Nina + Ross Wedding Invitation
Created by Erin Jang from The Indigo Bunting. I love the cleanliness of the overall design and the minimal use of color. Also I love that geometric sans typeface (I’m not sure if it’s Futura or Twentieth Century though [help?]) and the Clarendon mix. Everything about this is just great. Erin Jang is an art director for Martha Stewart Living magazine check out her blog here.
-via Design*Sponge
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Tags: Design, Erin Jang, Letterpress, Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart Living, New York, Wedding, Wedding Invitation
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Tags: Breakbeat, electronic music, Haifana, Hannabeam, Music
Spotlight: Binary & The Brain
Binary & The Brain is a design team based in London and Los Angeles. What stands out about their work is their cleanliness in their design work. Very cleverly executed and well thought out design is everything you see when going through their portfolio. No matter how busy or intricate the content of their design is, the overall piece has a refreshing sense of simplicity and structure. Below are a couple of examples of their work but be sure to check out their website here.
-via Wanken
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Tags: Art, Binary & The Brain, BRanding, Design Firm, Graphic Design, London, Los Angeles, Packaging, Poster Design, Record Albums
Infographic of the….week?
I’m going to try to post an infographic (or a link) at least once every week. We start off the first round with an infographic by Next Generation Food illustrating the amount of sodium content in foods that we eat. It’s nice knowing that a whopper contains well over half of our recommended daily intake of sodium. Please watch what you eat.
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Tags: awareness, food, health & wellness, infographic
Is TOMS really all that great?
“In the last few years, doing good and helping others has become fashionable with companies clamoring to get on the do-gooding bandwagon. One of the more interesting efforts is the buy-one, give-one model, a concept most associated with TOMS shoes but which is quickly gaining additional corporate followers. And while it’s certainly hard to criticize any of these companies’ efforts, I can’t help but wonder if we might be overcelebrating.
I really dig this pair of TOMS, and if I didn’t have perfect eyesight, it wouldn’t take much to talk me into any of these gorgeous Warby Parker frames. Not only would buying each of these products get me some snazzy new gear, I’d also be providing one of each to someone in need.
This all sounds great, but upon further examination, I’m honestly not so sure. It seems to me that $160 (the cost of the two items) spent another way could do far more good than some shoes and a pair of specs. For instance, other organizations dedicated to providing glasses to the developing world have managed to drop the cost as low as $19 a pair. The $95 you’d use to buy a pair from Warby Parker could send more than four pairs to the developing world. Which leads me to this question: In supporting brands like TOMS, are we really trying to do good? Or are we just buying stuff that comes with a case of the warm-and-fuzzies?
In talking to some friends about this, many expressed the viewpoint that doing good isn’t the primary motivation for buying from these companies; instead, it’s a bonus. They contend that the people who buy these products wouldn’t be inclined to simply donate the amount, so they need to be given something in return. I’m not sure I agree. The people who support brands like TOMS are, on the whole, the same people who read this site—socially conscious individuals who want to do their part to make the world a better place to live in. Aren’t these precisely the people who would be most likely to donate?
Of course, there are other, more complex layers to this debate. As Carolina Vallejo has asked with her Design for the First World project: Who the heck are we to decide what other people need most? I’m not saying that shoes or glasses aren’t of value to any particular group of people. But are they more valuable than a new school, or clean water, or livestock, or pharmaceuticals? The truth is, I don’t know. And while I think that TOMS’s Blake Mycoskie and those like him are doing fantastic things, I worry that someone who buys a pair of TOMS will consider their job done. They’ll feel good about their $50 shoe purchase, knowing they’ve just given a pair to a child in need when a donation of half that amount could have possibly helped that child in substantially more impactful ways.
The questions don’t stop there with buy-one, give-one products, either. Are these products environmentally friendly? Are they biodegradable? What’s the footprint of the manufacturing process? Who makes them and under what conditions? Are we somehow doing harm in one area in order to do good somewhere else? In short: What’s the net-net of my fancy new glasses?
Please don’t get me wrong: I applaud the efforts of these companies in adding a humanitarian component to their business. I, myself, am the proud owner of a pair of TOMS. I’m just saying that as with most things, the buy-one, give-one phenomenon isn’t quite as simple as it seems on the surface.
The logical stance is that doing some good is better than doing nothing. I’m just wondering how much good we’re actually doing. I’m curious, for those of you who have bought any buy-one, give-one products: Was the company’s mission your motivation or simply an added bonus? Did you consider donating to a cause instead of—or in addition to—your purchase? What’s your take on these sorts of organizations? I’m not sure there’s a right answer here, but I think the questions are at least worth asking. It might be the only way to find out if we’re really doing good, or if we’re just trying to make ourselves feel like we are.”
via GOOD
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Tags: Fashion, good, Poverty, shoes, TOMS
Changed my mind about the video. I like this one better
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Tags: 4AD, Denmark, Efterklang, Mirador, Parades, Switzerland
Effi Briest is an all girl band from Brooklyn. They’re pretty much awesome. This will be the next LP I purchase.
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The fellas at GOOD have asked the community to create an infographic about childhood obesity. I have pasted their post below:
the OBJECTIVE
Create an infographic about the childhood obesity epidemic.
the ASSIGNMENT
For this contest, we’re working with the Let’s Move! initiative to help address the problem of childhood obesity by raising awareness about the problem and about the ways we’re working to address it. We’re looking for an infographic that shows the current state of children’s health, and that illustrates some avenue to combat the epidemic including: (1) empowering parents and caregivers; (2) providing healthy food in schools; (3) improving access to healthy, affordable foods; (4) increasing physical activity; (5) actions that can be taken very early in a child’s life, when the risk of obesity first emerges.
the REQUIREMENTS
Please e-mail us your submissions to projects[at]goodinc[dot]com with the subject “July 2010 Transparency Contest.” It should be a JPG, exported at a high enough resolution that it can be printed at 300 dpi. We’ll take submissions now through July 6. As with our last contest, we’ll be giving out three awards: best use and presentation of information, best aesthetics, and best overall infographic. The winning entries will be selected by GOOD and Let’s Move! Winners will be announced on July 20, featured on our homepage, the homepage of LetsMove.gov, the White House blog, and also printed in the next issue of GOOD. We’ll send GOOD and Let’s Move! T-shirts and a free subscription (or gift subscription) to the winners. Full rules and regulations here.
One very important requirement: All sources must be cited. Pieces with information from unknown sources will be disqualified.
RESEARCH and INSPIRATION
Here is the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity’s report to the President.
And here is a wealth of additional information from the CDC on childhood obesity, physical activity, and nutrition.
via GOOD
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You might have seen that huge looming white arch in the South Dallas area, you might have not. This is actually the Margaret Hunt Hill bridge designed by world-famous Santiago Caltrava. This bridge links the West Dallas to North Oak Cliff. The estimated cost of the bridge was $115 Million, and I am not sure as to what the final cost is going to be. Mayor Leppert and Kay Bailey Hutchinson will be speaking about the completion of the structure. They were originally intended to be speaking at an open-to-the-public viewing of the topping of the bridge but since they are ahead of schedule, you will only get to see them speak about how great it is to have the structure in Dallas. Either way I am extremely excited about this bridge. If you couldn’t already tell, Dallas is undergoing a huge makeover and I am hypothesizing that in less than 10 years it’s going to become a very popular city (more so than it is now at least), and not to mention the Oak Cliff area is making a comeback!View some renditions of the bridge below!
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Tags: Architecture, Bridge, Caltrava, Dallas, Design, Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Oak Cliff, South Dallas, TX
Very excited about this film.
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Tags: Happiness, Indie Film, Life During Wartime, Movie, Palindromes, Todd Solondz, Welcome to the Dollhouse
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