BBYO Lights Up

First organized in 1924, BBYO — an acronym for B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, but not formally used anymore as the movement is no longer associated with the B’nai B’rith organization — is a “pluralistic teen... 

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Slanted #15

I’ve had a copy of Slanted magazine’s newest issue on my desk for weeks. The pals over at MAGMA Brand Design were very kind to send me a copy, and I enjoyed flipping through the issue very much. I’ve had a copy of Slanted magazine’s... 

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St Bride Library: Critical Tensions

The tenth annual St Bride Library conference will take place this November; its theme the notion of ‘tension’ in creative practice… Design is fuelled by relationships integral to the discipline: colour and form, form and function; client... 

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ATypI write-up on ILT

I was very lucky at this year’s ATypI conference. All of the awesome A-list type bloggers were not in attendance. This means, unfortunately, that the typo-blogosphere is bereft of helpful insight from Stephen Coles , Florian Hardwig , Jan Middendorp... 

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ATypI 2011 Reykjavík

By Dan Reynolds Founded in 1957, the Association Typographique Internationale ( ATypI ) is a worldwide organization dedicated to type design and typographic-related themes. Reykjavík/Iceland hosted this year’s annual ATypI conference By Dan Reynolds Founded... 

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Oregon Manifest Starts Tomorrow, Check Out the Full Schedule

The Oregon Manifest kicks off tomorrow night—Friday, September 23—and we’re on the ground in Portland to cover all of the proceedings. We’ll be on the scene for the entire thing, but the weekend is also packed with plenty of events... 

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t = 0 Conference at MIT: Hacking the Business of Entrepreneurship

Reporting by Carly Ayres , RISD Industrial Design ’13; photos by Sarah Pease , RISD Furniture Design ’13. With the premise, “you have to start somewhere,” t=0 marked the beginning of a new tradition at MIT and the starting point... 

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Open studios, this Friday

Have a look around Container’s studio this Friday, where this strange object was made Graphic design gets its very own series of ‘open house’ events this Friday as a host of London studios open up their doors to visitors. Have a look... 

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London Design Festival 2011: Kyuhyung Cho’s Typo Patterns at Swedish Ambassador’s Residence

Showing some serious dedication to promoting her country’s ever-growing design industry, the Swedish Ambassador to London has given up her stunning central city residence for the whole of design week to display some of the latest work by Swedish... 

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LDF 2011: design from all angles

LDF posters This year’s London Design Festival opened at the weekend, complete with an identity by Domenic Lippa and his team at Pentagram ; their fifth iteration for the annual event… LDF invites The design is hooked around the phrase ‘design... 

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