessed it, cool. See TBWA interiors; Klein Dytham architecture.
- Arrange:
- Japan's Love Architecture approaches the apartment for the biker set. And no, not those Harley-riding attorneys.
- Wrap:
- Thoughts on a Portland design museum and the full AIGA Career Tools panel transcript "surviving the economy".
- Perform:
- Success is a function of the relationship with our client. If Pinch's work is good, the relationship was good.
- Propel:
- Any color you like, as long as it's green. A 1950 Saab 92 illustrates that design constraints can be beautiful.
- Bestow:
- The Brit Insurance Design Awards; Architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product, transport.
- Consider:
- "The creation continues incessantly through the media of man." Antoni Gaudí, Architect. (La Sagrada Família.)
- Download:
- A heaping handful of the recent goings-on at Pinch. A design office. Let us know what you're up to, won't you?
- Bind:
- Transcending function. Folmer Christensen's Folle Classic Stapler (1946) reminds of why "everyday" design matters.
- Stoke:
- Wired.com's Epicenter rekindles the crowdsourcing fire with a comprehensive reading. And just in time for SXSW.
- Cross:
- Yet more from L.A. and wHY Architecture. We love our Portland bridges but we think the Art Bridge gets it right.
- Regard:
- Bibliothèque is a creatively-led graphic design consultancy, based in Shoreditch, London. We just like the work.
- Customize:
- Joe Mansfield's Engrave Your Book is an artists' series of engraved leather covers for Moleskine notebooks.
- Animate:
- A bit limited, but a good beginning. The Title Design Project works to include the finest in motion graphics.
- Introduce:
- LetterCult on Corey Holms, the guy behind Mojo, the Sopranos logo, film projects. Most recently, Watchmen.
- Stack:
- Vico Magistretti borrows typology and inspiration from ladders with his Nuvola Rossa (1977) bookshelf system.
- Quantify:
- So we're away for one day and "typefaces" becomes a trending topic? The Periodic Table of Typefaces. Really?