redesignrelated:

Dowling Duncan submits a unique currency redesign concept for Richard Smith’s Dollar ReDe$ign Project.

“…We have kept the width the same as the existing dollars. However we have changed the size of the note so that the one dollar is shorter and the 100 dollar is the longest. When stacked on top of each other it is easy to see how much money you have. It also makes it easier for the visually impaired to distinguish between notes…”
—Dowling Duncan on the proposed redesign for US bank notes

illustration of what President Obama is reading this summer
(via Slate Magazine, illustration by Mark Alan Stamaty, non-illustrated jacket design for The Way Home by George Pelecanos designed by Keith Hayes)

thedailywhat:

Magazine Cover of the Day: Shepard Fairey’s first Obama portrait since his iconic “Hope” poster, designed for the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone, which features an article titled “Obama So Far.”

Says Fairey, when asked by the WSJ how this image differs from the one created for “Hope”:

Rather than looking like a slick propaganda poster like the “Hope” image did, I wanted it to have more of a painterly look. There’s also a collage in the background, with a lot of different experiences and voices and textures organically mixing together. Also in regards to the painterly aspect, I purposely left the bottom [edge] unfinished, which is both a reference to Gilbert Stuart’s unfinished George Washington portrait, and also meant to speak to the fact that Obama’s presidency has just begun.

[image via.]

glass:

President Obama Unveils New Logos
Mode Project Creative director Steve Juras led designers Aaron Draplin and Chris Glass in the assignment to create two logos, one for projects completed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and the second for the  U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) team. #

(And let me just say, every moment spent on this project has been an absolute honor)

More info soon!

President Obama’s budget proposal is surprisingly a downloadable pdf that is easy to read, complete with chart graphics. 

an update to this post: Shepard Fairey Sues the A.P Over Obama Image

Milton Glaser on Shepard Fairey and Plagiarism
(via Print)

A new article in Print magazine brings to the surface many of the gray areas of fair use, plagiarism, referencing, and appropriation. In Milton Glaser’s opinion, “…For myself—this is subjective—I find the relationship between Fairey’s work and his sources discomforting. Nothing substantial has been added…It’s a dangerous example for students, if they see that appropriating people’s work is the path to success…”

If infact Shepard Fairey’s usage of the Barack Obama image was not “fair use”, this will open up further questioning on much of the design and illustration work taking place today. I’m always in strong favor of people giving credit where it’s due, but when money comes into play I have mixed feelings. This doesn’t feel like a criminal act to me.

What do you think?

The image grid above shows the Marcel Duchamp profile image Milton Glaser refers to in the Print interview.

image credits below:

top left: Marcel Duchamp. Self-Portrait in Profile, 1958
top right: Milton Glaser. Dylan, 1966
bottom left: Mannie Garcia. Photo of Barack Obama, 2006
bottom right: Shepard Fairey. Hope, 2008

Mad Magazine Cover: The First 100 Days via huffington post,
illustration by “The Usual Gang of Idiots”)

Barack Obama’s Inauguration Speech illustrated  by Brandy Agerbeck (via Coudal)

whitehouse.gov / Official Website Launch

The Lincoln Inaugural Bible and The Story Behind the Lincoln Bible at Obama’s Inauguration
(image via www.loc.gov)

Manifest Hope: DC ~ The Art! (part 2 via NOTCOT)