Manhattan Born

Paul Darragh's design studio launches in NYC with a gallery show dedicated to the East Village

Bemodern, otherwise known as Paul Darragh, grew up in a tiny farming community in New Zealand before moving to Melbourne, Australia, where he lived for the next four years. It was there that he first caught our attention and, not long after that, decided to chase his dreams to New York City to open Manhattan Born. If the name of his new design agency is …

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Two decades of Kwintessens magazine covers on display in a poster exhibition

On display through 15 April 2012, the exhibition “21&#8212: 21 Years of Cultural Posters” celebrates the more intriguing covers of the quarterly Flemish design magazine Kwintessens since it started in 1992. Almost every issue reflects the vision of a different graphic designer, leading Kwintessens to collaborate with more than 70 Flemish designers in its 20 years of publication. So, what is the meaning behind the …

Engelbart Mural

Six Point Resin, Dollar Shave Club, Literary Book Madness and more in our look at the web this week

This info-graphic mural tracks the life of systems from the perspective of technological inventor Douglas C. Engelbart. The massive 4′ x 27′ illustration begins with Engelbart’s birth in 1925 and ends with an open template for the coming decades, covering hundreds of moments in between.