We are a couple of weeks away from Utrecht Manifest's 2nd Biennale for Social Design and one of the main events is an exhibit titled Lovely Language: Words Divide, Images Unite honoring two of the titans of visual language, Otto Neurath and Gerd Arntz. These two pre-Tuftian kings of envisioning information created their own language of textless pictograms as a way of conveying quantitative information with social consequences. They called them Isotypes. "It was an organized attempt to use graphical design for the purpose of achieving changes in society, primarily through visual education of the masses, and especially by presenting...
From the Depths of the Library It Came!
This poster won the 2006 Margo (Maroon and Gold) Award from the University of Minnesota's Communicators Forum.Christopher James was the project lead/copywriter and Mark Fox was the graphic designer.Happy Halloween!
A Sideways Approach to Reading in Bed
Bed Books has devised a "revolutionary" approach to reading in bed. Print the book sideways! Yep. No more propped up pillows, no more neck strain. Pure reading comfort.Sounds like a great idea but what about when you got to get up?It's hard enough to get out of bed as it is now the last thing I need is a book that I can only read in bed.What's next? A new type of toilet that accommodates you while reading a book that is printed sideways.Thanks to The Millions or the lead
FUEL That’s Good for the Planet
FUEL is the London design firm of Damon Murray & Stephen Sorrell.In 2005 they launched FUEL publishing and their latest title brings to print a selection of amazing images from the noteworthy blog BibliOdyssey. The book is titled BibliOdyssey: Amazing Archival Images From The Internet"BibliOdyssey’s mission has been to search the dustier corners of the internet and retrieve these materials for our enjoyment. Thanks to the efforts of this singular weblog, a myriad of long-forgotten imagery has now resurfaced. Each of these fascinating images is accompanied by a commentary from PK, author and curator of BibliOdyssey, and a link to...
Drinking bookshelves
The Sloom & Slordig design firm came up with these in 2002.Each book gets a box the rest is up to you.Thanks to Design Milk for the lead