The publishers say this much better than I ever would.

3 years, 148 posts, 904 comments and over 2.5m visits later,
Design Assembly (as we know it) is no more.

But, instead of slipping quietly into the night, we wanted to capture
all the energy that’s gone into making and maintaining the site and put
it to a greater cause — fighting cancer.

‘3’ archives over 100 published articles, comments included,
as well as showcasing new and exclusive words and images from
some incredible people.

It looks like a great piece of print design to top it off. Check it out here.

Lately Lily is an illustration / apparrel project put together by illustrator Micah Player and apparel designer Erin Nichols. The character and her story (as she travels around the world) provides context for the items sold, as well as the general content and activitity on the site. It’s a nice new vessel for use of illustration but I couldn’t help but feel the whole concept could be pushed a lot more and used on other platforms a bit more successfully (eg. animated iPad app / catalogue). However despite this it’s a neat package: fun to browse and friendly for kids. Take a look here.

Lately Lily is an illustration / apparrel project put together by illustrator Micah Player and apparel designer Erin Nichols.

The character and her story (as she travels around the world) provides context for the items sold, as well as the general content and activitity on the site. It’s a nice new vessel for use of illustration but I couldn’t help but feel the whole concept could be pushed a lot more and used on other platforms a bit more successfully (eg. animated iPad app / catalogue).

However despite this it’s a neat package: fun to browse and friendly for kids.

Take a look here.

Graphicology are currently running a quite interesting series of the designs of the American state flags - looking at the history of the flag, with intent of updating its design. This post on the state of Alaska is a great example of why it’s worth check out. Do so HERE.

Graphicology are currently running a quite interesting series of the designs of the American state flags - looking at the history of the flag, with intent of updating its design.

This post on the state of Alaska is a great example of why it’s worth check out. Do so HERE.

For one of her MA Graphic Design projects, Emily Kane designed this ‘logo for the new space age’ - creating an entire brand around the space programme and space exploration. Take a look at the rest of the surrounding work done HERE. Some bits work better than others, but see what you think. This project was an exploration of the relationship between the space industry and graphic design, from the early space race of the 1950s and 60s to today.

For one of her MA Graphic Design projects, Emily Kane designed this ‘logo for the new space age’ - creating an entire brand around the space programme and space exploration.

Take a look at the rest of the surrounding work done HERE. Some bits work better than others, but see what you think.

This project was an exploration of the relationship between the space industry and graphic design, from the early space race of the 1950s and 60s to today.

Illustrator Sarah Glidden created an interesting piece of Illustrative reporting of her visit to Occupy Miami. It’s posted up at cartoon movement here.

Illustrator Sarah Glidden created an interesting piece of Illustrative reporting of her visit to Occupy Miami.

It’s posted up at cartoon movement here.

Whether you’re a fan of either basketball of the player Lebron James - the new logo attached to the star is a nice piece of logo design work. Take a look HERE to see more of a breakdown as well as merch applications etc.

Whether you’re a fan of either basketball of the player Lebron James - the new logo attached to the star is a nice piece of logo design work.

Take a look HERE to see more of a breakdown as well as merch applications etc.

Aggregate / discovery site StumbleUpon recently had a redesign/rebrand worth checking out. Although it probably won’t pull you away from Tumblr, the whole package is a much more simplified, user-friendly, and streamlined update. BrandNew put together a nice breakdown of their thoughts here.

Aggregate / discovery site StumbleUpon recently had a redesign/rebrand worth checking out. Although it probably won’t pull you away from Tumblr, the whole package is a much more simplified, user-friendly, and streamlined update.

BrandNew put together a nice breakdown of their thoughts here.

Very strong portfolio from illustrator Becca Stadtlander. See more of her work here.

Very strong portfolio from illustrator Becca Stadtlander.

See more of her work here.

Flickr user ‘Peacay’ has a lovely set of scans of illustrated Birds of Paradise. See the whole set here.

Flickr user ‘Peacay’ has a lovely set of scans of illustrated Birds of Paradise.

See the whole set here.

Nishant Choksi has a flourishing illustration portfolio. See more of the work here.

Nishant Choksi has a flourishing illustration portfolio.

See more of the work here.

Directed by Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton, I’ve been avoiding the teaser trailers for ‘John Carter From Mars’- hoping it’s not going to fall too far into the ‘Avatar on Mars’ vein of things but perhaps fearing for the evident. This teaser poster was recently released and was refreshingly eyecatching against the 13 common poster trends that were circulating the blogs last month. Go and make your mind up about the film here.

Directed by Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton, I’ve been avoiding the teaser trailers for ‘John Carter From Mars’- hoping it’s not going to fall too far into the ‘Avatar on Mars’ vein of things but perhaps fearing for the evident.

This teaser poster was recently released and was refreshingly eyecatching against the 13 common poster trends that were circulating the blogs last month.

Go and make your mind up about the film here.

Taking a browse through the ‘Science & Tech Ads’ group on Flickr is very worth your time. Do it here.

archiebagnall: Songs For Short But Sweet (2011 V0 MP3) Billie Holiday - Autumn In New York Toro Y Moi - Blessa James Brown - It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World Matt Duncan - Beacon John Martyn - Over The Hill Janelle Monae - Neon Valley Street Tokimonsta - Bright Shadows Common - Black Maybe Bob Dylan - Corrina, Corrina Wilco - On And On And On ONRA - Hope Runtime: 35 minutes.DOWNLOAD HERE. For the last few years I’ve put together a small winter warmer of music to give out to friends as a Christmas card hopefully worth keeping. This year’s installment is now complete! Read about the design process here.

archiebagnall:

Songs For Short But Sweet (2011 V0 MP3)

  1. Billie Holiday - Autumn In New York
  2. Toro Y Moi - Blessa
  3. James Brown - It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World
  4. Matt Duncan - Beacon
  5. John Martyn - Over The Hill
  6. Janelle Monae - Neon Valley Street
  7. Tokimonsta - Bright Shadows
  8. Common - Black Maybe
  9. Bob Dylan - Corrina, Corrina
  10. Wilco - On And On And On
  11. ONRA - Hope

Runtime: 35 minutes.
DOWNLOAD HERE.

For the last few years I’ve put together a small winter warmer of music to give out to friends as a Christmas card hopefully worth keeping. This year’s installment is now complete!

Read about the design process here.

Alex Dent has a great writeup of this satirical illustration of future architectural trends, drawn by Grant E. Hamilton in 1895. Read it here.

Alex Dent has a great writeup of this satirical illustration of future architectural trends, drawn by Grant E. Hamilton in 1895.

Read it here.

This cross section view of a Leica lens informs as to why camera lenses are just so expensive… See the set and even buy a cutaway here

This cross section view of a Leica lens informs as to why camera lenses are just so expensive…

See the set and even buy a cutaway here