Kevin Cantrell

American 2008 graduate, Kevin Cantrell , has launched a portfolio site featuring student work alongside new projects created while working at Hint Creative , Salt Lake City American 2008 graduate, Kevin Cantrell, has launched a portfolio site featuring... 

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Eat My Helvetica

Apple uses it. As does New York City’s MTA system, American Apparel, Toyota, and now Beverly Hsu . What’s the ‘It,’ you may ask? Apple uses it. As does New York City’s MTA system, American Apparel, Toyota, and now Beverly... 

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The Missile Defense Agency Logo Conspiracy Theory

“It is the policy of the United States,” reads the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) web site, “to deploy as soon as is technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense system capable of defending the territory of the United... 

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Fashionista: More Thread, Less Trend

Aside from dozens of design blogs, I happen to read plenty of tangentially themed blogs when time permits. I’m no fashion hobbyist — my daily jean-and-t-shirt attire can confirm that — but I am a regular reader of The Sartorialist ,... 

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Studio 360 Challenge: Redesign Valentine’s Day

In mid-January, on the generous recommendation of fellow design chronicler Alissa Walker , Bryony and I were invited by Studio 360 — the beloved Public Radio International show hosted by Kurt Andersen — to tackle a rather interesting problem:... 

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Seb Lester’s new JD Salinger book jacket designs

Type designer Seb Lester was commissioned by JD Salinger’s publisher Hamish Hamilton (part of the Penguin group ) last year to work on a set of new book covers for the reclusive author’s titles,  Catcher In The Rye; For Esme With Love And... 

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Super Bowl XLIV, Extra Bold

There is no Sunday like Super Bowl Sunday: The friends, the beer, the chips, the bets, the ads… and, oh yeah, the game. And just in case you were confused by this year’s Pro Bowl being played before the Super Bowl, heed the news, the Super... 

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February Diary

Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk DESIGN INDABA 2010 24-28 FEBRUARY This will be a big year for South Africa, what with hosting the FIFA World Cup in the summer, but before that the design community descends on Cape Town for... 

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Hatch Show Print

Andy Polaine recently tweeted a link to this video on David Airey’s site about Hatch Show Print, a letterpress shop established in 1879 in Nashville, Tennessee, which is still operating. The manager, Jim Sherraden, has strong views on how to run... 

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The Most Relevant Identity Work of the Decade

I gave myself a deadline of January 15 to do a recap of identity work in the 2000s, assuming that it wouldn’t be an editorial faux pas to do a list of this sort well into the new year. So here it is I gave myself a deadline of January 15 to do... 

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