Archive for November, 2007

Here’s another version of the CBC Annual Report that I posted on a while back. I like the colors of this one more and the nice border and info panel add to the poster vibe.  Not sure which is more loyal to the original, but as I said in the original post, I thought a more muted palette would serve it well, and here it is.

George Nelson’s classic 1958 design.  Always loved this desk (walnut and white laminate gets me every time), so pricey though ($1745!).  As a designer it’s a tough decision when it comes to furniture.  Do you spend your money surrounding yourself with inspirational pieces of design like this, or do you spend it on equipment to make better design yourself?  I always lean heavily towards the latter, as evidenced by the glut of Ikea products that fill my house. 

More Swag-Leg furniture here >
More info @ Herman Miller > 
Image via the Treadway/Toomey Gallery

"Busag Clichés" [1973]
By: Diggelmann & Mennel Werbeagentur (Zürich)

Black and white at their finest from The Poster Library via Joyrex.  I really like how this piece emphasizes extremes; dark / light, massive headline / miniscule copy.  As a poster designer you dream of being able to keep the detail copy this small.  Unfortunately, clients don’t always appreciate the finer points of minimalism. 

Name that typeface in the Comments >

Update: Title translation via Jessie Rumble: "Never think in Clichés"

Movie poster for Soviet-Era Sci-Fi film based on the novel Solaris by Polish author Stanisław Lem. Solaris on Wikipedia

Not a lot of info on this one.  Looks like Trade Gothic Bold Extended for the logo, very nice.

The November Edition of the ISO50 Newsletter is up now, you can view it here. If you don’t already get the newsletter, sign up here to have it automatically delivered each month.

Hilights this month include:

Holiday Sale @ The ISO50 Shop
1976 Tee & Thermal
Women’s Sizes
Mounted Prints
New Tycho Single Info Page

A (very) short sound byte and some cover art from the forthcoming Tycho Single "The Daydream / The Disconnect" are up now at Tychomusic.com/gidg10. The single drops Dec. 11, 2007, keep an eye out here for more info.

Another page from Design Magazine #237. The balloons feature the original illustration for the ’68 games by Ramirez Vazquez, Eduardo Terrazas (MEX) and Lance Wyman (USA) who designed the “Mexico 68” logo. Wonder if any survived?

This wasn’t due to drop until Monday’s Newsletter, but here it is a couple days early.  The new 1976 tee  on American Apparel Baby Blue. This of course is also 15% off as part of the Holiday Sale going on now at the shop.  Get em while they last >

Andre Morin’s HiFi for RCA – 1967. Is that a Perspex lid? Image sent in by Element Kuuda.  I couldn’t find it on the Ikea site, but I know I’ve seen something there that very closely resembled the center console of this system.  It was some sort of cabinet and looked almost exactly like this.  Anyone remember what I’m talking about?