Autobahn / Urban Typography

Autobahn just finished an architectural typography project in the suburb of Utrecht, the Netherlands. They sent us a tidy pdf of the whole project which looks ace, but you can see it all online on their site.

Paris Map / Mark Webber

Mark Webber dropped us a line to tell us about this fantastic project he’s just completed. He says, “I have just spent two months carving a map of paris! 150cm X 180cm. with about 6 months of design/research time.. also went to Paris for 7 days of wondering and taking photos! I am yet to make a print of the carving but I hope this will happen soon!”

El Mas Santo

Kinga Offert sent us details of El Mas Santo, which is part of artistic project from Poznań, Poland. The idea is to juxtapose the world of Mexican wrestlers with the grey and sad reality of Polish streets. On the site are photos of luchadores figurines taken by people who found them on the street or got them via mail. The project has just started so look out for more on this soon.

What The World Needs

The first attempt to make social responsibility a central issue in the work of designers was made in the 1960s. A group of British designers published a manifesto titled “First things first” that called for a reflective handling of communication reaching beyond pure sales support.

The superficial financial orientation of the sum of our actions and the lack of ethical lines has taken its toll. The cores of the global economy and society have been shaken, insecurity is spreading. Yet this vacuum offers space for counteraction, change and active reflection.

“What the world needs” is an appeal to all designers who think and act with a sense of social responsibility to formulate their concerns and ideas visually, to bring attention to important issues, encourage reflection, take a stand and present possible solutions.

The most exciting and engaging contributions will be selected by a panel of designers, politicians, philosophers and men and women of letters, and published in a full-page insert in the Austrian newspaper, “Die Presse am Sonntag.” All the entries will be presented on the wasbrauchtdiewelt.net Website and shown in an exhibition at a major creative industries institution in Vienna.

Love you more than blank

Before you know it Valentines day will be here… Cupcakes and rainbows will envelop all, and your heart will begin to beat to the rhythm of love. This year paperwhite would like to get in the spirit with you in the form of a little project…

Please help us fill in the blank “i love you more than________”

We won’t be stingy and will share all the answers with you by posting them on http://iloveyoumorethanblank.blogspot.com/ as they come in. In the meantime, we will take the responses and graphically design them into something lovely.