Please enjoy from the future in 2012 this brief summary of reviews of design in 2011.
First off, Design Milk has a nice review of the best of architecture in 2011.
Then, enjoy this write-up of the Plumen light bulb by designer Samuel Wilkinson and product design firm Hulger. The Plumen was named the Design Museum's Brit Insurance Design of the Year.
Also from the Design Museum, the winner of the Brit Insurance Graphics Award for 2011 is BlogLESS favorite Homemade is Best, by Swedish Interactive graphics agency Forsman & Bodenfors.
And, finally, the interesting A Year in Web Design: How the Experts Saw 2011 from Web Design Tuts is worth a look.
Happy new year to each of you very fine BlogLESS readers.
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Paul — Dec 30, 2011
Steven Heller shares a rare book of Paul Rand quotes, assembled to commemorate the April 1998 Paul Rand Symposium held at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Simplicity is never a goal; it is a by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
Paul Rand, From Lascaux to Brooklyn
Direct downloads here and here.
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Nick — Jul 20, 2011
Love the design of this benefit poster by Max Erdenberger of W+K Studio. A donation of $25 or more buys you a print.
100% of proceeds go to the Red Cross. You can also donate any amount through their site without purchase.
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Nick — Mar 16, 2011
My vote for Best Poster. Typography blog Fonts in Use shared these lovely UK Black Swan posters.
Black Swan Posters by La Boca
Props to Tom Carden for the head's-up.
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Nick — Feb 23, 2011
DLB favorite Jessica Hische presents a flowchart to help you respond to spec work requests.
An excerpt from the chart.
TLDR: Should you work for free? No, unless it is for your Mom.
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Nick — Jan 19, 2011
From SMÄLL, a Barcelona design firm, dig this info-graphic of the alphabet organized according to each letter's popularity on Google.
There is no explanation of the analysis, so it's difficult to understand the distribution. But I like the presentation, nonetheless.
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Nick — Jan 13, 2011