DIY envelope template
(first discovered via swissmiss) 

pictures of the colorful studio of designer Keith Scharwath & writer Alissa Walker
(via Felt & Wire)

redesignrelated:

iTunes logo icon redesign

At the September 1, 2010 Apple Special Music Event, Steve Jobs unveils iTunes 10, complete with a redesign and implementation of the new social network Ping. Since CDs are less relevant these days, Apple decided it was time to revisit their original logo design for iTunes.

Of all the great announcements coming out of the presentation, we found this logo/icon redesign the least exciting.

update: The initial images we posted showed screen captures from Steve Jobs’ keynote presentation. The circle on the new logo looked elongated and not symmetrical. We thought it was a possibility it looked slightly off because of on-screen distortion. After we downloaded iTunes 10 we confirmed the the variation of the logo shown at the event was not a fully accurate representation and we removed the graphic. The above logo is taken directly from the application, not a blown out and distorted image from a presentation.)

Just discovered the new tumblr site Hey, Cool Magazine! thanks to @litherland

(front cover for above August 1930 issue designed by Walter Buehr)

heycoolmagazine:

Fortune, 1930.

RIP Paste magazine
(more commentary via gawker, image via Death Cab)

color palettes for “The Wonderful World of Ed Emberley”
(via COLOURlovers)

“Inside ‘Mad Men’: On Set and Behind the Scenes of the Emmy-Winning Show” (photography by James Minchin III via Rolling Stone)

Eternity paper clock designed by I-nan Chen
(via submissions for Neenah Paper clock design contest)

“The Afterlife of Chair Backs,” designer Antonello Fusè turns old chairs into coat hangers (first discovered via Big Think, image via design boom)

redesignrelated:

Crispin Porter + Bogusky gives baby carrots the junk food treatment.

“…Just in time for the battle over what’s gonna be in millions of back-to-school lunches, Bolthouse Farms and nearly 50 other carrot growers today will unveil plans for the industry’s first-ever marketing campaign. The $25 million effort sets its sights on a giant, big-spending rival: junk food…”
—via USA Today

vintage book and magazine covers designed by Olle Eksell
(above c. 1960, rediscovered via A Journey Round My Skull)

a review of 8 Faces typography magazine

black bird collage by paperwerks/kim

“Bag For Lit” to be used at 74 libraries in Lancashire,
designed by Thom Isom with Oneighty Creative

“Literary Jewels,” rings made from pages of books
designed by Jeremy May (Littlefly).

(first discovered via swissmiss via stylingrooms)