redesignrelated:

JetBlue appropriates Milton Glaser’s iconic “I ♥ NY logo.”

This “signifies the first time that a corporation has received permission to link its brand to the symbol that is widely recognized as one of the most valuable assets in the realm of tourism marketing…” —NYTimes.com

“…Created in 1975, the I LOVE NEW YORK logo is an icon recognized around the world.  While it has often been imitated, this is the first time the powerful logo has been adapted and co-branded for joint use with another entity, demonstrating the significant role JetBlue plays for travel and economic development throughout the State of New York.  Use of the logo is part of a long-term marketing partnership with the Empire State to jointly promote tourism and help spur business opportunities state-wide.  The co-branded trademark features a deliberate intersecting of the popular I LOVE NEW YORK phrase with the famous red heart and the JetBlue logo…” —prnewswire

To coincide with the new JetBlue marketing campaign, The New York Times is asking readers to submit their own reinterpretations of the design.

“All the Books You’ll Never Catch on a Kindle”

New York Art Book Fair Bustles at P.S. 1 Arts Center in Queens (via NYTimes.com)

evrt:

High Line Postcards

A set of 10 different postcards from 10 different designers, drawing inspiration from the new High Line. All proceeds go to ‘Friends of the High Line’

Pick it up for only $10

kevin:

r00ts:

gesteves:

Penn Station, from the New York Public Library.

From Berenice Abbott’s Changing New York:

Photographer Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) proposed Changing New York, her grand project to document New York City, to the Federal Art Project (FAP) in 1935. The FAP was a Depression-era government program for unemployed artists and workers in related fields such as advertising, graphic design, illustration, photofinishing, and publishing.

Abbott’s efforts resulted in a book in 1939, in advance of the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadow NY. At the project’s conclusion, the FAP distributed complete sets of Abbott’s images to high schools, libraries and other public institutions in the metropolitan area.

shaneguiter:

sweethomestyle:

northerndelight:

56 Leonard Street by Herzog & de Meuron
Work has started on the construction of 56 Leonard Street, a 56-storey residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron.

What can you teach me?  (via creativemornings on flickr)

“Rainbow sprinkles might mean something a little different on a soft serve cone from The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. Doug Quint, a New York-based bassoonist who just finished coursework for his musical arts doctorate at CUNY, is rolling out his playful new mobile dessert business as soon as his permit shows up (hopefully next week)…”

The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, Launching Soon in NYC
(discovered via Serious Eats)

Ugly signs turned beautiful / fun work by Cardon Webb (discovered via How)

“June 1st New Yorker Cover Drawn Entirely on the iPhone” by artist Jorge Colombo (via Gizmodo)

Photographer Helen Levitt (1913—2009),
obituary via NYTimes.com

new work by Pentagram: Murals for The Library Initiative

Michael Bierut with a team of designers at Pentagram collaborate with other graphic designers, artists and architects to help beautify the elementary school libraries in New York City’s five boroughs. The expansive L!brary Initiative includes 5 newly built libraries in the Bronx, featuring murals by Rafael Esquer, Maira Kalman, Christoph Niemann, Stefan Sagmeister and Yuko Shimizu, and Charles Wilkin.

I first read about this inspiring, fantastic, beautiful project in the New York Times last week in an article titled, A Is for Artwork That Lures Bronx Schoolchildren to New Libraries.

(the mural seen in the image above is by Christoph Niemann for P.S. 69 in the Bronx).

One of 10 Faber Firsts cover designs
(via Caustic Cover Critic and more info via the bdr)

Above cover design by Gray 318

Joel Holland / Limited Edition Notebook No.102

The hand silkscreened Limited Edition Notebook (run of only 150) is a collaboration between illustrator Joel Holland and Gryphon Stationers NY. 

(via Dutch Uncle Agency)