A survey of design

http://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/graphic-designers-surveyed/

JJ Abrahms -- Another surprise

Tour the Glass House

Designing Dreams

Editorial Cover Design :: Bloomberg Week

Designing Effects :: Star Wars

plugging creativity

http://adage.com/article/media/cond-nast-employees-pitch-messaging-campaign/302143/

Pretty cool

design materials

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3055343/a-legendary-japanese-architects-unusual-alternative-to-lego#3

Editorial Design

I plead guilty when it comes to my favoritism for editorial design. My career really started in editorial and custom publication design in the mid-to-late-90's so you'll often see at least one or two posts per week with some awe-inspiring magazine design work. Good, we have that out of the way now. There is an emerging trend of some of that great design finding its way into more indie titles and editorial "journals" than ever before. This is one of those instances check it out. Illustration + cover design executed with attention to detail.

Obsessed about design

Print Design

Always good to see people doing experimental techniques with respect to traditional printing. Using print and opportunities as a way to convey and hit home a concept is win-win. Lots going on here with this printed piece between foils, emboss, paper selection, etc.
http://www.commarts.com/exhibit/neenah-mail-promotion

Cabin Porn :: Design :: Architecture

Cabin Porn Book Trailer from Cabin Porn on Vimeo.

Maxon House Blog

We chronicle the entire experience in design and architecture with maxonhouse.blogspot.com sharing our collaboration with Olson Kundig (Tom Kundig) in the creation of a private residence for our family. Check out the blog, website maxonhouse.com and Facebook page Facebook.com/maxonhouse

The original documentation began with a featured blog on dwell.comhttp://www.dwell.com/people/lou-maxon

R.I.P. David Bowie

Designer Customer Cars

Architecture :: Design :: Nature

One of the better architecture books released lately this one is an amazing hybrid of beautifully crafted modern homes in epic settings across the globe. A celebration of many different styles of modern architecture, any coffee table would be pleased to call this new effort from Rizzoli home. 

It was released in October 2015 but we are thrilled for our copy and the many architects work featured inside will provide hours of page flipping inspiration. 

storytelling :: design :: architecture

I've shared photos and some stories on the blog over the years about our design collaboration and architecture project with Olson Kundig on creation of a private residence. We've created a separate site at maxonhouse.com that is a curated/designed/storytelling vehicle for sharing the experience, highlighting the people, project and place behind our story. Check out the site and I'll be sharing a bit more as we continue to share stories moving forward.

Magazine Cover Design :: International

McBoring

McDonalds rolling out new packaging which I'd argue is far worse and a snooze then what they have currently.

Package Design :: Mellow Yellow

Nothing mellow about this bold approach.

Product Design

Kodak 8mm -- product design

http://www.wired.com/2016/01/kodak-and-yves-behar-team-up-to-revive-the-legendary-super-8-camera/?mbid=social_fb#slide-3

Collaboration with Kodak and Fuse Project on design.

Best of Editorial Design :: SPD 50

Editorial design authentically captures story in print and beyond (think mobile, tablets, etc.). Since the beginning of my career I have always kept tabs on and connected back to the Society of Publication Design for inspiration, collaboration with fellow magazine designers and art directors and all the resources provided. The art of mastering magazine design translates to infinite possibilities in the digital and physical realm of design. Selecting typefaces, art directing and commissioning original illustration and photography and creating a visual narrative, pacing, etc. are all elements that are required within various disciplines of design ink, pixels, what-have-you.

The 50th annual of editorial design is available http://www.shop-spd.org and worth checking out.

Design : Art : Film

TROUBLEMAKERS: THE STORY OF LAND ART - Official Trailer from First Run Features on Vimeo.

Auto Design :: BMW Spyder

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/5/10720080/bmw-i8-spyder-i-vision-future-interaction-hands-on-ces-2016

Future of driving comes with future of driving interface.

Storytelling by design

Lebron Branded

Beautifully sublime branding and design by Sawdust for Nike.
http://www.ba-reps.com/news/sawdust-gets-inspired-by-lebron-james-for-nike

Editorial Design

http://www.coverjunkie.com/blog/split-run-covers/1/17958

Architecture in the Wild

http://architizer.com/blog/concrete-jungle/

If you ever feel uninspired just search this blog post

VELO // Poster Design

http://www.anthonyoram.com/collections/all/products/velo-open-edition

Detroit City of Design

Branding // Identity

Naming and branding design for the new Hotel Eastlund in Portland.

Design :: Architecture :: Glass Bottles

http://www.designer-daily.com/micro-matter-tiny-houses-built-in-glass-tubes-56413 Amazing craft and model making skills exhibited in miniature glass bottles with enclosed architectural design.

Thank You and Happy New Year!

I've been blessed to have over 308,000 site visits over the past few years. The site is dedicated to all things design from typography to architecture, interiors to industrial design and more. A mix of curated content, original posts and just plain inspiring design finds, the M blog has been a great vehicle to share learnings over the year. In 2016 I hope to post more original content than ever before. Stay tuned and comment on what you'd like to see moving forward. Cheers, M

Behind-The-Scenes :: Bad Robot :: Production : Storytelling

Year in Search -- Google

Brilliant Cover Design

designing a better experience -- real estate

telling stories

conceptual design

Strong example of a thoughtful concept merged with product features/benefits and a seamless design.
http://www.commarts.com/exhibit/nest-ooh-campaign.html

innovation

Goldberg on Frank

storytelling

making an i8

sound design

http://inhabitat.com/oversized-wooden-megaphones-in-estonia-amplify-the-sounds-of-the-forest/

living large

concept design :: NHL

sea stories

Sea Folk by Digital Kitchen from DIGITAL KITCHEN on Vimeo.

experience design :: architecture

Serra

all things architecture design

Kevin Kudo-King | From Cities to Door Pulls: A Design Process for all Scales (Part 1) from IDSA on Vimeo.