Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

One of the high­lights of the con­fer­ence was the Type Director’s Club exhibit (TDC54) at the con­fer­ence. I love the books cat­a­loging these com­pe­ti­tions. I per­son­ally own Typography 26 and Typography 28 and will def­i­nitely be adding this new one to my wish­list, which will be avail­able in stores this com­ing December. The books are great to flip through for inspi­ra­tion, but it was pretty cool to see each piece in per­son and it check out the details (tex­ture, paper stock etc.) that don’t come across as well in a photograph.

A cou­ple of my favorites…

Design is Play iden­tity system

This pic­ture doesn’t do this iden­tity sys­tem — designed by and for Design is Play—jus­tice. The let­ter­press­ing doesn’t come across nearly as good as it looks in per­son. I was hop­ing to find a bet­ter image on their site but it looks like they have only a land­ing page right now. I will def­i­nitely post an update if any­thing changes.

Tesla books designed by Cyan Studio, Berlin

I believe this is the site for the design­ers behind these fun vibrant brochures, but I didn’t find the exact work in their port­fo­lio. Be warned the site is excru­ci­at­ing to nav­i­gate, which is why I didn’t spend a ton of time brows­ing through their work (as much as I liked this piece).

Posters by, Left: Tenderling Studio, Los Angeles and Right: 702 Design Works, Japan.

Again I’m hav­ing trou­ble with the sites for the two above designs. I had no luck find­ing any­thing for Tenderling, but I believe this is the site for 702 Design Works. Again, I couldn’t find this exact work on the site so I’m not 100% sure but I will do my best to con­firm. If any­one out there has bet­ter infor­ma­tion please let me know so I can update!

The exhibit will be com­ing to the New York head­quar­ters on July 29^th. Check out their site for dates and times, and to RSVP for the open­ing reception.