Audi’s Crazy Fast Trick Bike

Audi is known for their four-wheel drive prowess, with the Quattro mentality embodied in their very logo. But at yesterday’s Worthersee AutoNews 2012 show in Austria, they pulled the sheets off of a two-wheeled creation: Their lithium-ion-battery-powered... 

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Book Review – Introducing: Visual Identities for Small Businesses

Though we may yet see the golden days of business again, I think I can safely say that time is, unfortunately, in the distant future. In this “multi-colored age of entrepreneurship,” businesses must be more creative than ever when developing... 

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Imperialist Tendencies, Part 4: The Real Design Imperialism

I’ll begin my fourth and final installment of my long essay addressing the debate on “design imperialism” by admitting that it doesn’t take much effort to find something about globalization to be incensed about. Starbucks is pricing... 

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Coquétame Identity By Modik

Coquétame is a startup business wich has developed its own recommendation technology in order to offer a personal shopper online service. Coquétame is a startup business wich has developed its own recommendation technology in order to offer a personal... 

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CR May 2012 Issue: The Annual

It’s the biggest issue in our history – our 216-page double May issue with all the winning work in this year’s Creative Review Annual plus great features on George Lois, Ways of Seeing, Flatstock, British Design at the V&A, the future... 

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Salone Milan 2012: La Chance, Jekyll and Hyde at MOST

La Chance made its debut at Tom Dixon’s MOST, a five-building design extravaganza anchored in Milan’s National Museum of Science and Technology. La Chance is a Paris-based furniture and lighting company founded by an architect and financier... 

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Hebrew Literal Typographic Translations

One of the most visited posts in the now inactive Brand New Classroom was a collection of popular logos recreated in Hebrew typography , an assignment given by master Hebrew typographer Oded Ezer in his advanced typography class at H.I.T (Holon Institute... 

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Announcing the 2012 D-Crit Conference: Eventually Everything

The coming weeks will see plenty of student exhibitions as graduating classes the world over complete their degrees and enter (or re-enter) the professional world. SVA’s Design Criticism is no exception, and in two short years, the annual conference... 

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Need to Know: PSFK Conference NYC Recap

As our Twitter followers probably know, we had the opportunity to attend the annual PSFK Conference last Friday. (The 2012 edition of the annual event shares its name with PSFK’s first print magazine, “Need to Know,” which was distributed... 

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Core77 Design Awards 2012: Meet the Jury, Lorraine Justice – Strategy & Research

Strategy is the roadmap to success, says Lorraine Justice our Jury Captain for Strategy and Research. Strategy is the roadmap to success, says Lorraine Justice our Jury Captain for Strategy and Research. She’s the Dean of the College of Imaging... 

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