THE GUGGENHEIM

"The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum". It explores the process behind the building and examines the history, design, and construction of Wright’s work. You can buy it here: http://www.guggenheimstore.org/gufrllwrandm.html

Michael Bierut

Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks



Read more at http://the99percent.com/videos/6056/michael-bierut-5-secrets-from-86-notebooks

Emory Douglas: Colored Iconography for the Black Power

Douglas was the most prolific and persistent graphic agitator in the American Black Power movements. Douglas profoundly understood the power of images in communicating ideas. Inexpensive printing technologies, including photostats and press type, textures and patterns, made publishing a two-color heavily illustrated, weekly tabloid newspaper possible.
I personaly discovered his amazing talent by accident visiting the New Museum in New York.
Just like russian constructivism posters, this is great graphic design with a true meaning behind it. Each death of an afro-american in the any state gave birth to a martyr in Emory´s posters.
Poster that were wide spread allover the state in order to convince people to take action locally.
A national wide strategy with local targets and wonderful graphic executions. Really well thought.

Spike Jonze´s homage to Sk8 lovers

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Harry Pearce and Jason Ching have designed a series of posters for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime that highlight the relative merits of drug treatment and rehabilitation around the world. The posters are a training tool specifically aimed at the Russian police, whose country has a particularly poor track record in drug treatment. The posters had to be eye-catching, easy to absorb and not reliant on language. The typographic solution built a simple world map from internationally recognised country abbreviation codes (GB, US, RU, etc). Eight variants were then designed, using colour coding and icons to provide comparative statistics around drug abuse, the incidence of HIV, Methadone and opioid maintenance therapies, and needle and syringe programmes.
Read more at http://pentagram.com/en/new/2009/10/unodc-maps.php#more

"PostSecret Confessions on Life, Death and God"

Bye bye therapists!
The new book is out and looks like it´s going to be a gathering of the most
shocking confessions of real people´s life issues.
This anonymous messages represent a great inspiration for others who may not dare to write but are curious to know how many have been through the same experiences.
No other tool can portray so accurately the downs and ups of
a huge community at such a deep and sincere level.
Who needs therapists with such a great tool to liberate all the rotten inside one´s mind!
Who needs a dialogue? spread your shit? throw it against the fan!
Bye Bye therapists, no one needs you anymore!

Puma Jamaica Ad

Draper goes to Sesame Street

Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

"Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali"