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THE PRACTICE SESSIONS ///

Thinking for a Living is proud to announce The Practice Sessions, a workshop and panel discussion by Antonio Carusone, Frank Chimero, Duane King and Matt Owens taking place at the National Student Show & Conference in Dallas, Texas. The Practice Sessions is part of TFAL’s continued efforts as an ever-growing platform dedicated to the concept...

THE $50 LOGO EXPERIMENT

There’s really not much to say about this. You just really need to read it all for yourself.

WINTERHOUSE ///

There’s a great interview up with Jessica Helfand & William Drenttel of Winterhouse over at Portfolio Center.

STEVEN HARRINGTON x ARKITIP x INCASE ///

Original artwork from Los Angeles artist Steven Harrington is featured in the third installment of the Curated by Arkitip series. Available are a Sleeve for MacBook Pro 15″ and an iPhone 3G Sider Case.

HOW [NOT] TO WRITE LIKE A DESIGNER ///

The design writer William Bostwick offers and explains five points for designers who need to express themselves in written form: “Write about yourself, write a story, write real words, don’t write too much.” Excellent article recommended for any designer serious about his or her career. READ IT HERE. Via Core77

COOPER UNION LOGO ///

Doyle Partners just designed a new logo for the Cooper Union. Check out a video of the logo and read what Steve Heller has to say about it. My personal opinion: it’s amazing, but I happen to love everything Doyle Partners touches.

QUOTE ///

While doing some browsing at Labyrinth Books the other day I came across this spectacular quote, above, in Counterpoint, a great book on Daniel Libeskind‘s work designed by Pentagram.

RUSSELL MARET @ TDC ///

Typographer and book artist Russell Maret will be appearing at the Type Directors Club in 2 weeks. If you don’t about his amazing letterpress books than I’m so very sorry for you. More info here.

98 PAGES ///

Illustrator Craig Frazier has an incredible 98-page sketchbook online over at 98pages.com Via Design Observer

MEGAFONE ///

Homeboy Nicholas Felton (AKA mgfn) has an amazing ability to organize information and design spectacular visuals from them, especially for editorial projects. I love his work and you should too, he’s based in NYC and has done work for New York Magazine, Esquire, Fast Company, NY Times, Metropolis, Print and Wired Magazine. Whoa, that’s one...

ANYONE CAN SWISS ///

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjL9Qmj3fNE&eurl=http://www.anyonecanswiss.com/&feature=player_embedded] Hilarious. Go check out the site: Anyone Can Swiss

Designers Against Tibetan Abuse ///

Designers Against Tibetan Abuse (on sale Feb 2nd 2009) is the first project by Designers Against Human Rights Abuse. Founded by Rishi Sodha in the summer of 2008, a non-profit organisation, DAHRA exists to promote and raise awareness amongst those involved in the creative industry of their social, political and ethical responsibilities as well as...