DESIGN CHATTER
Bioplastics Help Your Vintage Music Habit Be Less Wasteful
Sep 23, 2022
Vinyl records are back in style in a big way, but did you know their production is incredibly harmful to the environment? Traditionally, they’re made from PVC (that “V” is where the vinyl name comes in), which isn’t ever going to win any awards for being a green material. Evolution Music took 4 years to experiment and find the best alternative and green plastic to make records with, and now they’ve landed on it. It looks,
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The Emoticon is 40!
Sep 21, 2022
Can you believe it?! First, that we are actually younger the emoji, which is great because it’s hard to not feel old every time you turn around today. But secondly, it’s incredible that the first emoji, your basic “colon-dash-close parenthesis” old-school smiley face 🙂 was born way back in 1982, by Professor Scott Fahlman on a Carnegie-Mellon message board. Emoticons, which evolved into the emojis we love and use too frequently today, gave a new depth of expression in written communication,
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Queen Elizabeth Left Her Mark…Now What?
Sep 16, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch, has died, and that obviously means a lot of changes for people in the UK and across the world. But one big change will be visual: most people know the Queen’s face is on everything official, from stamps to coins to bills, so what happens there, now that she’s gone? 70 years of visual cues don’t just re-write themselves overnight! The process will be rolled out gradually, but the details of what and how needs to change are really fascinating,
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A Happy Mistake Leads to Deeper Understanding
Sep 14, 2022
Who would ever think an error would pave the way to an explanation? Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory found an error in a century-old mathematical model, which would probably normally be kind of a bummer, but in this case, it led to a new explanation about how the human eye experiences color! Don’t ask us how math can tell you that, we’re designers for a reason…and this does have some pretty cool future implications for design!
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This Robot is Delicious!
Sep 09, 2022
If the robots that are supposedly coming to take over our jobs are made out of chocolate, we’re more open to the idea…
Check out this amazing design from Amaury Guichon! The pastry chef is famous for thinking outside the box with his sculpting tools, and creating impossibly intricate chocolate sculptures. This one is no different: it’s a fully articulated robot arm, made entirely out of dark chocolate. The craziest part is this is actually the second chocolate robot the chef has made,
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National Pride by Adidas at the 2022 World Cup
Sep 07, 2022
It’s hard to believe it’s time for the World Cup again! This year, the tournament is being held in Qatar. Adidas is the jersey sponsor for the World Cup, and they used the opportunity to design custom kits that creatively reflect each competing country’s heritage. Drawing on national history, as well as World Cup history, these kits have a lot of thought put into them, and we can’t wait to see them on the field. Which is your favorite design?
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