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I've been obsessed with his work ever since I saw a twitter thread years ago on how frank ocean's brand homer ripped him off lmao.
he's an egyptian designer (which I love bc same) who does graphic design, product design, and interior design. his patterns and use of color makes my design brain very happy. this book is full of patterns, some logo design, and some freaky 3D design. (no but lowkey there's a whole page of some 3D chrome people in a bunch of s3x positions.)
this book is a study on design in the digital age (it was released in 2005) and to me it captures peak early internet design aesthetics. if you want reallll Y2K, check out karim rashid.
Oct 9, 2024
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really Fun read, lots of fun graphics if you are t good at reading like me
Sep 17, 2024
The definitive overview through the 80s-90s designer and art director Tibor Kalman thought provoking career
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Recommended to me by a favorite professor in college – I was able to track down a library copy that I clung to for months at the time. Not easy to purchase, I recently found my own copy at a used book store and was wowed once again by the enthusiasm design can hold. Thank u Adream for the recommendation years ago 🫶🏻 I share it whenever I can
Jan 22, 2024
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I’ve seen these annual digests of the best in product innovation around forever but only started buying them recently. I grabbed one at a place in LA that had loads of dusty design books on the cheap. Not long after that, I went to a Housing Works on the UES because someone on TikTok said it had the best clothing selection. It didn’t, but they did have 2 of these for $10 each.They’re pure cheat code. Every good idea that’s being ripped off by contemporary artisans is in one of these - lamps bent into unnatural shapes, shelves that don’t look like they hold very much, dinnerware that you’d never dare eat off of. The designs are Italian and Japanese, of course, but also Finnish, Canadian, Spanish, even American. Each edition has a different luminary as an editor: Arata Isozaki, Mario Bellini, Philippe Starck, freakin’ Alessandro Mendini. They’re tidy, portable museums.
Aug 24, 2021
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wish me luck!!!!!!!!(i'm so nervous)!!!!!!!!
Mar 5, 2025
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I really manifested that
Apr 7, 2025
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if you grew up being a people pleaser like me, it can be so damn hard to set boundaries. but it was so great when I finally realized I simply didn’t have to say yes to everything/everyone.
it was wild. blew my mind. I highly recommend.
Aug 8, 2024