Archive for the ‘BOOKS’ Category

• 2011/09/15 ENVIRONMENT | 2011.09.15 :: Happy 40th Birthday, Greenpeace Canada! posted in ADVERTISING, ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY tagged 40th Anniversary, 40th Birthday, Amchitka - The Concert, Arlene B. Cotter, Arlene Cotter, Books, Brochures, Don't Make a Wave Committee, Fundraising, graphic artists, GRAPHIC ARTS, Greenpeace, Greenpeace Canada, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, logos, Public Service Announcements - PSAs, Rex Weyler, Tony Esslinger, Vancouver, Visual Identity Programs
• 2011/05/31 PHOTOGRAPHY | Heroes :: Fred Herzog ::: Billboards – Vancouver 2011 posted in ADVERTISING, ART + ARTISTS, BOOKS, CITIES | VANCOUVER, designKULTUR✭ STARS, EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY, PUBLIC ART tagged "Foot of Main", "Lucy/Granville", "Sign of Good Taste Portland", Billboards, City of Vancouver, Cross-Canada Billboards, Equinox Gallery, Fred Herzog, Granville Street Bridge, John Goldsmith, John Mackie, Kathleen Bartels, Kodachrome, Moshe Safdie, Photography, Scotiabank, Scotiabank Contact, VAG, Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Public Library
• 2011/03/18 THE EXPO FILES | From The Canadian Design Resource :: 1867 – 1967 ::: The Best Yellow Pages Ever posted in BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | TORONTO, EXPO 67 | MAN AND HIS WORLD, MID-CENTURY MODERN tagged Canada, Canadian Centennial, Centennial, Centennial of Canadian Con, Directories, Etsy, logos, mid-century modern, TD Centre, Telephone directory, The Canadian Design Resource, Toronto, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Typography, Yellow Page
• 2011/03/17 THE EXPO FILES | ’60s Style Icons :: Jackie, Grace + Margaret @ Man and His World posted in BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | MONTRÉAL, CORPORATE IDENTITY, EXPO 67 | MAN AND HIS WORLD, FASHION, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, PHOTOGRAPHY, URBAN PLANNING tagged "Portrait de l'Expo", "This Was Expo", Elizabeth II, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, Ethiopia, expo 67, Grace Kelly, Haile Selassie I, HRM Princess Margaret, Jackie Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, King of Thailand Bhunibol Abulyadej, Margaret Rose Windsor, Prince Albert and Princess Paola of Belgium, Princess Grace of Monoca, Princess Irene of Greece, Robert Fulford, Royalty, World Fairs
• 2011/03/17 THE EXPO FILES | expo 67 :: The Photo ::: »Interior view of Theatre Salle Wilfrid Pelletier and crowd at Expo 67« posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | MONTRÉAL, EXPO 67 | MAN AND HIS WORLD, MID-CENTURY MODERN, PHOTOGRAPHY tagged Auditoriums, »The Memorial Album of the first category universal and international Exhibition held in Montreal from the twenty-seventh of April to the twenty-ninth of October nineteen hundred and sixty-seven«, divas, expo 67, expo 67 World Festival, Expositions, Library and Archives Canada, Montreal, Place des Arts, Salle Wilfrid Pelletier
• 2011/03/17 THE EXPO FILES | LAC + »The Memorial Album of the first category universal and international Exhibition held in Montreal from the twenty-seventh of April to the twenty-ninth of October nineteen hundred and sixty-seven« posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | MONTRÉAL, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, EXPO 67 | MAN AND HIS WORLD, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, MAPS, MID-CENTURY MODERN, PUBLIC ART, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY, URBAN PLANNING tagged archives, archivists, Books, Coffee Table Books, Diapolyécran, digital images, Diplomats, expo 67, Gérard Caron, Jean-Louis de Lorimier, Josef Svoboda, La Création du Monde, Library and Archives Canada, Memorial Book, Pierre Dupuy, World Fairs
• 2011/02/04 DESIGN + PHILOSOPHY | Quote from Alina Wheeler posted in ADVERTISING, ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CORPORATE IDENTITY, GRAPHIC ARTS, RETAIL DESIGN tagged "Design is intelligence made visible.", "Designing Brand Identity", Alina Wheeler, design, Quotes
• 2011/01/31 THE EXPO FILES | expo 67 :: Man and His World ::: Québec vs. Ontario posted in ADVERTISING, ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | MONTRÉAL, EXPO 67 | MAN AND HIS WORLD, GRAPHIC ARTS, MID-CENTURY MODERN, URBAN PLANNING tagged "Montréal Expo 67" Book, Île Notre-Dame, Banque National de Paris (BNP), Books, Casino de Montréal, Czechoslovak Pavilion, expo 67, Frei Otto, Gérin-Lajoie, German Pavilion, LeBlanc et Durand, Luc Durand, Macy DuBois, Maquettes, Métro de Montréal, Montreal, Montreal Metro, Munich, Olympic Park, Ontario, Ontario pavilion, Papineau, Québec Pavilion, Quebec, Vintage Postcards
• 2011/01/22 ARCHITECTS | 2 of My Heroes Meet :: Niemeyer + Meier, October 2010 posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, designKULTUR✭ STARS, OSCAR NIEMEYER tagged "Oscar Niemeyer: 1999-2009", "Richard Meier Museums", ArchDaily, Architect, architects, Brasília, Brazil, Oscar Niemeyer, Richard Meier
• 2011/01/17 BRAZIL, BOOKS + MUSIC | »Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s« by Gilles Peterson + Stuart Baker posted in ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, BRASIL, CITIES | BRASÍLIA, designKULTUR✭ STARS, GRAPHIC ARTS, MID-CENTURY MODERN, MUSIC + MUSICIANS, OSCAR NIEMEYER, URBAN PLANNING tagged Album Art, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Art, bossa nova, Bossasession, Brasília, Cover Art, Elis Regina e Zimbo Trio, Garota de Ipanema, Giles Peterson, Helô Pinheiro, Heloísa Eneda Menezes Paes Pinto, Herbie Hancock, Juscelino Kubitschek, Lara Nara, music, Oscar Niemeyer, Phil Ramone, Rene Burri, retro, River: The Joni Letters, Sinfonia da Alvorada, Suart Baker, The Girl from Ipanema, Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Wanda Vaagamente
• 2010/12/23 LOGOS | The CBC’s »Exploding Pizza« :: Now Available in Cheap Convenience Store Sliced Ham posted in ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CORPORATE IDENTITY, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA tagged Canadian Bacon, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, CBC/Radio-Canada, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, logos, r, Radio-Canada
• 2010/11/21 BRASÍLIA 50 ANOS | Alex Shoumatoff Explains the Meaning of the Word »Candango« posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, BRASÍLIA 50 ANOS, BRASIL, CITIES | BRASÍLIA, GRAPHIC ARTS, MID-CENTURY MODERN, OSCAR NIEMEYER, URBAN PLANNING tagged African Slaves, Alex Shoumatoff, »Brasilia is a bit of all of us«, Brasília, Brasíliense, Bruno Giorgi, bundo, cafuzo, candango, candangos, carioca, Cidade Livre, Juscelino Kubitschek, mameluco, mulatto, Os Guerreiros/ Os Candangos, Oscar Niemeyer, Plaza of the Three Powers
• 2010/11/20 CULTURE + MEMORY | Chuck Davis, »Captain Vancouver« :: 1935-2010 posted in BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CITIES | VANCOUVER tagged British Columbia, Charles Hector Davis, Chuck Davis, Greater Vancouver, Gregor Robertson, Harvey Oberfeld, Historians, history, History of Vancouver, Jason Vanderhill, Metro Vancouver History, Urban History, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Library, William Lyon Mackenzie King
• 2010/11/15 ARCHITECTS | Copacabana 2007.12.12 :: Oscar Niemeyer Becomes a »Grand Commander of the Legion of Honour« posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, BOOKS, BRASIL, CITIES | RIO DE JANEIRO, MID-CENTURY MODERN, OSCAR NIEMEYER tagged André Malraux, Antoine Pouillieute, Architect, Brasília, Brazil, Copacabana, Foreign Honours, Legion of Honour, Oscar Niemeyer, Palace of the Dawn, Palácio da Alvorada, Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Burle Marx
• 2010/11/09 AUTHORS + ARCHITECTURE | Alain de Botton on Architectural Elegance posted in AIRLINES + AIRPORTS, ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, BOOKS, CITIES | LONDON, CORPORATE IDENTITY, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, TRAVEL tagged "A Week at the Airport", Airport Design, Airports, Alain de Botton, Architectural Elegance, architecture, Authors, HOK International in conjunction with Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners
• 2010/09/27 BOOK DESIGN | Vancouver’s Most Awesome Douglas Coupland + Penguin Books :: «Speaking to the Past» ::: UPDATE: Banned from the Group! posted in ADVERTISING, ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, CORPORATE IDENTITY, EXHIBITIONS, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, PHOTOGRAPHY, TYPOGRAPHY tagged "City of Glass", "Still No Free Energy", «Penguin Composition Rules», BOOK DESIGN, censorship, Design in Brtitain, Design Museum, Edward Young, Jan Tschichold, Jan Tschichold’s Penguin Composition Rules adapted for web writing, London Zoo, Nikola Tesla, Penguin Books 75th Anniversary, Penguin Books Flickr group, Penguin Books penguin logo, Penguin logo, Penguin penguin, Penguincubator, Speaking to the Past: A Penguin 75th Anniversary Project by Douglas Coupland", Vancouver's Most Awesome#1", visions of the future
• 2010/08/31 VANCOUVER | EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON (TEKAHIONWAKE) :: HOW LOST LAGOON GOT ITS NAME posted in ART + ARTISTS, BOOKS, CITIES | VANCOUVER tagged "flint and Feather", "Legends of Vancouver", Ceperley Creek, Charlotte Gray, Chiefswood National Historical Site, Coal Harbour, E. Pauline Johnson, Emily Carr, Lost Lagoon, Siwash Rock, Stanley Park, Tekahionwake
• 2010/08/04 BRASÍLIA 50 ANOS | PHOTOGRAPHY :: PRESIDENT JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK on a VARIG FLIGHT TO BRASÍLIA by JEAN MANZON posted in AIRLINES + AIRPORTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, BRASÍLIA 50 ANOS, BRASIL, CITIES | BRASÍLIA, CITIES | RIO DE JANEIRO, CORPORATE IDENTITY, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRANSPORTATION | PRIVATE tagged "VARIG - Eterna Pioneira", Gianfranco Beting, Jean Manzon, Juscelino Kubitschek, VARIG
• 2010/08/01 REVIEW | EXHIBITIONS :: «HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON :: MASTER OF THE INSTANT» @ THE WEST VANCOUVER MUSEUM posted in ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY tagged "Alicante, "Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer", "Hyères, "Master of the Instant", "Stool-pigeon", France", Henri Cartier-Bresson, Henri Matisse, LIFE FILE, Life magazine, mid-century modern, photojournalism, Spain", The Decisive Moment: Photography by Henri Cartier-Bresson, West Vancouver Museum
• 2010/07/31 ARCHITECTURE | West Coast Modern :: VPL Kitsilano Branch Library ::: Peter F. Smith, Architect posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, CORPORATE IDENTITY, LOGOLANDIA, MID-CENTURY MODERN tagged BPL, Burnaby Public Library, Kingsway Branch, Kitsilano Branch, library architecture, Peter F. Smith architect, Vancouver Public Library, West Coast Modern