October 15th: Weekly Design Links
“Be afraid of the calmest person in the room.” — Bruce Lee
October is half over and what have I got to show for it? My plans have gone astray, my list of to-dos is undone and life doesn’t stop. It’s not all for nothing–I have accomplished some things, but it rarely feels like enough. Maybe it’s the world we live in, the constant new hotness and endless social feeds that I’m browsing to find these link-y gems. It breeds an ever-present vibe of not enough. If I’m being honest, I’ve felt this way before. When reading about the great masters and their output–I always had this odd notion that I needed to step up my game. It motivated me then. It still does… but I’m more realistic, or honest now. When I was younger, I could brute force projects into life. Now, I have to be strategic and focus my efforts in order to take projects from nothing to reality. Look around, enjoy and then back to the grind.
Architecture
House of Many Vaults “kneels down” towards shrine in Lebanese mountains • https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/07/house-of-many-vaults-left-architects-lebanon-architecture/
An Old Brewery in Prague Becomes an Industrial Loft • https://design-milk.com/an-old-brewery-in-prague-becomes-an-industrial-loft
Apple store by Foster + Partners • https://retaildesignblog.net/2019/10/01/apple-store-by-foster-partners/
Twine house is topped by a twisting continuous concrete slab • https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/10/twine-house-twisting-concrete-concept-antony-gibbon/
Stefano Boeri designs elevated walkway to be built under Renzo Piano Genoa bridge • https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/10/stefano-boeri-polcevera-park-red-circle-masterplan-genoa-bridge/
Graphic Design/Branding
New Logo and Identity for Museo Moderno by Estudio Garricho and Omnibus-Type • https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_logo_and_identity_for_museo_moderno_by_estudio_garricho_and_omnibus_type.php
DUDDJOT by Piëtke Visser • https://www.behance.net/gallery/85746095/DUDDJOT
Hello Copenhagen • https://www.behance.net/gallery/85957553/Hello-Copenhagen
Weihai Design Valley poster/poster/illustration • https://www.behance.net/gallery/86529345/-posterillustration
Random
The Making Of Operator 41 for Apple Arcade • https://youtu.be/MGxcmBfZktQ
These clothes use outlandish designs to trick facial recognition software into thinking you’re not a human • https://www.businessinsider.com/clothes-accessories-that-outsmart-facial-recognition-tech-2019-10
Ruined by Design Econo Zine • https://www.ruinedby.design/zine
Art/Photography
Palaces of the people: Soviet metro stations — in pictures • https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2019/oct/08/palaces-of-the-people-soviet-metro-stations-in-pictures
Radioheads and Ok Computers: Stanley Donwood’s New Book, “There Will Be No Quiet” Tells an Often Untold Story • https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/books/radioheads-and-ok-computers-stanley-donwood-s-new-book-there-will-be-no-quiet-tells-an-often-untold-story/
Vintage Cameras Dissected With a Saw and Suspended in Resin by Fabian Oefner • https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/08/dissected-cameras-by-fabian-oefner
Honey Bees Complete Mixed Media Artworks by Building Comb Around Embroidery Hoops • https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/10/ava-roth-bees
Web Design/UX/UI
Behind Wireframe: Aesthetic Monoculture and the ‘Sameness’ of Modern Design • https://theblog.adobe.com/why-does-modern-design-look-the-same/
There’s already a blueprint for a more accessible internet. If only designers would learn it • https://qz.com/1407450/theres-already-a-blueprint-for-a-more-accessible-internet/
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