Eye-Catching Railway Art for Weary Travelers | You The DesignerPublic transportation is a convenient service to those of us who do not have our own cars. Riding trains and buses in the metro is a common way for one to get around the city in a fast and cheap way. Most underground train systems look dismal with advertising posters on grimy walls. However, we decided to take a look at train systems in cities that foster good architecture and art in their subways.     Operators of metros or underground railways must have felt the need for these spaces to be more...

You! Be Inspired! #0005 – NYT’s Lively Morgue, Festival of Colors, and PREVIIEW | You The DesignerEvery geek out there is probably giddy about this week, especially today. Today marks the release of the third Diablo game (which basically took more than a decade to make). Diablo 3 aside, we’ll be featuring some street artists this week and we’ll talk about the art of sticker bombing and wheatpasting. Enough about this week’s events and topics, today we give to you this week’s edition of You! Be Inspired! Here we go!   Lively Morgue – New York Time’s Photographs It’s refreshing to find old...

It’s graduation season here in the US, and we’re reminded of the time we spent in our respective universities and colleges. While we’re thankful that we’re done with school, there are some college experiences that we want to relive. Living in a dorm is one of the most liberating things for a student who has lived with parents all his life. The freedom of having things your way is one of the perks of college.   Being the so-called creatives at the office, we all agree that deciding on which posters to plaster our walls with was one of the highlights of...

A quick Google search using the term “flourish” gets different types of results. The word can refer to an extravagant gesture that’s meant to attract attention. Sometimes it can also pertain to an ornamental embellishment in writing. We’ve discussed the subject of typography with our articles on movie intertitles and the role of typography in graphic design. Now we’ll take a closer look at typographic flourishes.   Typographic flourishes are reminiscent of the Baroque period, where exaggerated motion and details are dominant. Two of the most beautiful characteristics of Baroque page design are ornate borders and typographic flourishes. They are often described...

Another week has ended, and now it’s time for another roundup of design news! We spent the week poring through our RSS readers and sharing links we found interesting, and I hope you find them useful. Read on and learn a thing or two about the current goings on in design!   The Cooper-Hewitt recently announced this year’s winners of its 13th National Design Awards. The winners are a talented bunch, coming from 10 categories including Lifetime Achievement, Design Mind, Architecture Design, Product Design, and Communication Design among others. Read about the winners and their winning designs here.   Google also released the list...