I’m always on the lookout for inspiring design, and Web Creme delivers. I may not find all of the featured designs particularly noteworthy, but many of the linked sites have found their way into my “Inspiration” bookmarks folder. I especially like the color palette tool. Each design has a color scheme represented as tiny color blocks. To find other designs on the site using the same color, just click on one of the blocks. There’s no extra information on the site, and the streamlined presentation really highlights the design. Check it out.

Fred Herzog. Three Theaters, 1957.

That is some gorgeous photo. Over the cacophony of the neon signs and street lights, the typefaces on the signs are like candles in the night. This photo is from 1957 and it shows in the letterforms, but in many ways it seems totally contemporary to me. The gallery site says “Perfectly composed and atmospheric, the people and places that Herzog captured in the 1950’s and 1960’s, remind us of a period of transition, hope and a move toward the modern era.” I totally agree.

This photo is on display at the Laurence Miller Gallery in New York City from April 3 - May 31. Uncoincidentally, Larry is my uncle, but it’s not nepotism speaking when I say that his gallery is one of the best in the US. If you’re in the area, go see the show.

Is that a totally beautiful A, or what? It’s a 50 x 38″ ink on paper by Tauba Auerbach. I covet this piece of artwork. You should check out her web site for more (although be warned, the site navigation is a little annoying IMHO). I think of this as the intersection of art and design.

What do you think of her work? I’d be especially interested in hearing feedback from any readers who are not professional designers. Does this speak to you? Would you hang it on your wall?

Fortunately for me, work has been busy lately. Very busy. So busy that I’ve been having some trouble switching gears from one project to another, switching from administrative, boss type work to designing (which, of course, is why I do all of this in the first place). Thankfully, my issue of Before & After arrived just in time. Why do I say everyone needs Before & After? Let me count the ways: (more…)

Binth just released a new batch of unbelievably fabulous, one of a kind prints. But get there quickly — they sell out amazingly fast.

Buy one (or five, like I did) of these prints and be assured that you won’t see your artwork in your friends house, at a restaurant, in your doctor’s office… But you can’t have the one at the top of this post. I already bought it.