Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

Sadly, the design world lost Hillman Curtis last week, an incred­i­bly influ­en­tial cre­ative thinker who touched the lives of many. (If you haven’t watched his artist series films, they are a must view.) His New York Times obit­u­ary can be read here, and you can also read per­sonal trib­utes writ­ten by Steven Heller, Gary Huswit, Brendan Dawes, and Liz Danzico among others.

The dig­i­tal executioner.

The FPO Awards are now accept­ing entries.

Firebelly Design is now accept­ing appli­ca­tions for this year’s Camp Firebelly, “an inten­sive appren­tice­ship expe­ri­ence like no other, for 10 tal­ented folks look­ing to break into the design pro­fes­sion and use their pow­ers for good.”

Last week wired​.com launched Wired Design.
Seven inter­ac­tive Moonrise Kingdom char­ac­ter posters.

I’m look­ing for­ward to check­ing out AMC’s The Pitch when it pre­mieres next week.

Tattly: words to live by.

Handiemail will hand write and mail any email for you.

Vintage jack­pot: the Field Notes memo archive.

5 (Mostly) Vintage Children’s Books by Iconic Graphic Designers.

Pilot​.is is a new project that cre­ates “art­ful, hand­crafted prod­ucts that live at the inter­sec­tion of mar­ket­ing and engineering.”

Can’t miss videos: Meet Best Made Company (A Google+ Pages Business Story).

Good Reads: Rules for writ­ing from George Orwell circa 1946, How to Design a Logo, Five Manifestos for the Creative Life, Design Revolutionaries: Design Army.