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Interesting concept behind Telegramme Studio, this fantastic UK-based studio. It started as a collab between two designer/illustrators sending work and things back and forth in the post. Eventually this mutual love for design and mail sprang up a fully-functional studio, which we now enjoy here.

Most striking to me are the gig-posters and typography. They really keep it wonderfully fresh and inventive. I love the loud colors and heavy textures on a lot of the work. And lots of details. I love all the typographic detailing.

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Todd Oldham who put together an excellent monograph on Charles Harper and Kiera Coffee recently released an exciting new book chronicling the work of the late Alexander Girard. This 672-page beast published by Ammo covers virtually every aspect of Girard’s distinctive career. As one of the most prolific and versatile mid-20th century designers, Girard’s work spanned many disciplines, including textile design, graphic design, typography, illustration, furniture design, interior design, product design, exhibit design, and architecture. Exhaustively researched and lovingly assembled by Oldham, this tome is a must-have book on Girard’s oeuvre.

Details:
Alexander Girard
By Todd Oldham & Kiera Coffee
16 x 12 inches / 672 pages
You can pick up a copy here.

In addition, Ammo is releasing several other products related to Girard.

Alexander Girard Memory Game
7.5 x 7.5 inches / 36 pairs/72 cards total

Alexander Girard Floor Puzzle
24-piece jigsaw puzzle / completed puzzle size: 24 x 36 inches

Alexander Girard Color Board
6 x 6 inches | 56 pages

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Also worth viewing…
House Industries Interview
Alexander Girard Nativity Poster
Marilyn Neuhart Interview

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Really cool work coming out of Minneapolis by Anton Pearson, a senior at Minneapolis College of Art. Anton creates work that is especially fresh feeling, with innovative type treatments and painterly techniques. I really love his use of color and most of all, how consistent his portfolio of work is—I’m excited to see where Anton takes his work after he graduates and beyond.

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Also worth viewing:
Niessen & de Vries
Andrew Woodhead
Tony Dispigna

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Tony Dispigna may be a very influential craftsman to today’s “throwback” design connoisseurs without many realizing. In 1969, shortly after graduating from Pratt, Tony joined forces at the legendary Lubalin Smith & Carnase. He has worked to produce notable classic typefaces like Lubalin Graph and Serif Gothic. Tony is currently a professor at Pratt and the New York Institute of Technology, and has also taught at SVA. Although much of Tony’s work is based on type, he also has a really good sense for creating wonderful logos, as you will see below.

Many thanks to GE regular Jeremy Pettis, who provided these scans on his flickr of a great article he found.

Also for your viewing pleasure:
Louis Swart — Dutch Packaging
Harry Murphy & Friends
Jeremy Pettis

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From the AT&T Archives: a nice clip of Saul Bass’s 1969 pitch for the new Bell System Logo.

The first third or so mostly establish the time and place, gradually arriving at the conclusion that Alpha Bell “still looks like we’re responding to the needs of the past.” The pitch itself starts around the 10-minute mark, and while the pacing seems a little uneven to me (worth noting about the video, which comes in at nearly half an hour), it’s a nice piece of mid-century nostalgia.

I’m especially interested in the references to sports—specifically, American football—as a significant cultural touchstone, i.e. in response to the question about “Linemen and installers are generally rugged individualists. How will they feel about wearing uniforms?”

Check it after the jump (it’s a bit big to keep it above the fold…):

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Senior Researcher
Steelcase, Inc.
Hong Kong

Steelcase is looking for an exceptional design researcher to join our WorkSpace Futures team and be based in Hong Kong. Design research is a key strategic competency for Steelcase—leveraging insights into the ways people work and translating these into actionable business plans.

The right candidate will have demonstrated experience at developing actionable people-centered insights and integrating them into business and design efforts to optimize value. Must be able to lead design research projects across the AP region, build strong partnerships with the Design and Leadership teams in Hong Kong, and integrate with a globally distributed research team. Must have Mandarin or Cantonese language skills, be able to live and work in Hong Kong, and travel frequently.

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The best design jobs and portfolios hang out at Coroflot.

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Here in Part 2 of our Because We Can interview, founders Jeff McGrew and Jillian Northrup explain how their RP habit organically went from being an interesting hobby to a full-time business. They also discuss the cool swiveling desk we posted on earlier this year and tell us about some of their projects both past and current:

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Here’s a bizarre collaboration between two Japanese companies resulting in an unusual product: Medical instrument manufacturer Kowa and robot manufacturer Tmsuk have teamed up to produce the KOBOT, an open-air, supercompact electric vehicle designed for intra-city runabouts.

As odd as these motorized chariots look, having lived just outside of Tokyo for a year I’ll say I could totally see these catching on over there. And they have at least one feature I’d like to see adapted to regular cars: When it comes time to park, hit a button and the rear part of the vehicle folds in to create more space.

While the attendant video is technically SFW, if you’re male and your boss catches you watching this, you can probably expect some raised eyebrows.

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We’ve seen plenty of extreme action sports videos before (thanks largely to the GoPro video camera), but jetskier Franky Zapata‘s ridiculously awesome “Dolphin Jetpack” hit the waves and the web last weekend and it is, as they say, a doozy.

As Kottke notes, the apparatus imparts Iron Man-like superpowers to the otherwise mild-mannered athlete.

Thanks to our Core77 Design Awards intern Marko for the tip.

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If Photojojo’s iPhone Lens Dial is too bulky for you, they’ve also got a brilliantly compact solution for adding a macro lens: The Macro Cell Lens Band, where the glass is embedded in a rubber band. You can store it on your wrist and “install” it when the photographic situation warrants it.

As you can see below, it appears to offer a crazy amount of magnification. Unfortunately, while it rings in at a manageable 15 bucks, you can probably forget about putting one under the tree this year—it’s currently sold out.

via gadgetlab

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