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3D Unicorn Promotional Poster for UK Band

3D poster marketing in the streets of London. These 3D horse posters were placed alongside London’s street art to promote the band Dry The River. Created by FOAM / Sony Music Creative with no small amount of input from current intern Xavier Barrade. Each horse took around 35 hours to build. See the process for creating … Continued

PBS Off Book: Typography

The second episode of Off Book, a new web series from PBS that explores the elements and boundaries of the arts. Follow the Off Book Tumblr to stay up to date.

The Center for PostNatural History

The CPNH is an interesting organization dedicated to cataloging and sharing knowledge about human-altered plants and animals. I would love to do some exhibit design for this place, it is such a fascinating subject. The current PostNatural Organism of the Month is the Sterile Male Screwworm (hopefully that doesn’t remind you of anyone). During the … Continued

Meet Pluto. A playful new typeface from German type foundry HVD Fonts.

Pluto is a fun new typeface from HVD Fonts designed by German typographer, Hannes von Döhren. The playful curves and subtle details add a dash of quirkiness to this crisp clean san serif typeface. The large x-height and variety of type weights and styles makes the Pluto typeface family highly legible and adaptable. Its extended … Continued

No Respect

When you treat your product with contempt soon your customers will too. Our first example is the experience of buying a brand new windows PC by Mike Elgan. Via Marco. I started looking at the out-of-box experience of buying a Windows PC with a new contempt. The crapware. The stickers. The anti-virus software problem where … Continued

Why is my orange juice unzipping its pants at me?

This Tropicana orange juice packaging has been making me uncomfortable since day one. Why would orange juice even have a zipper? Especially a zipper that is holding back glistening orange balls. Maybe they’re trying to say that Tropicana is more than fresh, it’s indecent.

Paul Nini rehearses for retirement

Our former professor, the illustrious Paul Nini, has a new blog about music and design entitled Rehearsals for Retirement. He only has three posts, but so far so good. I will be a regular reader just for the possibility of more Reese’s similes: But that’s kind of like saying that that Reese’s pieces should be … Continued

A true eBook tells the story of Mr. Morris Lessmore and his love for books.

“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is a children’s story, an interactive iPad app, and an immersive animated movie all at once. The graphics are visually stunning and the interactive features are subtle invitations for exploration. Created by author William Joyce, a designer who worked on two of Pixar’s early hits (Toy Story … Continued