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Design MilkA 1910 Seattle Beach House Gets a Colorful Makeover Perched above Seattle’s Alki Beach, Alki Lookout is a century-old home that has traded conventional coastal style for a palette of saturated colors, playful patterns, and warm wood.
V&A BlogCataloguing Caldecott: How do you improve an object record? I am an intern at the V&A, undertaking a 5-month project to catalogue and research works on paper by Randolph Caldecott (1846 – 1886).
Logo HistoriesLufthansa, 1918-2018 1918 – Professor Otto Firle Professor Otto Firle The Lufthansa logo began life as the symbol of airline Deutsche Luft-Reederei, which was established in 1917 and began operations two years later in…
V&A BlogLife Beyond the Picture Books: Randolph and Marian Caldecott I am an intern at the V&A, undertaking a 5-month project to catalogue and research works on paper by Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886).
Logo HistoriesToho Bank, 1991 福島県の地方銀行、東邦銀行が1991年に導入したCI（コーポレート・アイデンティティ）とロゴ。 Toho Bank and Japan’s changing banking sector By the close of the 1980s , the Japanese financial sector was entering a period of structural change.
YellowtraceThe Gentleman by YSG Studio: A 1929 Potts Point Apartment Built for Two Very Tall People. The first thing that got me in this home was the dining table. It’s a 1929 Art Deco apartment in Potts Point that YSG Studio reworked for a couple both over two metres tall, and before the delicious…
I Love TypographyFont Faces: Stefan Hattenbach Read the book, Typographic Firsts Stefan Hattenbach was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1961. Although he’s moved around a lot, with longer stays in Budapest (1993–94) and San Francisco (2005–06), he’s…
Cooper Hewitt“Frederic Church in Jamaica” to Open This Fall at Cooper Hewitt as Part of Global Celebrations of Church’s 200th Birth Anniversary —Cooper Hewitt, which holds the largest collection of Church works in the world, will showcase rarely seen sketches from the acclaimed painter’s travels— This fall, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design…
NOSIGNEREisuke Tachikawa, Speaks at the 30th Anniversary Annual General Meeting and Research Conference of JUAM On September 4, 2026, Eisuke Tachikawa, CEO of NOSIGNER, delivered a special commemorative lecture at the Annual General...
I Love TypographySteven Heller’s Font of the Month: Ege Basalt Read the book, Typographic Firsts I’ve forever fancied fat faces. And not just for the alliteration. And I’ve found the perfect weight in a comparatively new design with vintage flavor: the revival…
Scandinavia StandardIceland’s Blue Lagoon is the runoff pond of the Svartsengi geothermal plant, which began dumping hot brine on a lava field in 1976 expecting it to drain away, and the silica in the cooling water sealed the porous rock instead, caulking the basin of the country’s most visited attraction Nobody designed the Blue Lagoon. That is the detail the spa’s serene marketing photographs, all steam and milky turquoise against black rock, politely decline to mention.
Fonts In UsePekka Streng – Kesämaa album art Contributed by Miikka Rusi Source: www.deezer.com License: All Rights Reserved . Pekka Streng (1948–1975) was a Finnish singer-songwriter and cult artist whose music blended psychedelia with…
Japan Design NetJapan芹沢銈介と萠木会の作家たち 大阪日本民芸館にて、「芹沢銈介と萠木会の作家たち」が2026年12月15日まで開催しています。 —以下、公式サイトの紹介文を抜粋— 芹沢銈介（1895-1984）は、柳宗悦（1889-1961）が
Dezeen InteriorsOHLAB experiments with colour-blocking and cork in old and new buildings of Terreno Barrio Hotel in Mallorca Mallorca-based architecture and interiors studio OHLAB has overseen the design of a hotel in Palma, including a renovated heritage building from 1935 and a new structure built from cross-laminated…
Creative BoomSEA turns 30 with a new anniversary book celebrating design that lasts The London studio is marking three decades with a gorgeous silver-edged book and a party with industry friends.
Logo HistoriesTraditional Craft Industry Promotion Association, 1975 亀倉雄策が1975年にデザインした、伝統的工芸品産業振興協会のロゴ。 Japan’s 1974 traditional crafts law In 1974 the ‘Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries’ was set up in Japan .
Logo HistoriesTomato Bank, 1989 1989年、岡山県の山陽相互銀行が商業銀行へ転換し、「トマト銀行」に行名を変更。そのロゴとCI（コーポレート・アイデンティティ）。 From Sanyo Sogo Bank to Tomato Bank When Japan’s Sanyo Sogo Bank transitioned from a mutual savings and loan bank into a commercial…
V&A BlogMeet the Majolica Makers Wedgwood Majolica Pattern Book (1876-1888), V&A Wedgwood Collection Archive, WE/EL/3/3/E62-33366
PRINTThe Daily Heller: Revisiting the Lighter Side of 1984 While digging and dumping my way through the legacy years I came across this invitation for an exhibition that I curated in Summer 1984. An auspicious year for George Orwell and his readers.
Logo HistoriesLA Bicentennial, 1981 The 1981 Los Angeles Bicentennial September 4, 1981, Los Angeles began its year-long Bicentennial celebrations. This would include sports events and tie-ins, a time-capsule and plaque dedication.
The DielineTour de Type: Vintage-Inspired Logotype, Satisfying Lockups, and a Brand Name Written with a Ribbon Another assortment of noteworthy typographic moments found last month, from wordmarks in projects we covered, to a title design for a book from the 80s.
Logo HistoriesPennState, 1983 Penn State’s 1983 athletics logo brief In 1983, Penn State began developing a new visual identity for its Intercollegiate Athletic Department.
Logo HistoriesSony, 1973 Norio Ohga and Sony’s house style Having signed a temporary contract in 1953 , Norio Ohga joined Sony formally in 1959 and would later go on to become President and then Chairman.
YellowtraceNo Botox: Raúl Sánchez Lets a Mataró Heritage Home Wear Its Age at La Casa del Pirata. Few houses come with a backstory like this one. In 1820, eighteen-year-old Antoni Cuyàs left Mataró for Argentina with little more than rough navigation skills, and not many years later he’d become…
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