WEEK OF FEBRUARY 06, 2012

Didn't get enough yesterday? Super Bowl Commercials.

But, uh, no worries, Facebook's working on it... "Over 3 years later, 'deleted' Facebook photos are still online."

Jimmy Diebold, Bodega Studios and M83 tribute the Seattle Seahawks by giving life to the lights of CenturyLink Field: Midnight Lights.

For week 44 of his CC52 project Craig Cutler worked with Stephen Meierding to create One Sander, One Drill—with movement by power tools.

WEEK OF JANUARY 30, 2012

James Victore on creative burnout.

Shel Perkins takes a stab at, probably, the most neglected contract in design firms everywhere—the Employee Handbook.

Written, by Kent Nguyen, in a way that's perfect to pass along to clients: "Dear business people, an iOS app actually takes a lot of work!"

Money to help fund creative for nonprofits. Getty Images Creative Grants. Accepting applications until March 1. Get on it.

Antonio de Luca's The 100 $how (the US version of The 100 Euro Show) has begun. 50% to the artist and 50% to MercyCorp. Buy something.

Don't crush the beauty of an iPad with a crappy app... "Ten Things to Think About When Designing Your iPad App" by Julie Stanford.

Because we all need to aspire to something... "Be Better at Twitter: The Definitive Data-driven Guide." Megan Garber has some pretty good advice (hopefully the worst offenders will read it).

Sitting in a group, in a room, everyone shouting out whatever pops into their head (aka brainstorming), doesn't work so well. Cliff Kuang offers a rework.

Spotted on DesignTaxi Jan Vormann's (an artist who likes legos and crumbling architecture) Dispatchwork.

Rupal Parekh on ageism in the ad world.

Emily Oberman is Pentagram's newest partner.

Design for social and civic impact, Commitment Required: The Social Design Job Market, a free event (that requires registration) at SVA on March 1.

Variér Brain Design. Fabric design inspired by brainwaves for Variér's Balans chair by DIST Creative and B-Reel.

Do your clients a favor, charge them what you’re worth. "Pricing Strategy for Creatives" by Jason Blumer.

A behind-the-scenes look at how Upstatement created the responsive design for Boston Globe's website.

The most popular fonts from the Typekit library.

Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film by Danny Cooke (and a soundtrack by Tony Higgins).

Scott Garner's not so Still Life produced at Süperfad.

Tired of Siri? Meet Evi.

WEEK OF JANUARY 23, 2012

Designer Robbie Manson explains the value of failure—provided we're mindful of why.

To announce Kinect Star Wars, "Duel" for Microsoft Xbox and Lucas Arts by AKQA, Swift River Productions and Method Studios. Funny.

The Red List. A seemingly endless showcase of visual riches—past and present.

A super-impressive speaker lineup... and only 59 early-registration tickets remaining. ICON7.

Scott Gerber compiled a list of "11 Vital Mobile Apps for Entrepreneurs."

Typographica's Favorite Typefaces of 2011.

When ad agency Lindsay, Stone & Briggs moved, it let people know, like this... LSB Move.

Resurrected in HTML5, Big Spaceship's take on Exquisite Corpse, Corpsify, is mobile.

Eliot Spitzer rewrites Obama's State of the Union address using four infographics—and only ten minutes.

What's being done with augmented reality?

From YouTube, time measured in One Hour Per Second.

The Annual Design Awards. The best design from the past twelve months. From around the world. In thirteen categories.

The latest in Dotmaster's Funny Money series: "The Jackson Five Dollar."

Alice Rawsthorn describes the challenges of supporting design heritage projects.

Simon Garfield recounts "How Helvetica Conquered The World With Its Cool, Comforting Logic."

"Sustainable," xkcd's graph of the non-sustainability of the hyperused word.

Now that we know who'll be playing in the Super Bowl, Rob Schwartz comments on the competition to win the Ad Bowl.