WEEKLY EMAIL: SEPTEMBER 02, 2010
FEATURED THIS WEEK : MICHAEL BIERUT
James Victore: Straight Up
There are two kinds of graphic designers in the world. One kind sees each project as an opportunity for self-expression, producing a body of work that bears an unmistakable mark, that is more alike than different, that is more about the maker than the message. The other kind of designer attends first to the client, to the message and to the audience. This graphic designer's role is to be neutral and invisible, an efficient conduit between broadcaster and receiver.James Victore is good because, amazingly, he combines the very best of both ways.
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ALEXANDRA LANGE, MARK LAMSTER
Lunch with the Critics: Park51 & 15 Penn
For this second installment of Lunch with the Critics, Mark Lamster and Alexandra Lange traveled to midtown to visit the Hotel Pennsylvania, across from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden on Seventh Avenue.READ MORE
JESSICA HELFAND
In the Palm of Your Hand: Dexterity Puzzles
Dexterity games — also known as skill games, palm puzzles and hand-held games — have fascinated adults and children since the 19th century. The essential hand-eye challenge of rolling a ball into a hole or tilting a capsule through a maze has proved among the most delightful, maddening, and enduring diversions of the modern age, despite — or perhaps because of — its sheer simplicity.READ MORE
ERIC BAKER, THE EDITORS
Today: The End
Goodbyes are never easy. And so it is with Today, our weekly smorgasbord of images curated by Eric Baker, which concludes with this final post.READ MORE
RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED
Idea SellingSam Harrison
New Realisms: 1957—1962Julia Robinson, editor
The Exquisite BookJ. Rothman, J. Volvovski & M. Lamothe
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