Boston, Massachusetts
My friend Chaz Maviyane-Davies is a Zimbabwean expat who is now a Professor of Design at the Massachusetts College of Art. Once a month for the past few years he has stuck a tear-sheet flyer with a different quote on it outside his office door in the college… above is the current offering.
—César Chávez (1927-1993)
Braga, Portugal
My designer/climber friend Toze (Antonio Coelho) has shared a great little collection of Portuguese book cover designs from the 1920s through 1970s (in a Facebook gallery) here.
Rural Manitoba, Canada
Happy New Year!
Many thanks to the 104,000 unique visitors (from 184 countries) who dropped by this blog during 2012 (84% were first-time visitors). Thanks also to each of you who has contributed ideas, inspiration, suggestions, and comments…
London, UK
Complex philosophical concepts are explained by means of basic shapes and concise definitions in these clever, minimalist, and colourful Philographics by Catalonian-born designer Genís Carreras.
Late dawn. Early sunset… for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today’s winter solstice marks the longest night and shortest day of the year — here’s a Yuletide cheer to the longer and brighter days to come!
God bless America… indeed.
—John Lennon (taken from us 32 years ago today)
Berlin, Germany
Sigrid Albert, MGDC, is a Canadian designer colleague who is spending 3 months in Berlin. She does beautiful “urban sketches” and has set up an interesting blog to share her experiences, impressions, and visual expressions with her family and friends…
“I was born and grew up in Germany as a child and teenager, so obviously I speak the language, which helps. I have rented a bachelor apartment in a rapidly gentrifying former East Berlin neighbourhood and brought my laptop and client work along so I can afford this… I am mainly interested in the art and culture here, plus I will be pursuing my new passion of “urban sketching” from here as much as possible… Berlin is an amazing city and very inspiring for creatives.”
View Sigrid’s blog here (to view larger images than shown above as well as to read about them) and see an online gallery of her “urban sketches” here.
