Kit·Blog Notes

Starck went on to say that he believed that design on the whole was dead. This “I’m so ashamed to make this job” story is hardly new, but what about fighting “barbaria”?

“Engineers meet branding and get it! Fantastic.” More at Identityworks.

An image is worth a thousand lies, when Photoshop gets involved.

Noteworthy even given that I’m against design competitions: a 26-year-old first-time currency designer redraws UK coinage. And Jonathan Hoefler’s bitter perspective. Via Kottke.

The “Feature Photography” 2008 Pulitzer Prize goes to Preston Gannaway for her intimate chronicle of a family coping with a parent’s terminal illness. To see the feature, go to PrestonGannaway.com → Stories & Essays → Remember Me. Via TOP.

Laugh until you cry. And, as my colleague Iancu says, “don’t you ever complain again”.

I’ll be in Scotland this weekend for a Portishead live performance. Not very far from the real Portishead, actually.

The Rolling Sones, as you’ve never seen them before—Shine a Light, a concert film by Martin Scorsese, shot with 17 cameras by an all-star team of cinematographers headed up by Robert Richardson, whose fellow directors of photography include Emmanuel Lubezki (“Children of Men”) and Robert Elswit (Oscar for “There Will Be Blood”). Trailer.

So intense it’ll crush you.

Bumbuț posts an incredible image. Ironic and depressing at the same time.

“Intelligent information is alive”. More at Identityworks.

For many companies, Orthodox Easter is a great opportunity for sending tons of crappy e-mails that are written worse than most unsolicited mass mailings commonly known as “spam.” The Easter greetings filter cries to be invented.

“I finally realized: living life is more important than blogging about design.” Khoi Vinh in his post My Time Away from Blogging.

“I think people are really noticing the difference between Mac OS X and Windows to a greater degree than ever before.” Steve Jobs about Apple’s 51% increase in Macintosh sales.

“Our designers, production and client facing people are living dog-years. They live seven years to any normal designer’s one year” — Attik’s new NoiseBlog.