Barack Steady: Obama's Design Wins - Posted January 7, 2008
The standard disclaimer applies: We at UnBeige do not endorse political candidates (unless they buy us stuff off our Amazon wishlist) and we are not a partisan organization (unless you count our steadfast Scientology affiliations). We've touched upon reviews of the Presidential-hopeful logos before (back when Newsweek invented the typeface Ventura). But... [UnBeige]

UnBeige Looks Back: The Year In No Spec - Posted December 31, 2007
Compared to the firestorm of 2006, the no spec work battle was waged quietly in the trenches this year. Everyone seemed to be in agreement: Don't do spec, don't get your kids hooked on spec, don't spec yourself before you wreck yourself. And then there was the notorious no spec bait and... [UnBeige]

Updated: Beck Interview about "Alice in Wonderland" Film in 2003 - Posted December 8, 2007
UPDATE The resourceful Richard found the original interview, and translated the best part. From the August 5, 2003 issue interview of Beck by Sandra Cesarale What about [your debut] movie? It will be full of energy and full of characters: some kind of Alice in Wonderland set in the 70s. It still doesn't... [FishBowlLA]

MUJI Takes Manhattan - Posted November 16, 2007
This is the day that New York designers, and Michael Bierut especially, have been saving their paychecks for. The first stateside MUJI threw open its SoHo doors this morning with a little press preview, then got bombarded by the regular peeps at noon. Initial reports are positive. Apartment Therapy's been stalking... [UnBeige]

Heller Good! Two New Books to Celebrate Steven Heller Week - Posted October 23, 2007
It's fitting that during Steven Heller Week, the one person who has written more design books than any man or machine on this planet would have two new books coming out. Add titles #3,124,342 and #3,124,343 to your library today: Becoming a Digital Designer, which he co-authored with one of the... [UnBeige]

Deadline Extended Until Midnight For People's Design Award Voting; TOMS Sandals Still Leading - Posted October 16, 2007
Except for a few nominated oddities including the Prince guitar, last year's People's Design Award sponsored by the Cooper-Hewitt barely blipped on our radar; the Katrina Cottage won quietly and all was well. This year we've got quite a sprint to the finish line including some finalists we know and love,... [UnBeige]

Free Maira! - Posted September 24, 2007
When the TimesSelect wall came tumbling, crumbling down last week, reminiscent of a certain day in Europe back in '89, it didn't occur to us to pilfer our share of the riches horded by the moneyed elite and denied to the nonsubscribing huddled masses for so very long. For one, we now... [UnBeige]

Packing Up the Wagon for Dwell on Design - Posted September 14, 2007
This bird is headed north for the weekend to cover the Dwell on Design conference taking place in the fair city of San Francisco. We'll resume regular programming as soon as we get set up in the "blogger's bank," a sort of wireless playpen with all the accoutrements to keep us... [UnBeige]

Saul Bass On Why Man Creates - Posted July 12, 2007
And you thought Saul Bass only made film titles. Here's a clip of the 1968 Oscar-winning short film Why Man Creates, directed by Bass and his wife Elaine. Apparently the entire 29-minute film is available, but very expensive to procure. Update: Our friend Christopher Simmons writes to remind us of this: "Saul... [UnBeige]

Tune In To MSNBC To See FBLA's Kate Coe - Posted May 8, 2007
FBLA fishie Kate Coe will be interviewed by Monica Novotny about everything Paris Hilton at 12 p.m. Tune in! [Update: If you're in to reading weirdly transcribed close caption text, here is Novotny's interview with Kate. Our favorite line: "Being a madcap heiress is a long American tradition."] ... [FishBowlLA]

AIGA Launches New Zeldman-ified Site - Posted March 1, 2007
Well, we knew this day would come--in fact, we were so prepared for this day to come that we spent a little extra time on the AIGA site the other day, saying goodbye to its sweet, stodgy interface. We don't know how long ago that site had been around, but judging... [UnBeige]

AIGA's 2007 Medals go to Fella, Lupton, Mau and Olden - Posted February 27, 2007
Four big names were dropped into our mailbag late last night, the four names of the four people who will be receiving the AIGA Medal in 2007. Edward Fella, Ellen Lupton, Bruce Mau and Georg Olden will be honored at the Design Legends Gala in September. Read on about these four... [UnBeige]

Back When 'Google' Was a Five-Letter Word - Posted February 14, 2007
We don't get it. Yeah, we love the cutesy little Google Doodles. But as reader Jackie Larson points out to us today: Google Dude, where's your L? We know, the more optimistic of you will say that little stem is supposed to represent an L. No way, not in any stretch... [UnBeige]

Greenbuild Expo Moves From Brown LA to Green Chicago - Posted February 13, 2007
No doubt taking cues from its newly-minted City of the Future status, Greenbuild has announced it's moving its 2007 Expo to Chicago. The Expo was originally scheduled for Los Angeles this fall, but apparently the LA convention center couldn't schedule them for the dates they wanted. Or is LA just not... [UnBeige]

Lorraine Wild Gives It Up For Her Soul Sister - Posted January 12, 2007
You know that people are always sending us UnBeige editors stuff, right? Mountains of stuff, cascading out of our mailboxes, pouring onto our desks like stuff fountains. Well, something funny happened three months ago. This gorgeous pink-red-orange book slid from between the stuff, filled with the fluorescent adventures of Sister Corita... [UnBeige]