Archive for August 11th, 2008

Tansy Myer

Through her work she explores the social constructs we use to define beauty and self.

Carla Gannis

She creates digital paintings, drawings and video works that are rooted in a storytelling tradition.

Readymech

Readymechs are free, flatpack toys for you to print and build. They are designed to fit on an 8.5″x11″ page and printed with any printer. You’ll need double-sided tape, thick matte paper, and 10-15 minutes for build time.

Business card design

There are two cool sites where you can find lots of creative ideas for your business cards: creativebits and daily poetics.

John Maeda

Maeda is a world-renowned graphic designer, visual artist, and computer scientist at the MIT Media Lab, and is a founding voice for “simplicity” in the digital age.

Poke

I love this London based advertising agency, their ideas are so simple and effective. And they don’t have this bullshit attitude you find in so many other agencies. I discovered them a few years ago at Typo Berlin.