Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

Abstract City, a com­pi­la­tion of 16 of Christoph Neimann’s pop­u­lar New York Times visual essays, is now avail­able for sale.

Fast Company is launch­ing a new design and inno­va­tion com­pe­ti­tion.

Fontshop has released a Beta ver­sion of their Photoshop plu­gin that allows you to pre­view any of their fonts (150,000+) for free, in your own projects.

Startups, this is how design works. An excel­lent guide by Wells Riley.

A great project by a new design stu­dio in the UK: Butcher’s Hook – Make Your Mark.

I’m a big fan of the PS22 Chorus, a choir of 5^th graders from Staten Island. The group has been in the news quite a bit in the last year, most recently because of a new doc­u­men­tary that will be screened at the Tribeca Film Frstical, Once in a Lullaby. The Heads of State is respon­si­ble for the artwork.

I can’t believe it’s base­ball sea­son already, but you can be pre­pared to keep track of your favorite team’s stats using Jared Fanning’s Baseball Season Tracker.

Frank Chimero has updated his shop with all sorts of goods related to his forth­com­ing book, The Shape of Design.

I just came across this book, Andrew Kuo: What Me Worry, which was released last year in early 2011. I’ve been a fan of his info­graph­ics for The New York Times for quite awhile, so I’m happy to see them com­piled in one offline place.

Good Reads: The Six Most Important Ideas from AEA Seattle 2012, Why Entrepreneurial Thinking Is For Everyone Now, How Facebook Finds The Best Design Talent, And Keeps Them Happy.