WEEK OF MAY 13, 2013

Why big corporations are buying design firms in droves.

Arnold agency’s creative guide to building a ‘Sherpa brand.’

Mowhawk paper and DODOcase collaborate on DODOnotes, the first iPhone-compatible paper notebook.

The Daily Show takes on skyrocketing tuition, job prospects—and illustration—with ‘Stay Out of School’ (via illustrator Doug Fraser).

Google developers get it right, again, with a more photo-centric and hashtag-friendly Google+.

“Keep it holy”—Jeffrey Zeldman delivers the Ten Commandments of Modern Web Design.

This is Water, David Foster Wallace's brilliant commencement speech, is now a short film—created by The Glossary.

Video: Photographer Platon portrays the power and personality of presidents and tech titans.

Tune in to TYPO Berlin 13 livestreams today through Saturday. Inspiring speakers on design, culture, society—with a little bit of kerning.

Robin Tooms and Ashley Rundall teach designers the principles of “Savage Thinking” in an AIGA Voices series webcast, May 23rd.

CameraLends: a peer-to-peer gear rental network for photographers on the road.

Matthieu Savary’s Pixel is Data app transforms smartphone photographs into abstract art.

With Designs On...Packaging, IDEO takes time to explore ideal product wrappings of the future.

Hipstamatic launches Oggl, a new social network for creative photographers.

Design be damned: the HTC First “Facebook phone” is officially a flop.

What the Wall Street Journal’s portrait artist can teach you about innovation.

Ingenious ad campaigns earn agency CDs Jaime Robinson, Jill Applebaum, Megan Sheehan, and Agnello Dias places on Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business.

Is Native Advertising just another term for Good Advertising?

Prolific publication designer Roger Black moves to Hong Kong, where “print is growing.”

Video: Paula Scher's keynote address from last week's AdobeMAX conference.

Agency Post interview with Dave Schiff, Chief Creative Officer of Made Movement.

CD Robert Festino walks us through the redesign of Men's Health magazine.

Peek into "Steven Heller's Cave" as seen through his son's eyes: The Cave by Nicolas Heller.

WEEK OF MAY 06, 2013

So who are the best designers in technology? Business Insider’s The Design 75.

Winners of the 2013 National Design Awards from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

PBS Off Book's latest video: The Art of Data Visualization.

How photographers ‘photoshopped’ images back in 1946.

Sullivan and the Type Directors Club of New York host a one-day symposium on the relationships of design, typography and technology on June 7th.

Project Mighty: Is the future of the cloud-connected interface a simple pen and ruler?

Stephen Coles on the rising tide of subscription-based fonts, and what it means for type designers.

Long before Google Glass, there was the Camera Lucida. This remarkable drawing aid returns from a century-long slumber, via Kickstarter.

Adobe reveals a dozen early-stage applications and new features at the MAX Sneak Peeks.

Google celebrates Saul Bass on his birthday.

Why won't the debate of digital vs. film—which is better—just die already?

In signature style, Brand New picks apart its own "hardcore" conference logo—a graphically executed Megatron of design trends.

In Adobe's ascent to the Creative Cloud, dedicated Fireworks users feel left behind.

Industrial Brand's Mark Busse says it's time to stop the illegal and unethical practice of unpaid internships.

Tune into today's Adobe MAX keynote, Community Inspires Creativity, with artist Phil Hansen, photographer Erik Johansson, VFX artist Rob Legato, and iconic graphic designer and illustrator Paula Scher.

Padcaster is a smart, simple mount accessory that turns your iPad into an all-in-one filmmaking device.

Columbia students undertake a data-centric analysis of how to win at Cannes.