What is it about graphic design that moves us and drives us?  The image above says it all: design ignites change.

But how has design itself changed over the past decade? “Graphic design has broadened its reach dramatically over the past decade,” which has become the basis of an international exhibition on display at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN until January 2012: Graphic Design: Now In Production.

The exhibit examined the growing cultural role in mainstream design and the designer’s expanding role in content creation as well as in bridging the gap across once exclusive fields and roles, such as typeface design, product design, animation, and more. Read the rest of the entry >

It’s hard to believe that it’s been nine years since the infamous day. We can’t help but remember and honor all of the victims, heroes, and their families. But up until now, there has been no real way to visit and pay homage to those who fell nine years ago.

Plans have  been released for the National 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial. This will honor not only the September 11th attacks, but also the February 26, 1993 bombing. According to Silverstein Properties, the World Trade Center site will include 5 new skyscrapers, National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center, World Trade Center Transportation Hub, Retail Complex, and Performing Arts Center.

The WTC Memorial design, Reflecting Absence, will consist of two voids in the footprints of the original Twin Towers, which will feature rings of cascading water falling into illuminated reflecting pools. This will be surrounded by a plaza filled with oak trees, and the names of the 2,979 who perished in the September 11th attacks in NYC, Washington DC, & Pennsylvania, and the February 1993 WTC bombing will be inscribed around the edge of the memorial waterfalls. Read the rest of the entry >