The City Out My Window

In Matteo Pericoli’s new book, The City Out My Window: 63 Views on New York, the illustrator shows in hand drawn sketches various windows, and their optical treasures — from birds eye views of Washington Square Park to grim silhouettes of public housing complexes.

You can read more about it here: http://www.graphis.com/blog/?id=46

Or buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/City-Out-My-Window-Views/dp/1416569901/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257361366&sr=8-1

Schweppes brings 1950s Christmases to life

Mother London adds live-action arms and hands (along with some goofy and mildly smutty humor) to classic 1950s Christmas illustrations in these amusing 10-second spots for Schweppes tonic water in the U.K.

Lou Beach

Lou Beach has been doing some really great work. Check it out at:

http://www.loubeach.com/

Bat For Lashes - Whats a Girl To Do

The song is great and the video better. Check it out!

The Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox

Angus Hyland was commissioned by Jacob Lehman at Rizzoli to design the book to accompany “Fantastic Mr Fox,” the latest film by Wes Anderson. The film is based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel, originally illustrated by Donald Chaffin. The book chronicles the making of the film adaptation, which uses stop-motion animation and features the voices of George Clooney as Mr. Fox, Meryl Streep as Mrs. Fox and Bill Murray as Badger. Read More at:
http://pentagram.com/en/new/2009/11/the-making-of-fantastic-mr-fox.php#more

Typography by Ronnie Bruce

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Harry Pearce and Jason Ching have designed a series of posters for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime that highlight the relative merits of drug treatment and rehabilitation around the world. The posters are a training tool specifically aimed at the Russian police, whose country has a particularly poor track record in drug treatment. The posters had to be eye-catching, easy to absorb and not reliant on language. The typographic solution built a simple world map from internationally recognised country abbreviation codes (GB, US, RU, etc). Eight variants were then designed, using colour coding and icons to provide comparative statistics around drug abuse, the incidence of HIV, Methadone and opioid maintenance therapies, and needle and syringe programmes. Read more at http://pentagram.com/en/new/2009/10/unodc-maps.php#more

Puma Jamaica Ad

McDonald's: Honor Angus

Thursday morning, September 24, all 13 digital billboards in Kansas City began to display headlines written by local McDonald’s customers for the new Angus Third Pounders. The two-word headlines, along with the names of their authors, cycled in 10-second increments during this 24-hour market-wide roadblock. More than 5,000 customer-written headlines were received online at honorangus.com and via text -- about 2,000 of those ran.

Conceived and executed by McDonald’s regional advertising agency, Bernstein-Rein (Kansas City), Honor Angus is based on the agency’s local Angus Third Pounder launch campaign that featured punchy, two-word static billboards.

See the website: http://www.honorangus.com/

Draper goes to Sesame Street

Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

"Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali"

COMBO

Blu is at it again - COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)

Don’t Kill Good Ideas

Paula Scher and the Geography of Design

A new interview with Paula Scher directed by Nicolas Heller and produced by Brian Collins for the Art Directors Club. She discusses her work and the reasoning behind them.

A la Carte Maps

A la Carte Maps provide a unique approach to traveling by combining guidebook, tourist map and a piece of art in one. No matter whether you travel for business or for leisure, with our "My City à la Carte" Maps you have a local friend in exciting cities all over the world. Not only will this friend provide you with the most important information about your city, he or she will also reveal the city's best-kept insider tips by writing them on a beautiful hand-drawn map.

Learn about it at http://www.alacartemaps.com/