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Design Observer's Job Board has new jobs in Baltimore, Tel Aviv, SF, Chicago, Seattle, NYC, Menlo Park, Singapore and Minneapolis. Companies hiring include Maryland College of Art, Hewlett Packard, ODA, Vendorsbay, Checkerboard, IA Collaborative, Key Tech, SRI International and Emmis Communication...
"Oh my god, it even has a watermark." 100 (really) creative (and really overdesigned) business cards. And, from the good old days: Your business card is CRAP! Paul Allen's card, and the greatest business card of all time. (Via MeFi.) [MB]
Packaging something colorless, odorless and nearly tasteless: vodka. [MB]
The story of a beautiful failure: the print redesign for the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger by iA, the Tokyo and Zurich-based firm. The design work was rejected, but it's inspiring. In fact, they applaud the work of the winner of the competition, Tom Menzi. (Thanks to Jay Rosen.) [WD]
The George W. Bush Presidential Library by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Says Laura Bush: "We're very aware that the presidents are men. They are people. We wanted it to be human in scale." [MB]
Today, thanks to the nonprofit Publicolor, which brightens New York City public schools with coats of paint, Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia is painting the walls of Albert Einstein Intermediate School in the Bronx, having lost a World Series wager with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. [JL]
Jeanne-Claude, who with her husband Christo’ created memorable installations around the world including The Gates (2005), dies at 74. "We will do only what we want, how we want, where we want...but you know, not always when we want." [MB]
Design Observer's Job Board has new jobs in Baltimore, SF, Helsinki, NYC, Barcelona, Blacksburg, Chicago, Savannah and Philadelphia. Companies hiring include Maryland College of Art, Wagic, Nokia, Smart Design, Steelcase Inc., Ziba, Modea, Shure Inc., Acer and Webb Scarlett deVlam...
A new blog visual theme, Basic Math, has been launched for WordPress. It's designed and developed by Khoi Vinh (of Subtraction) with Allan Cole (of fthrwght). For sale here for $45. We bought our copy today for a new Winterhouse travel blog, so we are clearly fans. [WD]
DesigNYC is a new pro-bono design resource with leading designers committing time and resources to a single project. November 30 is deadline for non-profits to apply, according to Architect's Newspaper. [WD]
Early Christmas Shopping Alert: Pop-Up Flea Market this weekend in New York City, with vintage objects by designer/collector extraordinaire JP Williams, and others. [JH]
Design Observer's Job Board has new jobs in Columbus, NYC, Charlotte, Chicago, Sarasota, SF, Shanghai, Chicago and Seoul. Companies hiring include Microsoft, 3M, Miles Media, Abercrombie & Fitch, Kohler Co., Hongik University, Erwin-Penland, YFY Jupiter and Shecky's Media. Post your job today...
Global materials consultancy Material ConneXion opens â�oeBits â��n Pieces," â�oean interactive traveling exhibition exploring the rapidly advancing technologies and new materials transforming the world of design.â�� Curators: byAMT Studio, UNFOLD, Lucas Maassen and Studio Jan Habraken. In Ne...
