The Portfolio of Yesenia Perez-Cruz
Yesenia is a recent graduate at Drexel and her portfolio is full of some great work. She was also just hired by Happy Cog.
The Berlin Wall: Then and Now
Great photographs of what the locations where the Berlin Wall was look like now. The New York Times also has an interesting graphic diagraming structure.
Mandela Endures as South Africa’s Ideal
Happy Monday, internet! This piece from The New York Times on Nelson Mandela is a good read to start the week off.
Impact of Health Care Measures
The clearest document I’ve seen describing what the new health care bill covers and how it works.
This is a clip from the Ken Burns documentary on architect Frank Lloyd Wright and tells the legend of how Mr. Wright drew all the plans for Fallingwater in just three hours. I’ve heard this story many times, but to hear this first hand account makes it all the more interesting.
Andrew Zuckerman’s Birds
The latest book from the incredible photographer Andrew Zuckerman is all about birds. The images are stunning and the accompanying film is worth a watch.
Thirty Conversations on Design
We’ve collected the thoughts of 30 of the world’s most inspired creative professionals. Architects, designers, authors and leaders of iconic brands.We asked them two questions: “What single example of design inspires you most?” and “What problem should design solve next?” Their answers might surprise you. But hopefully, they’ll all inspire you. Discover what they have to say. Then share your thoughts. After all, this is a conversation. We’d love for you to join.
The first collection of videos are great!
Illustrator Frank Chimero recently did a talk at Portland State University on the subject “Love What You Do.” He’s posted a few slides from the presentation on Flickr and not only do they look nice, they also are full of inspiring quotes and ideas. I’d love to hear the entire talk.
Twist Creative Inc.
Great work from Ohio-based Twist Creative Inc. I only wish I could see more work!
Fake Steve on why he won’t accept Fortune’s award
Fake Steve Jobs:
The problem is, when Adam from Fortune called and told Katie that they wanted to name me the CEO of the Decade, we all said exactly the same thing at the same time: Just a decade? We went back and forth on it for a while and finally Adam said his bosses just would not go along with calling me the CEO of the Century, since it would not even be clear which century we were talking about, and if it was the last century then what was the point of writing about it now, and the whole point was to do a story about the decade that is just ending, and we came back and said okay how about best CEO of the past quarter century, and again we got hit with this thing about the premise being just to talk about the decade that’s ending—so fine.
Brilliant and hilarious as always.
Fortune names Steve Jobs CEO of the Decade
No one else even comes close in my opinion. It’s great to see his work acknowledged at this level!
Comic Serif: An Alternate to Comic Sans
MyFonts:
So many designers hate Comic Sans. They think people who don’t know design are overusing this funny little friendly font, which is nearly every time out of place.Some years ago, type designer Hannes von Döhren created a free alternative to Comic Sans. The difference: It has serifs and a much cooler look.
This disturbs me on so many levels. We don’t need alternates to Comic Sans!
‘Oh My God’ Trailer
One filmmaker asks people from all walks of life “What is God?” This looks good.
Apple’s Chief Advertiser Steps Down
Lee Clow, the Chief Creative Officer at TBWA, Apple’s advertising agency announced he is stepping down and will be replaced by Duncan Milner, the creative director to the Apple account.
Clow was behind such campaigns at the 1984, Think Different, and the Get A Mac ads. Flavorwire is honoring his work with the Top 10 Apple commercials.
This is the official music video for ‘Ljósið’ taken from Ólafur Arnalds on the album ‘Found Songs.’ To get the full effect:
- Put on headphones.
- Make the video full-screen.
- Turns the lights out.
- Watch.
It’s a very calming, moving video—perfect after a long day! It’s also for sale in the iTunes store.