“How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me”

I found some of these points to be a little upsetting, but also very true.

(via Austin Kleon)

“How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than Google Is Today”
(via TechCrunch)

The New York Times “OP-ED” at 40: Four Decades of Argument and IIlustration”
(above image from An Iranian in Paris by Marjane Satrapi c. 2005)

“Jobs Saves: If the iPad manages to save publishing, that doesn’t mean it’s going to save publishing design…” —a must-read article by Khoi Vinh in Print magazine

(illustration by Ashkahn Shahparnia)

Op-ed chart in The New York Times: “How Green is My iPad?”
(above illustration by Jenny Mörtsell)

“Former Book Designer Says Good Riddance To Print”
(via NYT’s Bits Blog, images larger via Craig Mod’s “Books in the age of the iPad”)

seanmcdonald:

Flash is the new Comic Sans.

“If print is dead then this is a very long goodbye”
(via the johnson banks thought for the week)

“A Negative View of White Space” (via FINCH)

Lately rejected/killed designs have been a hot subject on the blogosphere. Following this trend, blurb, has launched their “Killed Ideas” competition. “This is where great ideas come to play. You nailed it the first time and you know it. — Now it’s time to bring your best work back, and let it stand on its own.”

It’s really interesting to see how designs that used to never have the chance to see the light of day outside the office, are getting some air time with the general public.

Many designers have sections on their websites dedicated to their favorite ideas that didn’t make it. There is a Rejected Designs pool on flickr. And book cover designer Kimberly Glyder just launched her Shelved Books blog.

I get a kick out of looking through rejected comps of designers I admire (and often find ones that I am shocked didn’t make the cut). But when it comes to sharing my own, I feel squirmish about this. Usually I place an incredible amount of trust in the final judgment of art directors, editors, authors, publishers, marketing people, etc. There are educated reasons why certain designs are killed (even if I struggle internally to agree), and I worry that presenting these designs on the web could be seen as disrespectful. What do you think? Am I just too old fashioned?

Credit Where Credits Are Due: A look at the art of title sequences
(via NYTimes.com)

Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler (Number 17) highlight some of their favorite title sequences from the past, as well as cast their vote for their favorites for the current Oscars season in a great Op-Ed article.

Hollywood Kills Fabulous Books
(via Newser via Slate)
Penguins Classics cover design above by Jen Wang

Are Video Games Art?
(via Newser via London Review of Books)