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FEATURED THIS WEEK A House to Live With: Paul Rand in Esquire 1953 A slideshow of Ann and Paul Rand's house in Connecticut, as it appeared in the August 1953 issue of Esquire. READ MORE
JOHN FOSTER Accidental Mysteries, 10.16.11 Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of visual curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age. READ MORE ROB WALKER An Interview with Kevin Slavin As co-founder of the game development company Area/Code, Kevin Slavin has been thinking about the broad issues of interaction design for a long time. But it’s only recently that the results of thinking have found their way into more broadly public forums. This summer, his talk at TED, and an essay he contributed to the catalog for “Talk To Me,” the MoMA exhibition, emerged more or less in tandem — and intentionally or not, they made an interesting pair. This Q&A began with a conversation via Skype, followed up over email. READ MORE FROM OUR SPONSORS Brought to you by Sappi Productions and the Flo Channel, Off Register is a totally unvarnished and uncoated look at what goes on behind the glossy world of print production. See what happens when the ink hits the fan...on Off Register. Watch episodes here >> Find out more about Sappi here >> Two great MFA programs: The Interaction Design program, which explores the role of design in shaping everyday life and the Graduate Program for the Designer as Entrepreneur. Visit MFA Interaction Design >> The Designer as Entrepreneur Podcast >> SVA Website >> JOHN FOSTER Accidental Mysteries, 10.09.11 Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of visual curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age. READ MORE		BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK \| FOLLOW US ON TWITTER A totally unvarnished and uncoated look at what goes on behind the glossy world of print production. Off Register >> D-Crit: Design as subject matter. Criticism as literary genre. Learn at SVA >> Go on, tempt the fates. Enter the show celebrating the best design ever printed on Mohawk paper. Enter here >> Learn more about Design for Good. An AIGA initiative >> OBSERVATORY ARCHIVE Sister Corita On ITC Garamond High Anxiety POEM OF THE WEEK "Five Houses Down" Five Houses Down, a poem by Christian Wiman. READ MORE RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED Textile Design: Portfolio Series Simon Clarke The Toaster Project Thomas Thwaites Material Change: Design Thinking and the Social Entrepreneurship Movement Eve Blossom
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