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.

WARNING: this link may be addictive, follow it at your own risk.

Happy V-day! Visit Frost Design to create and email your own custom Valentine. I could spend hours there, but I won’t (don’t worry clients! I’m hard at work on your projects.) Via The Serif

Don’t forget to enter the monthly contest! Ummm, chocolate.

Check out Billboard’s The 25 Best Rock Posters of All Time for a nice overview of what’s been going down in rock posters in the past 50 years. This Thelonious Monk poster from 1959 is my personal fave. Clean, minimal use of color and old school typography. The posters for James Brown (1962), Elvis Costello (2005), The Decemberists (2005), and Pearl Jam (also 2005, apparently a good design year) spoke to me as well.


But what’s up with this? This poster is…OK. The uninspired typography and “clever” type treatment (Fire! On “Red Hot Chili Peppers”! It’s a genius visual pun!) are kind of first year in art school.

But then I read the article intro again. Billboard promises “the 25 coolest posters in rock history.” Nowhere in there does it say the 25 best designed posters in rock history or the 25 most awe inspiring graphics in rock history. Looking over the choices again, there are selections that have to do with rarity (Stones merchandise without the tongue logo) or historical importance (the first psychedelic poster). Once again I fell into “How does it look? It is cool? Is it beautiful? Does anything else matter?” Of course it does (although I don’t care what the rationale was for the Radiohead poster. It’s overrated.)

What do you think? Fantastic collection or ho-hum grouping?

BONUS: If you’re into poster design, check out posterwhore.com. Inspiring site, embarrassing name.