The Donut Project

To celebrate the release of The Plus Series, the next generation of the classic Pantone Matching System, Base worked with director Greg Mitnick and producer/Cool Hunting editor Ami Kealoha to give a rare look into the behind-the-scenes of the design world’s color standard.

I think the video above is the best animated infographic I’ve ever seen.

It’s for the upcoming documentary Waiting for Superman, by the makers of An Inconvenient Truth. Waiting for Superman is a documentary about a United States public education system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth. The U.S. regularly finishes in the bottom chunk of developed nations’ education polls. The nation that vowed to leave no child behind is doing just that.

The animation was made by the creative-types at Buck. I’m really jealous that I didn’t make this infographic, for a film that I’d really like to do work for. Nice work gentlemen/gentleladies.

Find out more about the film, and watch the trailer at www.waitingforsuperman.com.

(via @typeis4lovers)

UnderConsideration has put together a one-day event on the development of corporate and brand identity projects by some of today’s most active and influential practitioners from around the world.

The Brand New Conference is set for Friday, Nov 5, 2010 in New York City. The one-day event will run you a reasonable $250, while the live online webcast is $60.

Speakers include:
Michael Johnson of Johnson Banks
Michael Lejeune of Metro
Michael Bierut & Paula Scher of Pentagram
Christian Helms of The Decoder Ring
Tom Dorresteijn of Studio Dumbar
Connie Birdsall of Lippincott
Jordan Crane & Karl Heiselman of Wolff Olins
Erik Spiekermann of Edenspiekermann AG

More info & register at: www.underconsideration.com/brandnewconference.

Etsy, one of the most popular online stores for handmade goods, is hiring staff! They put together a cool little video above to show what it’s like to work at Etsy.

See the current positions available here, but only after watching the video.

Holiday Matinee emailed us about a shindig they’re throwing tomorrow in San Diego.

Creating events that bring amazing people together is what we’re all about. And this next one is going to prove just that. We’re taking over Station Tavern for a creative shopping event filled with art, t-shirts, jewelry, crafts, giveaways and more. It’ll be an all-star affair led by Threadless, Sezio, LouLou Bijoux, Yeller, Josh Boston and yours truly with musical performances by Greg Gibson, Bob Nanna and Sleepwalking DJs. Cancel all your plans and come party with us. I promise it’ll be more fun. And don’t forget to RSVP and invite more awesome people here.

We’d love to go but we’re all midwesterners. Hopefully you West Coasters will pick up our slack. Looks to be a good time. RSVP here.

Modern Toss have created this Periodic Table of Swearing poster. The 42 cm x 59.4cm Giclee print is a limited edition of 100. $90. Sold Out.

Click the poster to see it full size. The poster should be available here once the new color edition is available.

Friend of TDP, designer Mig Reyes, has launched his new website. The site shows off some of his professional and personal work, along with a news section to (try to) keep up with him, and an about page that is not an afterthought like most sites.

The most exciting part though is the thoughts section where Mig will begin writing articles. Having already spoke at the HOW Conference and been interviewed by numerous people, Mig’s voice in the industry is one worth listening to. His first article is posted, and talks about the evolution of his personal site. It’s cool to see where he started years ago and the evolution to the clean, more mature site of today. It gives the rest of us hope to be awesome.

Check it out at www.migreyes.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @spigumus.

Nothing like a Lego stop motion short film. This is for you action junkies. It is shocking how many times this same genre of Lego films has been attempted. Warning: If you become faint at the sight of blood or red Playdo please watch at your own risk.

Hopefully due out in theaters this summer The Visual Language of Herbert Matter looks quite promising. If you are unfamiliar with the work of Herbert Matter shame on you. Get out your Megg’s History of Graphic Design and catch up.

THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF HERBERT MATTER is a revealing look at the fascinating life story of the highly influential mid-century modern design master. Known as a quintessential designer’s designer, Swiss born Herbert Matter is largely credited with expanding the use of photography as a design tool and bringing the semantics of fine art into the realm of applied arts — herbertmatter.net

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At this years ICFF Cleveland based furniture design and manufacturing company Objeti took home the Editors Award for New Designer. View their collection and see who else took home accolades at ICFF