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Geebird & Bamby

, a venture by two guys who like modernism, especially in Photo- graphy, Design and Architecture

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Jacobsen, Paulo

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Nikolai, Carsten

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Provost, James

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Ulrich, Brian

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Yamasaki, Minoru

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Zuckerman, Andrew

Feb
7th

“Anonymous Places” (2009), the Photography of Michael Bodiam

Stéphane Massa-Bidal created retro book covers featuring todays web services. Available as posters.

Animated catalog of logos designed by New York’s Chermayeff & Geismar

Feb
4th

The Illustration of Grape Frogg

“Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams” (2009), new book about the work of Dieter Rams from Gestalten

Feb
1st

“Ghosts of Shopping Past” (2009), the Photography of Brian Ulrich featured in The Morning News

Retail design and use is not only based on the space itself but also location. When a few stores go down often many others in an area go with them, a retail ghost town if you will.

— Brian Ulrich

A clip from the documentary “Journeyman Architect: The Life and Work of Donald Wexler” (2009), available at designonscreen.org

Jan
27th

The Art of Ben Frost

“Science Fiction Typography” (2009), a story about the typography used in America’s most popular science fiction magazines published between 1930 and 1970 by Matteo Gualandris