Cover design mulched on The Book ShowBook designer and blogger W H Chong was interviewed by ABC Radio’s The Book Show about the recent cover he designed for Lloyd Jones’ Hand Me Down World and the unique process that is book cover design.
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Crowd-sourcing your apartment
A fascinating initiative and competition called LifeEdited, in which designers compete to offer the very best environmentally sustainable, space saving, practical yet attractive design options for a small apartment in NYC.
The dirt on Method’s method
Slick product design balanced with environmental credentials seems a sure-fire way to business success these days. Cool US soap brand Method explains how it develops a new product.
The Wiggles over design? Powerhouse of anger over arts exhibits
A stoush is brewing amongst the Sydney design fraternity over the apparent dumping of a long-term decorative arts and design exhibition, as stakeholders attack the Powerhouse Museum for “dumbing down” its collection
Restaurants serve up a tasty plate of design treats
Melbourne is known for its booming foodie scene, but restaurant design can be just as important as the taste in winning over the punters, explains Hilary McNevin.
How to put computer screens on the silver screen
When computer screens appear in movies, they’re usually there to tell a whole lot of info in a few brief flashes. Meet the man who designs Hollywood’s computers and the stories he tells in two seconds or less.
Turquoise: the colour of 2010
The big colour of 2010 will be Pantone 15-5519 TCX, also known as ‘turquoise’. According to Pantone, the colour “evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world”
Mad Men style: the secret goss behind the typewriters
Mad Men is known for its slick visual styling, but where do all the props — from magazines to vintage taxicab meters — come from? Prop master Scott Buckwald dishes all the fascinating dirt, including how to remake an original Coke can.
PHOTO GALLERY: Amazing solar powered houses
Teams from universities all over the world are competing to design and construct innovative new solar-powered, energy-efficient houses as part of the Solar Decathalon. Check out some of their amazing designs.
Modern design from a Victorian era
The latest hipster home trend? Victoriana oddities like taxidermied dogs and skeletons of birds. Lovers of sleek minimalism look away.
Hail a taxi from the future
Even with hybrid cab fleets hitting the roads in a growing number of cities, when it comes to efficiency and intelligence, the design of most cabs falls short. Designboom featured a collection of taxi concepts from automakers and designers in markets around the world.
The future of web fonts
For years, the internet has been constricted to 10 standard fonts. The technology to go further exists, but can all the stakeholders unite for to break web typography free from its Georgia/Verdana prison?
Hobart’s Parliament Square kerfuffle
Three very different designs have been shortlisted to become the future look of Hobart’s Parliament Square.
30 amazing environment ads
A wrap of the best ads created for Earth Day.
12 wonderful water-powered designs
Top technology harnessing the power of h20.
Comic Sans: the most hated font on Earth
Why do we hate Comic Sans so much — and why do people continue to use it?
Video of the Day: Can design save newspapers?
Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%.
Pepsi’s ‘breathtaking’ marketing w-nk
The company behind Pepsi’s widely-panned new logo scale new heights of marketing w-nk, writes Ruth Brown.
