Vale, The Great Lauren Bacall

Remembering Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, the USPS' long-overdue rebrand, smartphones charged by sound and more in our weekly look at the web

Not only was she a scene-stealing actress, but many of Lauren Bacall’s performances stand as a benchmark for acting and continue to influence the craft and cinema studies today. Bacall may have recently passed but her talent, elegance and beauty live on. Whether it’s her debut opposite Humphrey Bogart in “To Have and Have Not” or the cynicism of her character in “How To Marry …

Logo Wisdom: Ivan Chermayeff

Remembering Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, the USPS' long-overdue rebrand, smartphones charged by sound and more in our weekly look at the web

The 82-year-old graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff is credited with some of the most iconic and widely seen logos in the world—from NBC’s peacock to the National Geographic’s gold border graphic. One of the certified godfathers of the field (Yale’s graphic design department was only in its second year when he was a student), when Chermayeff talks, it’s best to gather around and listen. With an …

DREAMERS: Wolves

David Bowie's Warhol tribute, garage rock's new DREAMERS, Christian Tiger School's #PrivateJam and more in the music we tweeted this week

The newly formulated trio DREAMERS is living up to their name, evidenced by the music video for their sweet and easily digestible garage rock single “Wolves.” Shot on a Hi8 tape camera from the ’90s, the video gives off a campy, gritty aesthetic and (like any good low-budget horror movie) it includes romance, violence and death. “Everything about the video was made to intentionally resemble …