VX|UX

Photographer: Shawn Franklin

Joona Pakkanen

David Palladini, The Sun, Tarot card, 1970. Via davidpalladini.com

The Microscope, illustration in Bilder-Akademie für die Jugend - Picture academy for the youth, 1784. Engraving. Nuremberg. Via DIPF

IA Rule of thumb, A good website should be…

these are fucking paintings

Maurice Prost, walking panther, 1925. Bronze. Made by Susse frères, Paris. Source

Otto Nebel, Antike Reste, Antique Remnants, 1931. Oil on wood. Germany.

Man Vs. Word - The Awl (via thisistheverge)

William Welsh, illustration for Pullman ad, 1936. Charles Daniel Frey Co. Advertising, Chicago

Polar bear from Greenland, presenting the 1932 Industrial Exhibition in Copenhagen in Art Déco Style. Unknown artist. Source

"What’s your favorite thing about your mother?" "She loves life more than anyone I’ve ever known. I hope she doesn’t mind me telling you this, but recently she’s had some health problems. And her health got so bad at one point, she called me and said: ‘I was starting to wonder if there was any reason to go on. But then I had the most delicious pear!’"

"He wants to go home."

Syd Mead

Now that we are in the midst of visual design week in the program, I’d like to share this beautiful short film by one of my favorite college professors, Inge Druckrey. I shared this in my tumblr a while ago before I started this course but it is worth repeating. The film is all about visual design and learning to see and how she teaches visual design. I highly recommend it. She is also the wife of Edward Tufte, the information design king. His books are also one some of my favorite design books.