Following up on this previous post, the People's Design Award winner is The Lime Bike by Trek.

Emigre just released a sans-serif companion (or should I say husband? brother?) font to Mrs. Eaves, which is one of my most frequently used typefaces. The new addition includes a Mr. Eaves Sans and a Mr. Eaves modern, both designed by Zuzana Licko, who created the original Mrs.

More info & pricing here: http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid=213

An unfortunate development in Shepard Fairey's court battle with the A.P. over copyright infringement. Fairey has claimed throughout his case that he used a photo of Obama and George Clooney as the source material for his Hope poster, not a photograph of just Obama, as the A.P. has argued. He admitted last week that he did indeed use the latter. I can only gather he lied because he believed the act of cropping aided his fair use argument. But fair use is judged according to whether an artist/designer has changed Object A into a totally new Object B; the techniques by which this is or is not accomplished are important details but not necessarily the crux. In theory Fairey's lie shouldn't affect his argument, but it does reflect badly on his character and in turn could generate negative connotations about fair use amongst the general public. Here's to hoping it doesn't.

Read Fairey's Statement here: http://obeygiant.com/headlines/associated-press-fair-use-case

This just in from the Impossible Project:

"We are pleased to herewith announce a history making cooperation between Polaroid and The Impossible Project:

As we have created quite some buzz about Analog Instant Photography over the past 12 months, the Polaroid licensee - The Summit Global Group - now can't resist any longer and announced at a press conference on October 13th in Hongkong that they will re-launch some of the most famous Polaroid Instant Cameras.

Therefore they are commissioning The Impossible Project to develop and produce a limited edition of Polaroid branded Instant Films in the middle of 2010.

The Impossible Project is proud and excited that its ambitions and all the relentless work that has already been invested are now becoming the foundation for Polaroid's comeback as a producer of Instant Cameras.

Large-scale production and worldwide sale of The Impossible Project's new integral film materials under its own brand will already start in the beginning of 2010 - with a brand new and astonishing black and white Instant Film and the first colour films to follow in the course of the year."

Toot toot and hip hip hooray to all you Polaroid lovers out there!

www.the-impossible-project.com

Spike Jonze's film adaptation of the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak, finally arrives in theaters this weekend after a year of studio-demanded revamping and much anticipation from (mostly adult) fans of the book. Below are some examples of the film's very un-Disney marketing strategy. I really want to see the movie, but I have to admit I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the "coolness" of it all. I should probably go put on my wolf suit and hide for a bit.

* Opening Ceremony has a selection of clothing (pictured below) and jewelry inspired by WTWTA.

* A pop-up store in Urban Outfitters' Hollywood retail extravaganza Space 15Twenty features more WTWTA-themed clothing.

(courtesy of kitsunenoir.com)

* We Love You So, a blog from the team behind the movie, asked readers to submit pictures and video of their homemade forts.

(courtesy of weloveyouso.com)

* UGG has made a limited-edition WTWTA-inspired children's boot. Proceeds go to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

And Spike Jonze's skater roots were not forgotten. Lakai made limited-edition sneakers last summer...

... and Girl Skateboards released a set of skate decks this year.

I was a little skeptical about this guy at first because he seemed just a little too cool, but turns out comedian Nick Thune is kind of hilarious. In this on-going video series from Good, he breaks down his ultimate invention: The Backflip Shoe.

 

 

More of the Inventions series here: http://www.good.is/shows/inventions

The Design Center at Philadelphia University recently opened the exhibition "Lace in Translation" featuring the work of three artists inspired by the University's Quaker Lace Company archive. Many of the pieces capture the delicacy of lace by way of an industrial medium, which is especially fitting since Quaker Lace was one of the largest producers of machine-manufactured lace in the 20th century. The show runs through April 3, 2010 and also includes some amazing work by Tord Boontje.

Looking forward to seeing this in person over Thanksgiving. For now, two of my favorites:

Denmark design studio Demakersvan member Joep Verhoeven's "lace" link fence. (image by Kerry Polite)

A detail of one of artist/sculptor Cal Lane's pieces, a 2,000-gallon oil tank cut into lace patterns. (image by Kerry Polite)

A short documentary about the show:

<p>Lace In Translation from Canary Promotion + Design on Vimeo.</p>

Learn more here: http://www.laceintranslation.com