design

Saskia Haex

Editors note: Saskia Haex and I first met in Paris... more

2011 Art and Design Recap

2011 has been a pretty interesting year at WRG?, especially... more

Lessons in graphic design : Words as images

Let's get this straight once and for all : typography... more

From Pop-up Shops to pop-up furniture

In a world where space is getting tighter and tighter,... more

Videos & Galleries


100 Best Typefaces

Wednesday 11.2012

Fans of typography and font design will enjoy FontSHop's list of the top 100 fonts of all time. Each font is accompanied with a short bio and design description. While it's no surprise that Helvetica (designed by Max Miedinger back in 1957) heads the list, a few others did surprise ...

Author: Eliza Struthers Jobin
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The edding 850

Thursday 5.2012

Peak behind the scenes at Bern and Buro Destruct, a Swiss design collective headed out of Bern. The video is a great look into how the collective stays so creative, but even better, it chronicles the construction of a digital typeface for the edding 850 pen, a fat tipped felt ...

Author: Eliza Struthers Jobin
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Respect The Architects Video

Thursday 29.2012

It's always cool to see the thought processes that went into the design of a familiar product, and the influences and story behind it. "Respect The Architects" - The Paris Air Max 1 Story is an interview with Nike designer Tinker Hatfield. This is the man behind the first Air ...

Author: Daniel Adams
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Puma Hoodies Bag

Monday 26.2012

  We knew something was up when we came across this backpack recently. The structure, the style and the added touch of a hood... Normally such an added accessory would make us cringe, but not today. Upon closer inspection, we all realized why we couldn't help but love this bag: it's ...

Author: Eliza Struthers Jobin
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Handmade Type

Wednesday 14.2012

For all the typography nerds out there, here's a fun one for you. Tienmin Liao is student at the Prat Institute with no shortage of interesting ideas, the most recent one being Handmade Type. Drawing shapes onto one or both of her hands (that can't have been an easy task) she then ...

Author: Eliza Struthers Jobin
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Pixels and Polaroids

Wednesday 14.2012

It shouldn't come as a surprise to many that more and more artists have begun dabbling in bringing a "vintage digital aesthetic" into the offline world. Space Invader and all his followers are the first examples that come to mind, but one recent and particularly charming take on this comes ...

Author: Eliza Struthers Jobin
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Über Chair

Tuesday 13.2012

Joseph Donahue is the creator, designer and fabricator behind the inspired, Über Chair. His vision was to create an artistic piece of ergonomic outdoor furniture, using sustainable and environmentally friendly methods and materials. He built the Über from the idea that twenty eight pieces of material bound together is stronger, and ...

Author: Flimsey Goods
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Meet Mark Gowing [Graphic Design]

Friday 2.2012

We can't help but love the poster work coming from Australian designer Mark Gowing. With Swiss hints here and there, Gowing knows how to manipulate and play with geomtry and shapes. As you can see above, the results rarely dissapoint. Each of his posters is the most pleasent of visual ...

Author: Eliza Struthers Jobin
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Panic Room X Tilt

Thursday 1.2012

Every year the five rooms that make up the Au Vieux Panier Hotel in Marseilles (France) are each completely made over by different artists. The most recent creative mind to have a go at one of the rooms is Tilt , a Toulouse born graffiti artist. His reconceptualization of the space ...

Author: Eliza Struthers Jobin
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The Big Bad Wolf Boiled Alive

Thursday 1.2012

Here is another great effort from news organizations trying to keep with the times : a great ad for the Guardian's open journalism initiative. As we mentioned earlier this week, journalism has changed a lot over the last few years. The way we consume it and the way it's gathered. ...


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