Visual Scrap #21

Shapes

Picked up a copy of Ornamental Design. The printing is cool with it only being black and white plus the one bright orange spot color throughout. There is a companion book called Label Design which I'm on the lookout for.

Analog

I've really been enjoying my print subscription to Works in Progress, where I can read about subjects I didn't even know to be interested in, such as the Samurai cities of Japan, and how your sleek, futuristic cooktop is basically porcelain. Sort of.

Tech

Advertising

Went to see Photography and the Black Arts Movement at MMA, and while it's a photography show, I always love to see graphic design included since the two are often intertwined, especially when it comes to advertising. Do attitudes drive representation in advertising? Or does/can advertising drive representation?

I Lied

OK, two things from the internet this week:

@graphicmeans has a STUDIO CULTURE 1960s–1990s Questionnaire. To be clear, she is looking for pre-digital feedback. If this is you, be a mensch and fill it out. If you couldn't smell the featured image on this post, you are probably too young for the questionnaire.

An interesting take from @tobitobetoby on how piracy is back. But instead of pirating songs or movies, the coding function of AI is allowing people to pirate software, albeit with varying degrees of security and bugginess. I just missed out on the early days of "build it yourself" electronics. But I'm fascinated with a lot of the DIY going on these days. I almost bought this, but parts of it were sold out at the time. Team Repair, which has been making kits for kids, is now branching out to adults (waitlisted). And apparently folks are modifying this e-reader to read Libby library loans, but it can't crack Kindle books. Any suggestions out there for kits or projects?